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'Let's see if the cheetahs are put in the wild'
Civil Society News, New Delhi
TWO years after African cheetahs were airfreighted to India amidst much fanfare, little is known about the government’s favoured wildlife ...
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Doon boils over on cutting down of loved, old trees
Rakesh Agrawal, Dehradun
HUNDREDS of people, including activists, students and senior citizens, gathered under the national flag at Dilaram Chowk on Rajpur Road ...
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Bringing back lost ecology in Punjab with mini forests
Rakesh Agrawal
VAST fields, trundling tractors and roads typify Punjab’s rustic landscape. But there are signs that this topography is changing in ...
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Birdwatchers raise red flags in massive 3-year report
Prashun Bhaumik, New Delhi
THE common sparrow and the house crow were a part of the cityscape not so long ago but are hard ...
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In Ladakh, once upon a time
Stanzin Dothon, Phey, Ladakh
THERE were days when Ladakh remained completely cut off from the rest of the country for a minimum of six ...
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Tree count after fires. But who’s to blame in Goa?
Derek Almeid, Panjim
WITH the monsoons due to arrive in June, the Forest Department of Goa is gearing up to restore 442 hectares ...
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In Punjab more speak up on pollution and are heard
Civil Society News, Gurugram
IT was a Sunday, August 14, a day before Independence Day, with all the enticing possibilities of a really long ...
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Animal rights vs welfare
Meghna Uniyal
ANIMAL rights and animal welfare are opposing philosophies, and policies driven by animal rights have had disastrous results globally. Animal ...
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Wular Lake is choking with sewage, filth
Jehangir Rashid, Srinagar
WULAR Lake, one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, is turning into a shadow of its former self. Located in Bandipora ...
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Ludhiana's curse on the Budda Nala
Civil Society News, Ludhiana
IT is a bustling industrial centre hardwired for making money. Known for its mills and exporters, it is not uncommon ...
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Lakshadweep troubled, can it be like the Maldives?
Susheela Nair, Bengaluru
WITH its shimmering lagoons, coral reefs, a line of silver sand beaches and rows of coconut palms, the serene Lakshadweep ...
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Degraded forests attract Sadhna
Patricia Mukhim, Shillong
JUST as the doctor ordered, Meghalaya’s large tracts of landscape made barren by topsoil run-off due to heavy rainfall, is ...
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Avalanche to disaster: What really happened
Civil Society News, New Delhi
On February 7, the Rishiganga in Uttarakhand suddenly turned virulent. Laden with boulders, water and ice it crashed through its ...
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2 villages in Nilgiris sanitized with MGNREGA
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Dense forests, green tea estates and crisp blue skies. Yet two villages, deep in the Nilgiri hills, weren’t living in ...
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Zilla man, students revive check dams
Shree Padre, Venoor (Karnataka)
For the first time in decades this February, Sundara Gowda, a 55-year-old farmer in the Dakshina Kannada district, doesn’t have ...
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Sukhna lake is now a wetland
Raj Machhan, Chandigarh
The idyllic Sukhna lake in Chandigarh was created by Le Corbusier, architect of the city, as a spot which residents could turn ...
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Goan anger over a dark coal corridor
Civil Society News, New Delhi
Public anger in Goa has put the BJP-led state government on the backfoot over projects which will ravage forested areas and ...
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Marina becomes a Goan fishing village's nightmare
Ashwini Kamat, Panjim
As the clock strikes 3 am, 61-year-old Mahadev Kunkolkar begins his short walk from the village of Nauxim towards the ...
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A million trees for Guruji's 550th birth anniversary
Raj Machhan, Chandigarh
The air is our teacher Water is our father The great earth, our mother – Guru Nanak Dev To ...
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Kodagu takes to recharge wells to harvest rainwater
Shree Padre, Kodagu
This summer was bitter for many homes in Kodagu. Their wells almost dried up before the monsoon broke. But 47-year-old ...
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Buddha nullah: Ludhiana's "river from hell"
Raj Machhan, Chandigarh
An aggrieved and highly agitated group of citizens in Ludhiana has hit the hot, dusty streets of this industrial city ...
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Who really needs Mumbai's coastal road?
Derek Almeida, Panaji
A 29-km coastal road by reclaiming over 90 hectares of sea was being built at breakneck speed till an order ...
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Water bonding: Scarcity brings people together
Shree Padre, Kasaragod
In Dhanvanthari Nagar, 14 houses have worked out an exemplary water system, worthy of emulation. They source water from one ...
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Rainbow Warriors in Goa get new airport EIA annulled
Derek Almeida, Panaji
A spirited effort by the Federation of Rainbow Warriors (FRW) has revealed that trees in tens of thousands, wetlands, ...
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Urban forests: Grow one in just three years
Rwit Ghosh, New Delhi
A miniature natural forest is coming up on the floodplains of the polluted Yamuna river in Delhi. The saplings planted ...
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Tibetans put back village's water in Karnataka
Arti Das, Hubli
The Doeguling Tibetan Refugee Settlement is around 50 km from Hubli in the Mundgod panchayat in the Uttara Kannada district ...
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Goan village wants road and its six mango trees too
Derek Almeida, Colvale (Goa)
In the village of Colvale, which has been sliced into two by NH-66, there is an uneasy calm. Despite an ...
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Goa struggles to find mining ban answer?
Derek Almeida, Panaji
The Supreme Court’s order on 8 February cancelling all iron ore mining leases in Goa issued by the state has ...
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The loitering lions of Gir
Tanushree Gangopadhyay, Ahmedabad
The 35-km drive from Khambha to Dhari in Amreli district of Gujarat is most astonishing. Scampering across the road, lined ...
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