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  1. A paradise on wings

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    / July 1, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (0.67 sq. km) is about 18km form Mysore (Karnataka) situated on the banks of the river Cauvery. This Bird Sanctuary owes its existence to the world famous ornithologist Dr. Salim Ali who convinced the Maharaja of Mysore in 1940 to declare Ranganathittu as a protected area. The...

  2. Cancel environmental clearance

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    / February 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The East Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd. (ECEPL) project at Kakarapalli in Srikakulam district should not have been cleared in the first instance by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Thermal Projects of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) as it is wrongly located in a wetland. The National Environment Policy approved by the...

  3. C for cat, E for elephant

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    / February 17, 2012 / 1 Comment
    This is a story from a trip in September 2009. Like errant schoolchildren ordered to keep quiet by the teacher, we sat silent, waiting in anticipation. I gesticulated `finger-on-the-lips’ to Pranav and Tejaswini, then five and six years old respectively, hoping the excitement of the moment wouldn’t make them react...

  4. Srikakulam gets a taste of state power. Again

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    / February 28, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By E A S Sarma Two innocent lives have today been lost in police firing on villagers in Kakarapalli in Srikakulam district. The villagers were protesting against the setting up of a thermal power plant of East Coast Energy in the area.   We addressed several letters to the Andhra...

  5. Powerless people of Srikakulam

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    / February 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By E A S Sarma   Sompeta was repeated in Kakarapalli yesterday. Just like in July last year, when hundreds of locals were fired upon by the police, when they were protesting against the Nagarjuna’s thermal plant in Sompeta, yesterday, the anti-power plant agitation took a violent turn in Santabommali...

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