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Walking On Water - Outlook Business
Ravindranath’s rural volunteers are helping riparian communities overcome the fury of flood waters.All News | Saturday, September 4th, 2010
School Is In - Outlook Business
Schools for India believes the next revolution in education is waiting to happen in rural India.All News | Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Hitting The Right Notes - Outlook Business
All News | Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Link Thy Neighbour - Outlook Business
CommonFloor offers apartment-dwellers a unique, online collaborative platform to mange their properties better.All News | Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Sirsi sculptor brings eco-friendly Ganeshas - Bangalore Mirror: City
As Ganesha Chaturthi nears, there is growing concern about the water pollution caused by the immersion of plaster of paris idols in lakes and rivers across the country....All News | Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Former minister refuses to move out of bungalow - Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore
Sept. 1: Former minister S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty has reportedly refused to vacate the government bungalow he occupied a year ago, though he resigned from the ministry in July 2009.
Mr Shetty is still in the bungalow at the seven minister’s quarters, which was allotted to him when he was sworn in as Cabinet minister in 2008. Speaking to this newspaper, sources in the department of personnel an
All News | Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Initial green nod to Brutanga irrigation project in Orissa! - Zee News : States
Almost ten years after it was conceived, Environment Ministry has given an initial clearance to the Brutanga irrigation project in Orissa, for which 1524.17 hectares of forest land will have to be transferred.All News | Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Concrete solution: Improve drains, check leaks on roads - Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore
The recent announcement by the Chief Minister that concrete roads would be laid in heavily congested corridors was met with mixed reactions. Sceptics felt that concrete roads would reduce water seepage and lower the ground water table. But if that was true, why would the developed world make most urban roads concrete?
It is important to understand that water has a detrimental effect both on t
All News | Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Model initiative gone down the drain - Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore
Sept. 1: Here’s a perfect example of how government agencies work at cross purposes, leaving the exchequer and the common citizen all the more poorer.
The rainwater harvesting facility was launched with much fanfare at Vidhana Soudha in 2006 and was hailed as a model initiative. Thanks to poor maintenance and the careless work carried out by Namma Metro authorities, the facility has not been
All News | Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Rain hits civic work across city - Deccan Chronicle: Chennai
Sept. 1: While the showers of the past two months have come as good news for Metro Water, the rain has severely affected Chennai corporation projects like stormwater drains, flyovers and road repair work. Field engineers fear that the incessant rain will further delay these projects by at least two months.
“Worst hit is the Maniakkara Chathiram Road subway coming up near Stanley Medical Col
All News | Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
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