Saturday, April 07, 2007

Southern States Update: April 7, 2007.

The inter-state row between Andhra and Maharashtra over an irrigation project across river Godavari has further deepened. Maharashtra denies permission for Andhra Pradesh's irrigation minister to visit the project site.
Andhra-Maharashtra water row deepens, India eNews,
April 05, 2007.

Meanwhile an intra-state water dispute erupted in Andhra Pradesh when farmers of backward Mahabubnagar district in the Telangana region and Kurnool district in the Rayalaseema region clashed on Friday.
A war over water within Andhra Pradesh, Hindustan Times, April 07, 2007.

Wayanad in North Kerala has seen the country’s highest number of farmer suicides, along with Vidharbha. Water crisis and poor yield has been the prime reason for these suicides.
KA Shaji, How to Grow Water, Tehelka, April 14, 2007.

A 10 Crore scam has come to light in the Andhra Pradesh government's high profile primary education programme.
AP: Funds for primary education swindled, NDTV, April 6, 2007.

The Rival comrades in the ruling party have united to slam the ‘CIA’s bourgeois Kerala media’.

Also See:
A 30-year-old pregnant woman who was living with HIV died after the government healthcare staff denied to provide adequate medical care and hospital admission.
Bobby Ramakant, Another death of pregnant woman with HIV is alarming, Asian Tribune, April 07, 2007.

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