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UP Tests Watershed Management Program In Parched Bundelkhand Districts
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed officials today to study and implement Maharashtra's "Sujalam Sufalam" campaign in two districts of Bundelkhand region which is facing a drought-like situation.
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Yogi Adityanath Okays Rs 47 Crore-Package For Drinking Water In Bundelkhand
The Yogi Adityanath government today approved Rs 47 crore-package to ensure immediate availability of drinking water in the parched Bundelkhand region. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also said that if needed, the state government would make available additional funds under this head, but there should not be any problem of drinking water for the p...
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Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
In a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, among the worst-affected from this year's drought, 50-year-old Kallu Lal Tiwary was hopeful of finding work under the Centre's employment guarantee scheme for the first time in eight years.
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A Farmer In Drought-Hit Bundelkhand Is Arrested For Stealing Water
Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand is facing a drought for third year in a row. Now, a farmer has been arrested for stealing water.
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A Farmer's Family Eats A Real Meal In Drought-Ravaged Bundelkhand
In the scorching heat of drought-ravaged Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav shared stage with a group of local tribals under a large pandal or tent, as he announced a food package for about 2.5 lakh of the region's poorest. Under the Samajwadi drought relief package, each family is being given 10 kg wheat flour, 5 kg rice, ...
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Akhilesh Yadav Says Centre Turned Blind Eye To Bundelkhand Drought
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Centre of turning a blind eye to drought-hit Bundelkhand and said his government would make a separate provision in the budget for the region if needed.
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UP Government Promises Steps To Provide Drought Relief
Taking strong note of drought conditions in water-scarce Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh government said it will take all possible steps to ensure that there is no starvation death, a day after the Centre announced a relief of Rs 1,304 crore for the region.
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In Dry Bundelkhand, This Village Of Farmers Turned Into Labourers
After two seasons of no rainfall, Pachwara has become dry, exposing not just the dry water bed, but also the fragile state of those dependent on it. From a village of farmers, Rajpur has become a village of labourers surviving on MNREGA.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, Why 7 Types of Mithai Means 5 Years of Debt
In a small open space in Ladwari village in Bundelkhand, a group of men sit amongst giant pots of vegetables: tomatoes, onions, brinjal. In one corner, a large vat of chickpeas simmers on a chulha, or earthen stove.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, Worms Infest a 'Lifeline' For Children
In 2012, a Supreme Court-appointed panel found that the quality of food being provided under the Anganwadi scheme in Uttar Pradesh (along with three other states) was sub-standard.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, The Poor Are Eating Rotis Made Of Grass
Bundelkhand has been roiled by three successive crop failures - for two years because of drought, and a year in the middle because of unseasonal rain.
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Bundelkhand caught in drought politics
With drinking water scarce, livetsock dying and fields dry, do people here have any hope from either party?
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Farmer suicides in Bundelkhand
Lalitpur has barely received 40 per cent rain this year so far, but the place is still to find it's name in the 47 districts declared as drought-hit by the Mayawati government.
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UP Tests Watershed Management Program In Parched Bundelkhand Districts
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed officials today to study and implement Maharashtra's "Sujalam Sufalam" campaign in two districts of Bundelkhand region which is facing a drought-like situation.
-
Yogi Adityanath Okays Rs 47 Crore-Package For Drinking Water In Bundelkhand
The Yogi Adityanath government today approved Rs 47 crore-package to ensure immediate availability of drinking water in the parched Bundelkhand region. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also said that if needed, the state government would make available additional funds under this head, but there should not be any problem of drinking water for the p...
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Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
In a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, among the worst-affected from this year's drought, 50-year-old Kallu Lal Tiwary was hopeful of finding work under the Centre's employment guarantee scheme for the first time in eight years.
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A Farmer In Drought-Hit Bundelkhand Is Arrested For Stealing Water
Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand is facing a drought for third year in a row. Now, a farmer has been arrested for stealing water.
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A Farmer's Family Eats A Real Meal In Drought-Ravaged Bundelkhand
In the scorching heat of drought-ravaged Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav shared stage with a group of local tribals under a large pandal or tent, as he announced a food package for about 2.5 lakh of the region's poorest. Under the Samajwadi drought relief package, each family is being given 10 kg wheat flour, 5 kg rice, ...
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Akhilesh Yadav Says Centre Turned Blind Eye To Bundelkhand Drought
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Centre of turning a blind eye to drought-hit Bundelkhand and said his government would make a separate provision in the budget for the region if needed.
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UP Government Promises Steps To Provide Drought Relief
Taking strong note of drought conditions in water-scarce Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh government said it will take all possible steps to ensure that there is no starvation death, a day after the Centre announced a relief of Rs 1,304 crore for the region.
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In Dry Bundelkhand, This Village Of Farmers Turned Into Labourers
After two seasons of no rainfall, Pachwara has become dry, exposing not just the dry water bed, but also the fragile state of those dependent on it. From a village of farmers, Rajpur has become a village of labourers surviving on MNREGA.
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In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, Why 7 Types of Mithai Means 5 Years of Debt
In a small open space in Ladwari village in Bundelkhand, a group of men sit amongst giant pots of vegetables: tomatoes, onions, brinjal. In one corner, a large vat of chickpeas simmers on a chulha, or earthen stove.
-
In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, Worms Infest a 'Lifeline' For Children
In 2012, a Supreme Court-appointed panel found that the quality of food being provided under the Anganwadi scheme in Uttar Pradesh (along with three other states) was sub-standard.
-
In Drought-Hit Uttar Pradesh, The Poor Are Eating Rotis Made Of Grass
Bundelkhand has been roiled by three successive crop failures - for two years because of drought, and a year in the middle because of unseasonal rain.
-
Bundelkhand caught in drought politics
With drinking water scarce, livetsock dying and fields dry, do people here have any hope from either party?
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Farmer suicides in Bundelkhand
Lalitpur has barely received 40 per cent rain this year so far, but the place is still to find it's name in the 47 districts declared as drought-hit by the Mayawati government.
