ANURADHA RAMAN, Posted online: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 0200 hours IST
RAMGARH (NAINITAL), JUNE 21: Far removed from the hike in prices of petrol and diesel, at over 5,000 feet, Petroleum and Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is faced with concerns that are very basic — water scarcity, for example.
At Simayal, a small gram [...]

by N J Bahugana
WHEN Pushpa Rana was elected gram pradhan of the Attakfarm panchayat in Uttaranchal, she vowed to work for the betterment of her community. To keep herself well informed, she made frequent trips to the block office to find out about all the development schemes earmarked for her panchayat.But whenever she visited the [...]