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...orchards and other pricey produce, and another $24 million on building micro-irrigation projects. As Mulay drives down narrow roads through Vidarbha's cotton fields, he stops his jeep every few miles to show off the government's handiwork. First, he marches up a muddy hillside to a small dam the government built to help farmers preserve monsoon rainwater - one of more than 9,000 constructed in the region over the past three years. Next he visits the farm of Bhiamrao Mahore, who received free orange-tree saplings from a state-funded nursery. Mahore hopes his oranges will bring more...
...honor this year, and the country's official representatives wanted to showcase a few young, popular novelists. Dai, 68, is a journalist and author of serious works on the environment in China and social affairs like women's rights. Thanks to her vocal criticism of the Three Gorges Dam, Dai can no longer find a publisher in mainland China. Her ideas on social issues in China have earned her a following abroad, but China's culture mavens are not fans...
...Anybody who's been in a traffic jam at Yellowstone knows what I'm talking about. But these are good democratic problems to have. The worst thing would be apathy. Then our rapacious nature would come in--and that's the part that looks at a stream and thinks, Dam, looks at a stand of timber and thinks, Board feet. And then we would lose them...
...ultimately that grim reality that prompted Triplett to declare a state of emergency in early September, likely months before the dreaded event. Government officials have requested $40 million in federal funding to prepare - the dam is a federal facility - in addition to another $16 million from the Army Corps of Engineers devoted specifically to bolstering levees down the river. While Washington's congressional delegates fight for the money in the nation's capital, preparations and public-awareness campaigns are already under way - including driving home the importance of purchasing flood insurance, and buying it right away...
...major floods will likely happen in mid- to late November, leaving just weeks for homeowners to get everything in order. Hence, the current government battle cry. "Buy flood insurance," Governor Gregoire says. "I know we're at a very difficult time financially for many families but should this dam fail, while FEMA will step up, it will never replace individual homes...