By Manipadma Jena for IPS BHUBANESWAR, India, June 16, 2010 (IPS) – Basudev Dalai, 43, never thought that the fishing village where he has lived all his life and which has been home to generations of fishermen like him would be embroiled in violent clashes over the very source of their livelihood. “The stakes are [...]
Violence Escalates Around India’s Largest Inland Lake
By admin in June 17th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under conflict, fish, flora and fauna, food security, habitat, social structures, wetland, world water Tags: bay of bengal, bomb attack, chilka lake, commercial fisheries, conflict, eastern india, fishing village, gun battle, inland lake, livelihood, Ramsar Convention, saltwater lagoon, sustainable use, violent clashes, wetland, wetlands
Filed Under conflict, fish, flora and fauna, food security, habitat, social structures, wetland, world water Tags: bay of bengal, bomb attack, chilka lake, commercial fisheries, conflict, eastern india, fishing village, gun battle, inland lake, livelihood, Ramsar Convention, saltwater lagoon, sustainable use, violent clashes, wetland, wetlands
W.Bank to loan India $1 bln to clean up Ganges
By admin in December 3rd 2009 No Comment »
Filed Under conservation, drinking water, fresh water, health, pollution, social structures, water security, world water Tags: bay of bengal, cremation, floating corpses, ganges, glacier, Holy River, india, industrial effluents, pollution, river banks, Sacred River, sewage, The Ganges River, world bank lending
Filed Under conservation, drinking water, fresh water, health, pollution, social structures, water security, world water Tags: bay of bengal, cremation, floating corpses, ganges, glacier, Holy River, india, industrial effluents, pollution, river banks, Sacred River, sewage, The Ganges River, world bank lending
Reporting by C.J. Kuncheria; editing by Chris Pizzey for REUTERS NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The World Bank will loan India $1 billion over the next five to seven years to clean up the Ganges, the holy river that is one of the world’s most polluted, the country’s environment minister said on Wednesday. The lender will [...]
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