Surveying over two centuries

Survey Department marks 210 years:

Natural earth resources are threefold; irrigational resources, hydrographic resources and mineral resources. The common characteristic of these resources is their limited supplies to the required demand. It is a well known that it is hard to achieve the successful development of land use activities for economic development without adopting necessary land policies. The history of the Survey Department is the real evolution of land policies.

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I, the media!

Indy Media came up with a brilliant line which I have quoted many times over the past 10 years: ‘BE THE MEDIA!’ What it means is that anyone and everyone can be the media, or to be more precise, be a media person, a journalist, as long as the person concerned has eyes that see that which is apparent and that which is not, ears that listen as well as hear, tongues that can turn word and in this and other ways communicate and share. Indy Media, in this call, says nothing of integrity or stands. I believe this is what has served to wreck the notion of media freedom.

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UN declares water and sanitation as basic human right:

Renewed push for water justice

When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in December 1948, 58 member states voted for a historic document covering political, economic, social and cultural rights.

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