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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, THE HINDU • Says traditional communities will not be disturbed • ‘Illegal miners and encroachers will be affected’ KOTTAYAM: V.S. Vijayan, a member of the Gadgil Committee on Western Ghats and a former chairman of the State Bio diversity Board, has said the apprehensions over the report are baseless as the traditional communities in the area will not be disturbed. ‘‘The only ones who will be adversely affected will be the illegal miners and encroachers,’’ he said while speaking at a seminar organised by the Samajwadi Janparishad on Friday (February 15, 2013)on the report. Instead of blatantly opposing the report, the leaders should study the 520-page report, he said. He reminded that the committee was constituted after the revelation that over 70 per cent of the wealth of the Western Ghats had already been destroyed. This had happened in a short span of time between 1920 and 1994. He said the recommendations, including a ban on chemical pesticid...

Prof. Vinod Prasad Singh (1940 June 10 - 2013 February 8)  Photo: Aby John Vannilam PATNA: Former President of Samajwadi Janaparishad and ex-MLA Prof. Vinod Prasad Singh died on 8th February 2013 Friday night, after a long illness, at a hospital. He was 73. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. नहीं रहे प्रो.विनोदानंद Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:10 PM (IST) जागरण ब्यूरो, पटना : समाजवादी चिंतक प्रो.बिनोदानंद सिंह का गुरुवार की रात निधन हो गया। वे कुछ दिनों से बीमार थे। दिल्ली के सत्यवती कालेज में अर्थशास्त्र के प्रोफेसर रहे सिंह का इंदिरा गांधी आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान में इलाज चल रहा था। शुक्रवार को उनका अंतिम संस्कार किया जाएगा। 1977 में गायघाट से विधायक चुने गये बिनोदानंद समाजवादी जन परिषद के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष रह चुके थे। उन्होंने जनता पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय महासचिव की जिम्मेदारी भी निभाई थी। समाजवादी आदोलन की धार को तेज करने के दौरान उनके द्वारा चलाए गए आंदोलनों की लम्बी फेहरिश्त है। jagran समाजवादी नेता प्रो विनोदानंद सिंह नहीं रहे