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Mar 31, 2007

Fluorosis affecting the health of Jharkhand villagers

Ranchi, Mar 31: Residents of the remote village of Chukru, which lies 20 kilometers from Jharkhand's Palamu District headquarters are experiencing various physical disabilities due to the presence of excessive fluoride in the ground water of the area.

Every second person -- children as well as adults -- is suffering from deformed limbs, cataract, or premature ageing.luorosis hit the village in 1980 when the Government constructed borewells here to solve the drinking water problem of the village.

A boon soon became a curse, as the excessive fluoride content in the water started affecting the health of the villagers.

According to a test carried out by a private organisation in 1995-1996, the ground water in the region contains excessive fluoride.

" Children born in the village after 95-96 are not healthy. Our health is also deteriorating, we cannot do much work. Now, we have started drinking water from the river. We have appealed to the government to solve this problem, but no action has been taken so far," said Prabha Ram, one of the villagers.

However, Nagendra Prasad Singh of the State Public Health Department said that water filters have been installed in the village and efforts are on to ensure the availability of pure and safe drinking water to the village.

"We have constructed 19 bore wells with water filter device under the National Employment Guarantee Scheme in three villages," said Prasad.

Villagers' complain that only one water filter device has been installed in this area, which is damaged.luorosis is a condition caused by the excessive intake of fluorine and is commonly of two types - skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis.

As the names suggest, the first affects the bones and the latter affects the teeth.

Doctors say that surgery is the only option to deal with flurosis that too after the fluoride content in the body is brought down.

http://www.dailyindia.com/show/129873.php/Fluorosis-affecting-the-health-of-Jharkhand
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Few takers for library project

Ranchi, March 30: Over Rs 40 lakh was spent in the UGC-sponsored "ambitious" Inflibnet project way back in 1996, but only five teachers, 27 postgraduate students and research scholars of Ranchi University availed its "incomplete" services.

In the past 10 years, top officials of the university failed to ensure that as many as 4,000-odd research works (carried after early '70s) and approximately 1.12 lakh books of the university get a place on the Inflibnet web, which covers 115 universities across the country.

"The story dates back to 1996 when UGC sanctioned Rs 6.5 lakh to the university to set up an Inflibnet centre as per its mandate that students can access reputed journals, research conducted by all the universities so as to avoid duplication and bibliographical details of books available in the universities," said an employee of the centre revealing how RU sat over the funds for five successive years after purchasing three computers and earmarking space for the centre on the first floor of the central library building at the Morabadi campus.

Basanti Jain, who took over as librarian in 2001 after predecessor H.N. Singh, said how the centre was closed till 2004 before it was reopened. "A server (of Rs 70,000), two more new computers and a software for university library (SOUL) was bought in 2005. But there was no computer professional to enable us to feed the data related to research work and books," said Jain, who has retired today.

It was in mid-2005 when a computer professional S.K. Sinha was deputed from the tabulation centre to Inflibnet centre to realise the project. But there is acute scarcity of manpower as besides Sinha only one ad hoc employee was rendering services to feed the research and book data of RU so as the same get incorporated on the Inflibnet website.

Interestingly, the research data fed by the team is only in bibliographical form and no one could go into abstract and original texts of the research work conducted by RU teachers and scholars. As of today, the final data are yet to be prepared for sending it to the Ahmedabad main centre of Inflibnet. "Bibliographical details of about 4,000 research work and and only about 2,000 books (out of 1.2 lakh total books at the central library) could be fed," said Sinha.

As of now, after the Inflibnet centre started operation in 2006, services have been availed by five teachers and 27 research scholars and PG students showcasing the aptitude of teachers and students. Top university officials do not want to give details why the service could not be started here.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070331/asp/jamshedpur/story_7588967.asp

Check ID, stay connected - Thousands of cellphones likely to go dead from April 1

Ranchi, March 30: Cellphones of thousands of pre-paid subscribers will be de-activated from April 1 because they have failed to verify their details with respective operators.

