In the nick of time
The rediscovery of a traditional system of water management that involves the construction of embankments to harness rainwater, has revived agriculture and water supply in the Mewat region of eastern Rajasthan
The rediscovery of a traditional system of water management that involves the construction of embankments to harness rainwater, has revived agriculture and water supply in the Mewat region of eastern Rajasthan
The struggle for the right to know intensifies in Rajasthan
Under public pressure, the Rajasthan government has formed a committee to examine the implications of the people's demand for the right to information
THE struggle for people's right to all information relevant to their lives is intensifying worldwide. While some countries have accepted it as fundamental to the human rights issue, most - even
Rajasthan villagers embark on an unprecedented indefinite agitation for their right to information on the state's developmental projects
.... and lower the risk of getting coronary diseases. This is the finding of a study conducted by Monilek Hospital and Research centre in Jaipur
It is not just the land that has turned barren in Bichhri - the cattle have also been badly hit. Initially, when effluents flowed through the village, residents were alarmed to see the skin peel
The first writ on Sichhri was filed in 1989, primarily demanding the availability of clean drinking water. The latest verdict has done nothing to alleviate Bichhri's trauma
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute study, carried out at the behest of the Supreme Court, lists the 'dewatering' of the aquifer around Bichhri as a measure to repair the
The Bichhri order has meant nothing for the polluter, O P Agarwal. A visit to his Vapi plant showed what can happen if courts issue orders only against individual units and not against the polluting process
H-acid (or 1-napthol-8-amino-3,6 disulfonic acid) is an azo dye (an alcohol + an ether) *which exists as a white crystal or grey powder. Large quantities of sulphuric and nitric acids,
This is a story of justice denied. <br> On February 13, 1996, the Supreme Court, the highest seat of justice in the country, ruled that five units of a particular company, producing toxic chemicals in Bichhri village in Rajasthan's Udaipur district, b
Artistic tents, recreated by Clarissa Mitchell -a designer -capture the exotic and practical aspects of a nomadic tradition and provide a new expression to Rajasthani skill. Rajasthan, says
BIRD-LOVERS will after all have a chance to gather more information about the highly, endangered wild Siberian cranes. After dragging its feet over the rnatter, the ministry of environment
The Supreme Court of India sounded the death knell for five large chemical industries in Rajasthan in an order given on February 15. The industries were given closure orders for producing a
ANUPAM MISHRA'S association with the Gandhi Peace Foundation GPF dates back to 1969. After working with the late Jai Prakash Narayan and the Sarvodaya movement, Mishra involved himself in the Tawa agitation. The agitation had been
Film director Sahjo Singh's latest Sons Mati, has been selected for Panorama '95. The film is based on the story of Sona Bel of west Rajasthan, who is fight-ing to get back her
The desolation around Udaipur in Rajasthan is giving way to vegetation through the efforts of cooperative societies
The wise use of the wonderous sewan grass is fast being hedged out by water intensive agriculture, opening up a thorny issue
In 1986, for the 8th consecutive, year, the district of Jaisall faced another year of severe famine and drought. T year's drought was unprecedented, affecting 26 out of 27 disti of Rajasthan.