Wednesday, April 7, 1999
A whiff of dung
The present crisis, brought about by a combination of governmental mismanagement, oppositional opportunism and an importunate and egotistical lead player, would once again hold a mirror to the political culture of the country.
District democracy
With the flagging off of district governance in Madhya Pradesh, Digvijay Singh's experiment in decentralisation has been taken a step forward. This can only be good news at a time when the Karnataka government has succeeded in indefinitely putting off the gram panchayat elections.
Myopic planning
Like several places in Garhwal, Srinagar town is an example of a naturally low-hazard area turned into a man-made high-hazard one. In the last 15 years, say residents, the Alaknanda, on whose bank the town has grown, has shifted its course to the left by about 500 metres.
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