Fresh verification of mobile phone subscribers is being conducted all over the country following a directive of department of telecommunications, which has levied Rs 1,000 penalty for each violation of verification after March 31. DoT directive had come in November to strengthen verification system following intelligence reports that many pre-paid subscriptions were working on fake addresses and bulk connections were issued to one person.

G. Nagendra Nath, GM (mobile), BSNL, Jharkhand, said only 6,000-7,000 remained to be verified, of a total of 5 lakh subscribers. "They had taken connection through 14 BSNL franchisees in the state. We have given them ultimatum to submit fresh verification forms by tomorrow evening or their numbers would be barred from midnight," he said.

Since June 2006 no subscriber has been given a SIM without proper verification, including physical check, said Nath, adding that they "will not be able to give more time to the subscribers to verify their details with the BSNL since deadline ends on March 31".

"Numbers of such subscribers, who did not verify themselves will be de-activated from April 1," he said.

A Reliance India Mobile official said they were on the job since January, "and barring a few hundred of the total four-lakh plus subscribers in Jharkhand, all submitted fresh verification forms". Those who did not submit their papers have already been barred, he added.

"In fact, we gave a talktime of Rs 100 more to the subscribers who filled fresh forms," he said.

Ashok Singh of Reliance Telecom said that barring 20,000 odd subscribers, all 4.5 lakh customers had followed the direction.

"Numbers of many subscribers were barred, but activated again once they submitted fresh documents. Those who failed to comply remained de-activated. Even now, we are getting 2000-3,000 verification forms every day and hope to complete the process by tomorrow evening," he added.

Tata Indicom, AirTel, which claims to have about 20 lakh subscribers in Bihar and Jharkhand, and a new player, AirCel, are also on the job.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070331/asp/frontpage/story_7586930.asp

Maoist rebels strike in Bihar

A group of 500 armed Maoist rebels blew up a road bridge, attacked a police station and a block office at Riga in Bihar's Sitamarhi district.

They also made an abortive attempt to loot a bank on Saturday.

The Maoists stormed the Central Bank of India branch at Riga and injured its manager and a Home guard while attempting to loot cash from the chest which they failed to break open, police sources said.

Superintendent of Police MRR Nair said that around 500 heavily armed CPI(Maoist) activists used dynamite to blow up a bridge snapping road communication between Riga and Dheng.

They later laid a virtual siege of the Riga police station and exploded several bombs and exchanged fire with the Bihar Military Police (BMP) and Special Auxilliary Police (SAP) personnel deployed there for over 45 minutes.

The securitymen, however, forced the Naxalites to retreat after the arrival of reinforcements from the district headquarters.

All the entry and exit points of the district were sealed and raids were being made at different places to apprehend the naxalites, the SP said.

Meanwhile, the authorities on Saturday night sealed the Indo-Nepal border in Sitamarhi district and SSB jawans were conducting combing operations.

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070007377

'Gunda' banks lend trouble in Bihar

They have pass books, receipts and computerised accounts, and are run by gangsters. Local banks in Bihar's villages force farmers to take loans at high interest rates and beat them up when they default, reports CNBC-TV18.

Twenty two year old Mumtaz has been confined to her house for the last three months. She has no idea where her parents are. She only knows they are hiding somewhere after defaulting on a loan taken from a local private bankrun by local goons and is called, appropriately enough, the Gunda Bank.

There are many families like Mumtaz's, in the northern districts of Bihar. Most of them are small farmers forced to take loans from Gunda Banks at very high rates. These banks work under the shadow of the gun, with no formal offices or branches but they do have a structured system in place.

People complain that they were beaten up badly by the goons. The goons threaten to kidnap young women. But where do these lenders actually get the money to operate?

An anonymous Gunda Bank operator states, "We get the money from extortion and kidnappings."

The state's police, along with central agencies had tried earlier to break this moneylending network operated by criminals, but to no effect. Today, these Gunda Banks blatantly advertise on FM radio and yet, the government says it has no information on these banks.

The Dy SP of Naugachiya states, "Lenders and borrowers keep the matter between themselves. The police are never informed. This makes it very difficult for us to investigate."

