Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
In 1976, attracted by a rich deposit of 213 million tonnes of bauxite under a laterite soil cover of 3-4 metres in the Gandamardan hills, BALCO applied to the department of mining and geology, Orissa, for a lease of 3,584 ha. In 1981, it got permission to mine over 36 …
"Why do those people need toilets? They are dirty by birth and can never have clean habits" remarked Ghanasyam Malik of Banjor village in Ganjam district of Orissa. This is an often-repeated question faced by Gram Vikas's community organizer in villages where the MANTRA (Movement and Action Network for Transformation …
