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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central India east of Delhi. Its library contains a fine collection of Mughal miniature paintings.
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And also, people were arrested in a town called Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
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The Rampur case sheds light on the dubious role which the World Bank plays in abetting the scams that Wikileak exposed.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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The World Bank approved a loan of $400 million for Rampur in 2007.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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Yet as the Rampur project demonstrates, the Bank has so many fingers in this pie that it cannot be trusted as an honest broker.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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Several years into project construction, the board of the Clean Development Mechanism CDM is now considering an application to award 15 million carbon credits for the Rampur project for the 2012-2022 period.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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If the World Bank and an Indian power utility have their way, the Rampur hydropower project in Northern India will increase global CO2 emissions by 15 million tons, at a cost of $164 million to unsuspecting energy consumers in Sweden.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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CDM Watch, International Rivers and the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People have appealed to the CDM board to call SJVN's bluff and deny registration of the Rampur project.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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Rampur is a 412-megawatts hydropower project on the Satluj River in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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CDM Watch, International Rivers and the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People have appealed to the CDM board to call SJVN's bluff and deny registration of the Rampur project.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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If the World Bank and an Indian power utility have their way, the Rampur hydropower project in Northern India will increase global CO2 emissions by 15 million tons, at a cost of $164 million to unsuspecting energy consumers in Sweden.
Peter Bosshard: World Bank Hydro Project Exposes Blatant Abuse of Climate Funds Peter Bosshard 2011
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