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Hydropower
Minor mineral, major mafia
Posted on 29 Sep, 2013 04:05 PMPahanbarri was a small village of 3000 people in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad district. The 200-year old village was known for its fertile soil, thanks to being located on the banks of the Tawa, a tributary of the Narmada river. On August 1 this year, the river changed its course, broke its bank and entered the village.
Call for Abstracts for conference 'Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI-2013)', Nagaland University, Zunheboto, Nagaland, December 17-19, 2013
Posted on 19 Sep, 2013 05:41 PMFor more information on the conference, please click here.
Details on the YETI-2013, may also be viewed here.
You may download the poster for YETI 2013, from below.
Need for resource-conscious landscaping
Posted on 13 Sep, 2013 10:09 PMBright-eyed in the morning, I walk down the pavement for some fresh air. As I squish over greasy paper bags and forsaken Coke bottles, the stale smell of plastic bags strewn all over hits me. Stamping on them, I charge onto the already cramped road, jostle for space with other people, dodge honking cars, and reach the park breathless, dishevelled and foul. All this, for some fresh air!
Invitation for a seminar ' Save Ganga & Save Himalayas ', Save Ganga Movement, Mumbai, October 2, 2013
Posted on 12 Sep, 2013 12:22 PMFor more details on the meeting cum panel discussion, please click here.
Please see below for the attachments that provide more information on the invitation .
Coping with floods and erosion in the Brahmaputra plains
Posted on 11 Sep, 2013 11:15 AMI began my latest journey in the land of the red river and the blue hills, Assam from Dibrugarh. The first time I saw the Brahmaputra at Guwahati many years ago, I was fascinated on looking at the mighty stream of water in its full glory after the monsoons.
200-crore penalty for Adani's Mundra port
Posted on 08 Sep, 2013 07:32 PMPOLICY MATTERS
200-crore penalty for Adani's Mundra port
Vedanta loses the bauxite battle
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 04:33 PMDongria Kondhs win the mining battle
Tehri dam nears danger mark
Posted on 19 Aug, 2013 02:33 AMWater level in Tehri dam near danger mark
Invite to International Film Festival on Water, Voices from the Waters - 2013, Bangalore
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 05:52 PMFor further details on the invite, please click here
You may download the poster for the festival from below
Power hub becomes pollution hub
Posted on 14 Aug, 2013 06:32 PM‘Fly-ash’ refers to fine particles of ash sent up by the burning of solid fuel-like coal. Typically, this is the residue of ash generated by thermal power companies. Due to its toxic nature, the government has mandated that fly-ash must be dumped in ash ponds, which are specially made on vacant lands.