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nce.
From the news events reported everyday, The View attempts to distill that information which is crucial to everyday=
life
– water, poverty and livelihoods of marginalized communities - issues=
that
cry for attention but can and do get obscured in the larger media scene. Th=
ese
are stories that are relevant to India and the world outside it. We hope The
View will help you to be more informed.
May
08 , 2009
Meet on Eastern
Ghats and tribals
ANANTAGIRI (Visakhapatnam district): Like-minded individuals, environmentalists and NG= Os working the areas of environment protection, gathered here to find ways to = beef up their campaigns and evolve new strategies to protect the Eastern Ghats.<= o:p>
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050859580300.htm
Drop in area of
vegetable cultivation hits output
VISAKHAPATNAM:
Come summer, vegetables become scarce and prices shoot up. Not without reas=
on.
Compared to the rabi
agriculture season, the extent of sowing of vegetables in the kharif and the summer is much less in the district.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050851700300.htm
Crop loss: only =
10
farmers get relief
TUMKUR:
The Government on Thursday disbursed compensation only to 10 farmers of
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050855220800.htm
Knowledge City p=
roject
has wrecked our lives: farmers
BANGALORE:
He owns a car, but has no income to run it. Bought in anticipation of a big
compensation package, the car is lying idle while he is deep in debt.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050860440600.htm
TB Dam work to c=
ost
Rs. 192 cr.
BANGALORE:
For the first time in 35 years, the Department of Water Resources has taken=
up modernisation of the Tungabhadra Dam and canal system=
, which
irrigates lakhs of acres of land in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, at a cost=
of
Rs.192 crore.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050853650400.htm
Greens get a bre=
ather,
for now
BANGALORE:
Environmentalists who have been up in arms against the felling of trees by
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) in and around Lalbagh
have got a breather, but only till next Tuesday.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050854280500.htm
Social boycott o=
f Dalits ends
Belgaum:
The social boycott of dalits at Kittur
in Ramdurg taluk ha=
s been
withdrawn now.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050859860300.htm
Holding up a mir=
ror
to the agrarian crisis in coastal region
MANGALORE:
A book, brought out by Mangalore University, highlights the agrarian crisis=
in
coastal Karnataka and the absence of “reliable” official data on
the issue. It calls for a comprehensive study on the struggle for survival =
by
farmers.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050850340200.htm
Farmers win water
supply, fishermen lose livelihood
ATMAKUR
(A.P.): The scene at the sprawling tank in Atmakur mandal in Warangal district was heart-rending as hund=
reds
of shattered fishermen gathered under the hot sun and swept the scattered d=
ead
fish to one spot.
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050861632000.htm
JK Paper Mills b=
ags
Environment Award
BERHAMPUR:
JK Paper Mills in Rayagada district of the State
bagged the prestigious “Environment Award” from Indian Paper
Manufacturers Association (IPMA).
http:=
//www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050852510300.htm
Brakes on tree
felling
The
division bench headed by Justice N Kumar directed the BMRCL not to fell tre=
es
along both Lalbagh as well as the Lakshman
Rao Park boulevard, =
where
the metro rail alignment is planned.
http://=
174.133.94.26/content/1406/brakes-tree-felling.html
Organic Trade
Association Releases Its 2009 Organic Industry Survey
GREENFIELD,
Mass. -- U.S. sales of organic products, both food and non-food, reached $2=
4.6
billion by the end of 2008, growing an impressive 17.1 percent over 2007 sa=
les
despite tough economic times, according to the Organic Trade Association (O=
TA),
which today made available final results from its 2009 Organic Industry Sur=
vey.
http://www.enn.com/agriculture/ar=
ticle/39866
Sea Salt Holds C=
lues
To Climate Change
New research coming out of the United Kingdom (U.K.) suggests that the amount of salt in seawater is varying in direct response to man-made climate change.<= o:p>
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/art=
icle/39861
China ready for
post-Kyoto deal on climate change
China is ready to aban=
don
its resistance to limits on its carbon
emissions and wants to reach an international deal to fight glob=
al
warming, the Guardian has learned.
http://=
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/06/china-seeks-climate-change-deal<=
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