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This town in Kerala has set its sights on becoming India’s first carbon-neutral panchayat
We tried to find out how much greenhouse gases are being emitted within the panchayat boundaries.
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In Gorakhpur, Citizens Use Nature to Prevent Floods
Better agricultural productivity and livelihoods meant that farmers would not feel pressured to sell their land to developers.
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Of butterflies, cranes, macaques and India’s hydropower conundrum
In the case of a certain hydro-power project, development bowed before nature, but the same may not be the case for other projects,
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A People’s Manifesto for the Western Himalayas Mountain region, April 2019
outlines a region-specific strategy for inclusive, ecologically sound development that takes into account the fragility of the landscape.
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Bhovi – traditional well diggers in Bengaluru
It is the Bhovi community that is helping dig, clean and maintain all these wells across Bengaluru.
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The story behind the Solar Village Project Solar Initiative in Tamil Nadu’s Irumbai
Depending on the traffic to the search engine, the group will install a certain number of solar panels in the village.
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परीघ विस्तारण्यासाठी (in Marathi)
सरकारनं स्वत:च्या प्राथमिक, मध्यम, उच्चस्तरीय आरोग्यसेवा सुधारल्या पाहिजेत आणि कोणत्याही मध्यस्थाशिवाय गरजेप्रमाणं खासगी सेवा विकत घ्यायला हव्यात.
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Delhi Metro is second-most unaffordable in world: CSE
"... the public transport system needs to be made more attractive and reliable so that it can be used for door to door mobility"
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Gutter gas fueled tea boosts chaiwala’s livelihood
Can a Chai stall be run with Zero expenditure on Energy?