Paryavaran Mitra director Mahesh Pandya’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on urgent need to desilt Sardar Sarovar and other dams, stop illegal river sand mining, and protection of ponds/wetlands in Gujarat: First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the occasion of 75th anniversary of India's Independence. On the occasion of Azadi … Continue reading Urgent need to desilt Sardar Sarovar, other dams, stop illegal river sand mining, protect wetlands
By Ashwin Parthasarathy Hundreds of cyclist and joined climate activists in coordinated biking events held in nine Asian countries on April 28. The biking events called Pedal for People and Planet – held in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan – called on governments and corporations to step up climate … Continue reading Coordinated cycling in 9 Asian countries: call for bold action on climate change
By IMPRI Team By IMPRI Team #IMPRI Center for Work and Welfare (CWW), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organized a book discussion on “Home, Belonging and Memory in Migration: Leaving and Living” – #WebPolicyTalk. Dr Sadan Jha (Associate Professor), Centre for Social Studies, Surat and Prof Pushpendra (Professor), Mumbai Campus, and, Chairperson, Centre for Development Practice and … Continue reading Human mobility and migration conceived as inherent dimension of human life
By Shankar Sharma* Abstract: The grid stability crises that affected millions of people in Texas’s electric grid in US (Feb. 2021) demands us to seriously consider the pros/cons of blindly continuing to rely on an increasingly complicated and vulnerable national grid in India. Such a scenario becomes imperative in the context that such massive blackouts, which … Continue reading Will future scenario of renewable energy sources minimize power blackouts in India?
By Ajay Ghosh* Dr. Suresh Reddy, Dr. Anuja Gupta and Mr Ashfaq Hussain Syed under the auspices of Verandah Community Outreach organized Inter-Faith Iftar Celebrations on April 25th at Hanover Park, Chicago. Around 75 of community leaders and friends of South Asian Origin came together with the hope of fostering unity amongst people of diverse communities and to help foster fellowship … Continue reading Inter-faith Iftar celebration in Chicago by leaders of South Asian origin
Shankar Sharma, Power & Climate Policy Analyst based in Karnataka, writes to the Secretary (Power), Govt. of India, New Delhi, wth copies to Chairman, CEA, New Delhi; Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi; and PMO, New Delhi: A recent article by Prof Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, as copied below, can be seen as providing us … Continue reading Renewable energy’s intermittency need not be a showstopper
By Bharat Dogra A big fire at the Bhalsawa landfill near Delhi has led to the emergence of a highly hazardous situation in Delhi. Official sources have attributed this to the release of methane gas, a GHG many times more more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of its impact on climate change, as well … Continue reading Why were 20,000 people resettled from Delhi near landfill site, a highly polluting zone?
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