by admin | May 18, 2011 | Participative Research, Publications
Our country is endowed with huge resources of many metallic and non-metallic minerals. The mining activities are extremely poorly regulated despite the fact that as early as 1948, the founding fathers of the constitution realized this need. Over 80000 mines operate...
by admin | May 17, 2011 | Publications
The Western Ghats range extends from river Tapti in Gujarat in the north to Kanyakumari in the south, approximately 1,600 km in length and passes through six states of the Indian Union covering an area of about 1,62,000 sq. kms...
by admin | May 17, 2011 | Community Based Action, Publications
Seventy years have passed since the first proposal to make a dam on the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh was conceived. In all these years it has developed more controversies and conflicts. The project is still a matter of several litigations....
by admin | May 17, 2011 | Publications
It is commonly recognised that the existing Land Acquisition Act and its earlier amendments too are strongly colonial in nature. For a Sovereign Secular Socialist Democratic Republic the perspective and tone of the bill is incongruent to the current realities. In...
by admin | May 17, 2011 | Publications
Global warming induced climate change has triggered events such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels and changing weather patterns.This in turn has lead to storms, droughts, flash floods, cloudbursts, change in vegetation. Growing body of scientific evidence has...
by admin | Jun 18, 2010 | Publications
The State of Chhattisgarh, formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh was formed on November 1, 2000 as the 26th state of the Indian Union. The districts of the state are Koriya, Sarguja, Jashpur, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh, Champa, Mahasamund, Raipur, Kawardha, Durg,...
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