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The salt of the earth

Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little regard for the ecological and environmental consequences.

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Mega projects or mega flops?

Various schemes have been thought of to tackle Madras' water scarcity.

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The changing face of India's lakes

Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and construction of dams. A look at the state of some Indian lakes today

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A tinge of green

Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just concluded assembly elections.

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Complementarity begets productivity

ORGANIC farming technologies involve adaptation to local environments. Continuing the series on organic farming See Down To Earth, November 30, 1993 , here are two more examples of such farming technologies. The secret of Karnataka's L Narayana Reddy's s

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If they come to power...

A look at the environmental agendas of political parties.

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'Ours is a model of natural farming'

A couple in Kerala demonstrate that barren land can be brought back to life without using any external inputs.

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Bhopal gas victims fade into the background

Most candidates for the Bhopal North constituency are ready to overlook the fate of victims of the world's worst industrial disaster.

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Training villagers in organic farming

Despite the general reluctance of farmers to adopt organic farming, one village in Tamil Nadu is using these techniques successfully.

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Stuck in small pockets

Several colony specific environmental problems surfaced during the election campaign in Delhi and that's where they remained.

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