People sitting in the power corridors love to believe that Bihar has changed but for those at the receiving end of the system the change is too slow to benefit the person in the last tier of the society. And unless that happens, Gunda banks will continue to thrive.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/currentaffairs/biharlocalbanks/gundabankslendt/
market/stocks/article/274078

Quota: SC order triggers politicking in Bihar

PATNA: The Supreme Court stay on OBC quota in admissions to educational institutions has triggered intense politicking in Bihar dominated as the state has been by politicians owing their positions to the Mandalisation of politics in the early 1990s.

Railway minister Lalu Prasad chose to speak cautiously and said he will speak to PM Manmohan Singh on the issue. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, while apprehending caste tension in the state and the country, urged the PM to convene an all-party meet on the issue.

"It's high time all leaders claiming to be champions of OBC politics came together and pressurised the Union government to initiate measures for reversing the apex court order," said LJP national vice president Ranjan Prasad Yadav. While attributing the rise of all the major political parties in Bihar to OBC politics, Ranjan said, "Lalu, Nitish, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sharad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati... all of them will have to stand united on the issue."

In the 1990s, Mandalisation of politics hugely impacted politics in Bihar. It led to emergence of Lalu, Nitish and Ram Vilas as mass leaders and also saw the Congress fortunes dwindle.

The LJP maintains that the role of Lalu is important. "Lalu, who has enjoyed power in Bihar for 15 long years in the name of backward caste politics, is in a position to influence the Centre the most," said the LJP vice president.

Political adversaries of the RJD are accusing Lalu and UPA of not taking a firm stand on the issue. "There has been no opposition to this reservation from any political party. Yet, the UPA did not place the facts before the apex court properly as a result of which the court stayed the quota implementation," said Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi.

Modi said this OBC quota was meant for Central technical institutions. "Bihar does not have a Central technical institute and there's already an OBC quota in admissions to state government institutes," he added.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Quota_SC_order_triggers_politicking_in_Bihar/articles
how/1835375.cms

'Most Bengal households susceptible to financial risk'

Kolkata: A financial crisis is brewing in households of West Bengal, where awareness of life insurance is very high but there are few takers for it. An overwhelming majority of households are at risk financially.

This was revealed by a joint study, India Financial Protection Survey—How India earns, spends and saves, conducted by the Delhi-based leading think tank, National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), and Max New York Life Insurance.

The study said 99% of households surveyed in West Bengal were financially at risk of losing their breadwinner. "In Kolkata, almost 58% of households said they would not be able to survive for more than six months, while 18% said they would manage for up to one year on their current savings. Only 3% in Kolkata said they would be able to survive more than a year after loss of the major source of household income," the survey said.

Insurance awareness in the state is about 95%, as against the all-India average of 78%, and 31.5% of households surveyed were insured as against 24.8% in India.

The survey has also said the state is characterised by misplaced financial optimism. The survey said, "The financial optimism was not based on facts. About 99% of the households felt they could not survive for more than one year on their current savings without the major source of household income, and yet 61% felt they were financially secure."

The study covered a stratified random sample of 3,900 households in the state. The data was collected between October 2005 and January 2006.

The study also said households in the state borrow mostly to cover routine expenditure. An 'alarming' 85% of households borrow from shopkeepers to meet routine expenditure, 64% borrow for health purposes, and 60% from moneylenders for weddings and childbirth.

http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=159485

Work is worship in dynamic Surat

SURAT: El Dorado is out of the realm of myth. The city we knew as the diamond city, is where you strike gold! If that's poetic, here are the bare facts: The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has placed it at the top of class I cities in the country in terms of work to population ratio.

The UN named it the fastest growing city in the world. And, when 'New York Times' chose to chronicle the changing face of urban India, it also turned to Surat. So, raising a toast to the spirit of this city is Shankar Padhy.

When this 35-year-old native of Orissa graduated in 1994, he had no choice but to follow the family tradition of becoming a pujari.

"I just took a train and landed here," says Padhy, an accountant with a private firm and earns enough for his family.

Like Padhy, the multitude of migrants, who have left behind their impoverished homelands in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal, have reaped a rich harvest from this city.

