India Today issue dated May 8, 2000

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India Today issue dated May 8, 2000
May 8, 2000

Depths of Despair
As state after state falls prey to the great dry, government apathy only heightens the misery. It's a suffering so endless that it defies being catalogued.

Man-Made Disaster
Despite adequate warning signals most of the states failed to gear up to the crisis. The knee-jerk reaction now has only compounded the people's misery.

Desert of woes
Farmers are reduced to daily-wage earners at relief camps. Cattle are left to die because there is no fodder. And the administration fears that water riots may break out.

A Lifeless landscape
The state has been through worse. But the real worry this time is the drastic depletion of the water table in Saurashtra and the north.

Mirage Chasers
The centre is accused of partisanship in doling out relief even though its discretionary powers are limited.

NATION
The Big Bang Theory
The Congress is divided against itself on whether India should have more nuclear tests.

Scuttled for Now
Her grand plans to oust the CPI(M) may have received a setback but Mamata knows that the Congress needs her more than she needs it.

OTHER STORIES
BUSINESS Mills and Boom Mumbai's textile mill owners are finding ways of turning 280 acres of industrial wasteland into a Rs 1,000-crore gold mine. NEIGHBOURS The LTTE's Endgame The capture of Elephant Pass is a major reverse for the island nation and could signal Jaffna's fall.	CRIME Blood Ties Her daughter's death puts the SGPC president in political hot war. SPORTS Tube Trouble A former Prasar Bharati adviser charges the ICC and WorldTel chiefs of foul play in a telecast deal.