Reports on the environment, government projects, gender injustice and communalism by Dheeraj Mishra, Sumedha Pal, Jahnavi Sen, Sukanya Shantha and Yaqut Ali are part of the shortlist. Nominations in more categories are yet to be announced.
For this, efforts are being made by NHDC to connect Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP). For solar electricity, preparations are in the process to set up a solar plant at Tekwa, Maheshwar.
Admitting that Ken Betwa Link Project will have negative impacts on three key species tiger, vulture and gharial the Integrated Landscape Management Plan for Greater Panna Landscape released on Thursday has proposed multiple prescriptive steps for conservation of these species along with community management.