Today, 300 new migrants come to Surat every day and they all get sucked into city's workforce. The population growth has been phenomenal — from 15 lakh in 1991 to 40 lakh in 2007.

And, NSSO says 88 per cent of these people have jobs, leaving Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore far behind. The population is expected to touch 60 lakh by 2020. Surat is undaunted by numbers.

And, why not? Its jewels in the crown —textile and diamond sectors — are in top gear. If 2.5 crore metre of yarn is spun out every day, enough to wrap the earth around its equatorial diameter twice over, diamond exports have touched a phenomenal Rs 70,000 crore annually.

Eye popping ? Wait till you hear the investment in the industrial belt of Hazira — a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore. The textile industry employs about six lakh people, the diamond sector another seven lakh.

Here, an unskilled worker can get trained in no time and begin to earn as much as Rs 10,000-12,000 a month.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Ahmedabad/Work_is_worship_in_dynamic_Surat
/articleshow/1839362.cms

Youth fight for gender justice

Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) When 22-year-old Laxmipriya Nayak from a small village in Orissa's Dhenkanal district asserted to her college mates and teachers that girls and boys are equal, she created quite a furore.

She was challenged to prove her mettle as an 'equal' and was ordered to climb coconut trees and cut paddy crops just like boys and men in their village. A gutsy Laxmipriya took the test head on and not only climbed the trees and cut the crops, she also achieved much more, writes Grassroots Features.

Laxmipriya and other men and women from the village and adjoining areas have not only strived to change stereotypical gender relations but also raised voices against rampant alcoholism that has often led to brutal domestic violence in their area.

Like Laxmipriya, there are thousands of other Change Makers (CMs) spread across South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, who have been spreading the message for a violence-free environment in their own homes and society.

The CMs are part of the 'We Can End Violence Against Women' campaign - a six-year, six-country South Asia regional campaign that addresses the root causes of discrimination against girls and women to end all violence against them.

The campaign, launched in India in 2004, works with nearly 350,000 men and women in 170 districts of 12 states that include Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Orissa.

More than 300 men and women from India and abroad participated in the National Change Makers Assembly, organised by 'We Can' India at Bhubaneswar recently, which was marked by exchange of varied experiences, shared bonhomie and a renewed pledge to fight violence against women.

The CMs include youth, community members, religious groups, women leaders, persons with disability, panchayats members, etc, who believe that such violence is unacceptable.

Innumerable stories of 'change' marked by individual courage and attitudinal difference were exchanged during the meet and the participants took a common pledge to fight verbal, physical and mental abuse against women.

Manu, from Delhi, while sharing her experience said that prior to the 'We Can' campaign, she had always viewed all men with suspicion and also feared them. 'However, after my training I developed the confidence to talk with them and express my opinion. I also realised that for the campaign to be successful and to establish equal gender relationships, men and women have to work together,' said Manu.

The CMs also have the task of influencing 10 more people to join the campaign. CMs from Delhi narrated how they have initiated a special celebration programme upon the birth of a girl child in various parts of Delhi where gender bias exists.

Santosh from Delhi said that he is determined not to accept dowry even if it means going against his parents.

The story of Pushpa, a middle-class housewife from Maharashtra, was presented in the form of a play during the conference. Pushpa was unable to provide for the higher education of her children. She had initially decided to send only her son for higher studies but changed her decision when her daughter also expressed interest in further studies. She realised that her daughter should be given equal opportunity.

Likewise, a Youth Parliament organised by the Orissa campaigners was largely responsible for influencing the passage of the Domestic Violence Bill in the State Assembly and making it an Act in Oct 2006.

The experiences of other South Asian countries aren't very different. Lack of equal opportunities for women, incidents of rape, domestic violence, molestation etc is quite common.

In Sri Lanka, for example, while the campaign is progressing well in non-conflict zones, in other places of the strife-torn country, the members are facing difficulties. 'Sexual harassment, trafficking of women and children are some of the main issues on which the campaign has been working,' said Jessy Ariaratnam, district coordinator of the Manwar Women Development Federation.

Participants from Nepal said that since it is difficult to gather many people at one place for a meeting, the Change Makers themselves go to the people and motivate them through dramas and skits during popular festivals like Holi.

