= The View is a Daily News Bulletin from Svaraj, with a differe= 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 11 , 2009

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Measures to increase cotton acreage mooted

COIMBATORE: The State Cotton Council of Tamil Nadu deliberated on measures that can be taken to increase the cotton area in the State.

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051150030200.htm

Residents give a thumbs down to water board

HYDERABAD: With incidence of cholera being reported in the State capital, residents of many localities seemed to have lost faith in the government’s capabil= ity to supply potable water. At several colonies, people were seen purchasing bottled drinking water.

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051158950500.htm

UN award for website

GUNTUR: Guntur-based Friends To Support Organisation (F= 2S) maintaining an online database of voluntary blood donors through the www.friends2support.org website= , has received United Nations World Youth Summit Award for its work on improving = the awareness on health issues in society using Internet.

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Terrace-farming’ of a different kind

BANGALORE: How many of us in the city only dream of having a garden full of vegetables= and flowers? But here is someone who single-mindedly has done it before, and is= all set to do it again.

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051157730200.htm

There is no change in tobacco crop size for 2009-1= 0

BANGALORE: Despite the global demand for tobacco grown in the State, the Tobacco Board= has refused to yield to the growers’ clamour = for increasing the ceiling on the crop size, which remains at 100 million kg for 2009-10.

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Greens protest metro entering Yamuna floodplain

NEW DELHI: While constructing the Yamuna Bank station on the river bed, the Del= hi Metro Rail Corporation had taken into account all environmental concerns.

http:= //www.hindu.com/2009/05/11/stories/2009051160270300.htm

International=

Government climate change report calls for new institutions to curb global warming

A report commissioned by the British government will call today for an overha= ul of global institutions to combat climate change.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/10/uk-go= vernment-report-climate-change

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