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Naxal threat affects tigers too

IPSITA PATI

The national tiger reserve which is situated in this backward district has been affected by the activities of the Maoists. And now nobody knows whether there are any tigers left in the reserve.

Nationwide drive Established in 1973 and spread across 1,014 sq.km., the reserve had 22 tigers. In spite of a nationwide drive to conserve tigers, the big cat's population in this …………...............

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article963726.ece

Managing a problem of elephantine proportions

Arun Katiyar | Monday, December 20, 2010

We hold the notion that governance must come from those we elect. This, of course, is as expected and is the single biggest reason for going through the often-painful drama of elections. But the expectation results in an increasing alienation between those who govern and the governed (well, you and me). Let’s put it a little more simply: governance from above leads to development from above. The chances of this development reaching the lower sections of society are dangerously low. And if the bottom of  …………………………

http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_managing-a-problem-of-elephantine-proportions_1483600

'Tigers attack livestock due to poor prey base in Molem'

Paul Fernandes, Dec 20, 2010, 04.07am IST

PANAJI: Goa's wildlife sanctuaries, especially Molem and Mhadei, are part of a corridor for tigers, but a poor prey base makes it attack livestock, says A J T Johnsingh, wildlife advisor, wildlife institute of India (WII).  "They come here occassionally because there is good forest cover, but rampant poaching forces them to go for livestock, and people come to know about it," says Johnsingh, eminent wildlife biologist. Last week, a sambar was killed near Anjunem dam …………...............

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Tigers-attack-livestock-due-to-poor-prey-base-in-Molem/articleshow/7130218.cms

“No short cut route to save forest, environment”

Chandigarh Conservator of Forests -cum-Chief Wildlife Warden Santosh Kumar says there must be a participatory resource management to save them

Published on 12/20/2010 - 11:07:02 AM

With 38 per cent of its geographical area under green cover, Chandigarh has claimed the greenest city title in the country. In an interview with Hemant Singh,Chandigarh Conservator of Forests-cum-Chief Wildlife Warden Santosh Kumar explains how the Union Territory achieved the feat and set an example for others to follow…..

http://www.igovernment.in/site/%E2%80%9Cno-short-cut-route-save-forest-environment%E2%80%9D-38975

Tusker found dead in Pungiri forest area

Jhargram (WB), Dec 20 (PTI)

Carcass of a tusker was today found in Pungiri forest area under Nayagram police limit in West Midnapore district, forest officials said. The pachyderm can be a member of the 50-strong herd of elephants that entered the area from Dalma forest in Jharkhnad on November 29, Divisional Forest Officer …………….

http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/962893/National/1/20/1

Coal shortage in India to beat mid term projections

Monday, 20 Dec 2010

Within six months of the Mid Term Review highlighting insufficient domestic coal production, current estimates have beaten the review’s coal shortage projections. The review’s assessment of coal production growth was already a downward revision from an initial estimate of 680 million tonnes by 2012. Coal is a critical input for fuelling growth of major infrastructure sectors like power, steel and cement. Any irreversible slump in coal production, thus, directly affects the country’s gross domestic product growth. Against the initial estimate of 680 million tonnes, the review document had pegged India’s annual coal production to reach only 630 million tonnes by the end of the current Plan ………................

http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Coal_shortage_in_India_to_beat_mid_term_projections/181769.html

Two years after nod, new IITs fail to take off

By   SiliconIndia

Monday, 20 December 2010, 07:54 IST

Bangalore: Two years after the cabinet gave approval for the set up for eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the institutes are still facing problems in putting the infrastructure together. From getting the land approved to the construction plans, the institutes are made to run from pillar to post. For instance, in Rajasthan, land for the permanent campus is yet to be handed over to the IIT while for IIT Bhubaneshwar, only around 517 acre have been given out of the 936 acre required. With regard to the IIT at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, the case is in progress with animal husbandry land having been handed over to the institute while forest land of 330 acre is yet to be handed. ……………….........

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AUTHOR: G. P. D. Vyas
PUBLISHER: Agrobios (India)
ISBN: 9788177542929
YEAR: 2006
PAGES: 258
SIZE: 14 X 22 X 1.5 cm.
BINDING: Hard
LANGUAGE: English

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