Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of State of Rajasthan & Others Vs Ashok Malik & Others dated 17/03/2025. The SC accepted the statement made in the affidavit by the Chief Secretary, state of Rajasthan to relocate the structures inside the Seven Wonders Park along the Ana Sagar …
the Andhra Pradesh (ap) government's recent initiative to start the Indira Sagar Dam Project on river Godavari at Polavaram in West Godavari district has evoked serious protests from tribals of West Godavari, Khammam and East Godavari districts. Complains the Adivasi Girijana Samakhya , an organisation of tribals: "The
At around 9.30 pm on April 7, 2005, 68 pilgrims were killed while taking a holy dip in river Narmada at Dharaji village in Madhya Pradesh's (mp's) Dewas district on the occasion of Bhootdi Amavasya mela (fair). Forty people are still missing. The reason: the Indira Sagar Dam, located 25 …
Another monsoon, and the level of fear and tension rises in Harsud and other towns affected by the Sardar Sarovar project. EVERY year prior to the monsoons, restlessness and fear grip the people in the Narmada valley. "Will our houses go under this time?", "Will our village become an island …
forty-year-old Nizamuddin couldn't have been struck down by malaria at a worse time. He is laid up at the Pokran primary health centre (phc) in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district instead of tending bajra (millet) and guar (a legume) crops in his fields in Nananiya village. Sadly, a healthy monsoon
WATER is for flowing. When made to stagnate, it buzzes deafeningly of a culture of deliberate ignorance. Look at the misfortune of the people of picturesque western Rajasthan, today also the malaria country. Thirsty desert dwellers will probably never pray for a good monsoon, for it brings death by malaria! …
FOR CENTURIES, the people of western Rajasthan have depended on uncertain rain for their feeble attempts at settled agriculture and for drinking purposes. The scarcity has given the people a sense of conservation that is remarkable by modern standards. Children are bathed in shallow metal containers and the water is …