Though representatives from Bangladesh narrated some of their success stories, they also revealed that they have to work in difficult circumstances because of the rising fundamentalism in their country. 'Even so-called small attitude/behaviour changes in a family, that gives way to a more equal gender relationship, are significant, yet not easy to attain,' said Bhairavi, a CM from Andhra Pradesh.

In Nepal for example, parents of several CMs expressed displeasure at their children joining the campaign saying it would threaten their lives.

The fears are not always unfounded. Several Change Makers in India and other South Asian countries have indeed faced threats and intimidation from their detractors.

'I had received several abusive phone calls from a regressive group of boys and have even filed an FIR. But the experience has made me braver,' reveals Swapna Biswal, a college student from Orissa.

The 'We Can' campaign seeks to make a difference by creating five million Change Makers in South Asia by 2011. However, emphasis is now on the quality of their training.

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/india/features/article_1285219.php/Youth_fight_for_
gender_justice

State fighting a losing battle

Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) have an unambiguous plan to "further strengthen the people's army". Various Maoist documents attest to this objective, including the one on turning the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) into People's Liberation Army (PLA), adopted at the Unity Congress of the Maoists that concluded on February 1. The Maoists envision that, eventually, as the numerical strength of the People's Militia expands, what is now the PLGA would transform into the PLA. In Chhattisgarh alone, the People's Militia has an estimated strength of 35,000 men and women.

The Maoists also resolved at the Unity Congress to launch an all-India Tactical Counter-Offensive Campaign (TCOC), in order to put the state on the defensive, in the wake of the Maoist movement being weakened at the pan-India level. A succession of attacks followed across various affected states, peaking in the Rani Bodli slaughter.

On March 15, the Maoists attacked a temporary armed outpost in Rani Bodli village in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh and massacred 55 policemen, including personnel of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force and Special Police Officers. It was a chilling reminder of the lethal capacities of the Naxalites — their meticulous planning, fine execution, and large-scale deployment.

In Rani Bodli, several hundred members of the People's Militia, comprising ordinary men and women who otherwise have an avocation in life, were involved alongside well-trained, hardened Maoist cadres in the onslaught. Significantly, not a single villager in Rani Bodli reportedly came to the rescue of the police while they were being massacred. Besides, Chhattisgarh Home Minister Ram Vichar Netam admitted to the media on March 22: "Information at the grassroots level is not arriving at the government." This sharply illustrates the wedge that exists between the people and the 'state' in Naxalite-affected areas.

Successive governments both in Madhya Pradesh — of which Chhattisgarh was a part until November 1, 2000 — and for many years in the new state after it came into existence, adopted a hands-off approach towards the Naxalites, and allowed them to expand and consolidate their presence. While on the one hand, the state's police was left unprepared to face or fight the Naxalites, on the other, meagre efforts were made to accelerate the socio-economic development of the region. Thus, the state has failed to reach out to the people.

Resultantly, large swathes of southern Chhattisgarh are today "liberated areas". Moreover, it is, indeed, a matter of concern that there has been no change in the approach of the state even after it is widely recognised in officialdom that the focus of state response in order to stymie Naxalite influence — both of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the governments in various affected states — has been excessively tilted towards militarily crushing the Naxalites, rather than hastening the pace of socio-economic development. In this wake, the Naxalites would gain more than the state.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1088144

Creating a new capital

The urban design of Naya Raipur promises to incorporate the best of international cities as well as traditional Chhattisgarh culture.

People at the Naya Raipur Development Authority are getting ready to create a whole new city from scratch. The new state of Chhattisgarh is getting a brand new capital city called Naya Raipur.

It's hard to believe but for the last six years since its creation, the state's Secretariat has been running from an old hospital building and its Vidhan Sabha is housed in a central government research centre.

Many of us would have heard about the plan for Naya Raipur, which has been around since 2002 but has never really taken off due to political compulsions. Change in governments at the centre and in the state kept the idea shelved till recently.

Now, as things stand, it seems like work should begin soon. And even as you read our report on the new city, the new master plan for Naya Raipur is being released in Chhattisgarh.

The Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) has a total of 8,000 hectares to play with. There are about 22,000 hectares being left as buffer and green zone. The new city is about 20 kilometres from Raipur and just six kilometres from the airport.

In fact, the new city is in between two national highways — NH6 and NH 43, and the new city and the old one are separated by the airport.

The Chhattisgarh government could have tried to revive Raipur city itself but cleaning up the mess of bad roads, creaking infrastructure, narrow streets and a huge sewage problem would have been some task.

Also, Raipur does not have the environment to attract new knowledge-based and specialised industries like IT and biotech.

The urban design of the new city will incorporate the best of international cities as well as traditional Chhattisgarh culture. The city will be immaculately planned, says Joy Oommen, chairman of NRDA.

The design will be a grid pattern city plan. One of the major influences was Kuala Lumpur's new capital complex at Putrajaya. On the lines of Putrajaya, many water bodies have been planned at Naya Raipur. The main boulevard leading to the capital complex will be inspired by similar areas in Washington and Brazilia.

The design of the city though will not overlook Chhattisgarh culture. Local architecture will be encouraged and one can expect to see subtle elements in design like the Bastar arches and traditional tribal motifs on boundary walls and buildings.

The road designers for the new city are Sheladia, an American company. In trying to improve its public transportation, Delhi is now thinking of setting up dedicated bus lanes across the city, but the Naya Raipur road plan integrates special bus lanes from inception, and the roads will be either 60 or 100 metres in width.

Besides concentrating on road and city designs, 300 hectares are being developed for the capital complex and the new Vidhan Sabha.

Naya Raipur will get a world-class convention centre, a five-star hotel, an IT SEZ, a gems and jewellery SEZ, a theme residential township with a golf course, an amusement park, super speciality hospitals, commercial office space, museum, art galleries, entertainment parks, botanical garden, a law university, an education hub, a 60,000-seater brand new cricket stadium, a cultural centre, malls, sports complex, a logistics hub with warehousing, a transport hub and lots of other housing within 10-15 large townships and some smaller ones too.

A number of development would also happen around the large man-made water bodies (huge 30-50 hectare water bodies). In the future we could also see a night safari at Naya Raipur.

There will be a special scheme for government employees where they can own houses in the city. They will get special loans and will get higher HRA to service the loans.

S S Bajaj, CEO of NRDA, says that many projects will be done with public-private partnership and work should start very soon, after the master plan is released.

Oommen also reveals that many major national developers have bid for new SEZs here as well as for the convention centre and five-star hotel.

NRDA has got an initial grant of Rs 650 crore from the state government, Rs 200 crore from the centre (under the 12th finance commission). It is also taking a Rs 550 crore loan from HUDCO mainly for land acquisition and infrastructure development. For this, NRDA will be mortgaging land to HUDCO.

The city will be connected to Raipur with an expressway. Since the new city is being built within close proximity to the airport, the plan has taken care of future airport expansion plans as well.

The airport zone has lots of land left untouched for future expansion. In fact, the logistics hub being planned at Naya Raipur will be close to the airport for quick access.

A dedicated rail-cum-bus hub will streamline connectivity issues for the city. "We are developing a bus-based mass transport system with dedicated bus lanes across the city. There will also be a new rail connection as well as an expressway between Raipur and Naya Raipur," informs Oommen.

Locals in Raipur though are not too enthused by the plan, which many people believe might just end up like Gandhinagar (which just houses everything for the government). Alok Mahawar, consultant and building engineer who stays in Raipur, feels the new city might have a shortage of water.

"For one, the groundwater level in that area is already low and the NRDA is planning to get water from the Gangarel dam on the Mahanadi river, which is 70 kilometres from the new city. Another issue might be the distance of the new city from the railhead which is in Raipur," he says.

In the long-run though, the non-polluting knowledge based industries which will be setup in the new city should help Raipur as well with more employment.

Raipur will also get much needed recreation and entertainment options, which it completely lacks today.

http://www.business-standard.com/lifeleisure/storypage.php?leftnm=5&subLeft=5&chklogin
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