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Fresh grain harvest finds no storage in Punjab
In Punjab, tonnes of grain continue to lie in the open and rot due to lack of storage facilities. Even after the Supreme Court order, there has been no change and the fresh harvest continues to rot even as thousands starve.Rains have set in but in Khamanu, about 75,000 kg of grain is lying outside the godowns, which is enough to feed 1,000 families...
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4000 sacks of soyabean rotting in Nagpur
In a country where a considerable number of families still sleep hungry, food grain rotting due to lack of storage space is possibly the worst phenomenon still left unchecked.Despite the Supreme Court ruling on grain distribution to the poor, the grain rotting episodes have turned into a saga. Now, Mandhal village in Nagpur has seen more than four ...
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Now, grain drain in Karnataka
Even as the Supreme Court cracked its whip on foodgrain rotting issue, the grain rotting trail doesn't seem to end. Now, the Southern state of Karnataka too has joined the ill-famed league.With just a careless look around the godown, one can spot the worms in the moist rice.Thousands of metric tonnes of rice, rotting at godowns in Shimoga, the home...
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Grain rotting: Govt to release more food grains for BPL families
Acting on the directive of the Supreme Court, government on Thursday decided to release an extra 2.5 million tonnes of food grains to states for distribution among the poor but it will not be free."As an interim ad-hoc measure, pending a final decision on the issue, the government is releasing an additional quantity of 2.5 million tonnes of wheat a...
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Madhya Pradesh: Battle for food gets desperate, grain rotting continues
When hunger stalks, several stories of desperation are born. In Madhya Pradesh, Rajesh Gond, a tribal man, was arrested for stealing wheat from his neighbour's house so that he could feed his family. Rajesh stole a seventy-kilo sack of wheat worth one thousand rupees from his neighbour's house. For a tribal villager like him whose ...
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Hunger spreads as foodgrains continue to rot in Madhya Pradesh
When malnutrition is the stark reality in most of the states, it is difficult to believe that food could be getting wasted due to lack of storage space. Nearly five thousand metric tons of wheat bought from local farmers by the Seoni district Cooperative society is rotting out in the rain. Even though, in the last one ...
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Grain rots, hunger stalks
While thousands in India continue to die of hunger every day, tonnes of grains get wasted due to storage space limitations. This is a shocking example of government's negligence. Across three states, lakhs of sacks of grain rot, simply because there isn't enough space to store them.Over 2 lakh sacks of wheat in Aligarh, worth Rs 18 crore gr...
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Food grain rots in Punjab as prices soar
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
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Fresh grain harvest finds no storage in Punjab
In Punjab, tonnes of grain continue to lie in the open and rot due to lack of storage facilities. Even after the Supreme Court order, there has been no change and the fresh harvest continues to rot even as thousands starve.Rains have set in but in Khamanu, about 75,000 kg of grain is lying outside the godowns, which is enough to feed 1,000 families...
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4000 sacks of soyabean rotting in Nagpur
In a country where a considerable number of families still sleep hungry, food grain rotting due to lack of storage space is possibly the worst phenomenon still left unchecked.Despite the Supreme Court ruling on grain distribution to the poor, the grain rotting episodes have turned into a saga. Now, Mandhal village in Nagpur has seen more than four ...
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Now, grain drain in Karnataka
Even as the Supreme Court cracked its whip on foodgrain rotting issue, the grain rotting trail doesn't seem to end. Now, the Southern state of Karnataka too has joined the ill-famed league.With just a careless look around the godown, one can spot the worms in the moist rice.Thousands of metric tonnes of rice, rotting at godowns in Shimoga, the home...
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Grain rotting: Govt to release more food grains for BPL families
Acting on the directive of the Supreme Court, government on Thursday decided to release an extra 2.5 million tonnes of food grains to states for distribution among the poor but it will not be free."As an interim ad-hoc measure, pending a final decision on the issue, the government is releasing an additional quantity of 2.5 million tonnes of wheat a...
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Madhya Pradesh: Battle for food gets desperate, grain rotting continues
When hunger stalks, several stories of desperation are born. In Madhya Pradesh, Rajesh Gond, a tribal man, was arrested for stealing wheat from his neighbour's house so that he could feed his family. Rajesh stole a seventy-kilo sack of wheat worth one thousand rupees from his neighbour's house. For a tribal villager like him whose ...
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Hunger spreads as foodgrains continue to rot in Madhya Pradesh
When malnutrition is the stark reality in most of the states, it is difficult to believe that food could be getting wasted due to lack of storage space. Nearly five thousand metric tons of wheat bought from local farmers by the Seoni district Cooperative society is rotting out in the rain. Even though, in the last one ...
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Grain rots, hunger stalks
While thousands in India continue to die of hunger every day, tonnes of grains get wasted due to storage space limitations. This is a shocking example of government's negligence. Across three states, lakhs of sacks of grain rot, simply because there isn't enough space to store them.Over 2 lakh sacks of wheat in Aligarh, worth Rs 18 crore gr...
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Food grain rots in Punjab as prices soar
Millions of metric tons of wheat grain, lying in the open, being eaten by insects Srihand in Punjab.
