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In UP, Police Guard River 24X7 During Season Of Water Woes
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Uttar Pradesh police's 24-hour guard of the Ken River has been made necessary by illegal sand mining that is rampant across the almost dry river, threatening the already scarce water supply to Banda town
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"Is He Chowkidar Or Shehenshah From Delhi": Priyanka Gandhi's Dig At PM
- Wednesday April 24, 2019
- India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over water from tankers being poured on the streets of Uttar Pradesh's Banda to welcome the PM despite severe drought in the Bundelkhand region. Is the Prime Minister a "chowkidar" or a "shehenshah" from Delhi, she asked on Twitter.
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UP Tests Watershed Management Program In Parched Bundelkhand Districts
- Sunday October 7, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
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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In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
- Saturday June 17, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, which is among the hottest regions in the country, regularly faces water scarcity every summer. Until the rains of last year, the arid region was hit by three successive drought seasons. Now, a water collective from Lalitpur district's Bhamaurisar village, which faced a similar problem in 2011, have taken charge of Bun...
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
- Saturday June 10, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
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Yogi Adityanath Okays Rs 47 Crore-Package For Drinking Water In Bundelkhand
- Sunday April 2, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
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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UP Elections 2017: In Parched Bundelkhand, Politicians Rush To Sell Dreams Of Development
- Wednesday February 22, 2017
- India News | Written by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
The drought-prone Bundelkhand, one of the most backward regions of Uttar Pradesh, is a place where development has dominated the political discourse during the election campaign.
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UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...
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Political Parties Come Knocking At The Doors Of Drought-Hit Bundelkhand
- Tuesday November 8, 2016
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
For the first time in five years, the well in Bundelkhand farmer Ram Prakash Kushwaha's field is full. This is good news for Mr Kushwaha's masoor dal crop, which needs just one cycle of water. Over the last five years, it failed four times because the drought did not leave even minimum water for irrigation.
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Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
- Saturday June 18, 2016
- India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das
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
- Sunday May 8, 2016
- India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das
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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Elections Ahead, PM Modi Meets Akhilesh Yadav Over Bundelkhand Drought
- Saturday May 7, 2016
- India News | Reported by Ketki Angre and Siddharth Ranjan Das, Edited by Neha Mahajan
After three days of water train politics between the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to discuss water scarcity.
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PM Modi Should Spend A Day Each In Drought-Hit Places: Shiv Sena
- Wednesday April 27, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Shiv Sena member Sanjay Raut today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spend a day each in drought-hit Bundelkhand and Marathwada so that his government can take steps to solve the problems faced by the affected people.
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To Counter Bundelkhand's Water Crisis, Centre Has A New Strategy
- Wednesday April 27, 2016
- India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava
The worsening water crisis in the Bundelkhand region has prompted the Central Water Resources Ministry and the Niti Aayog rework their strategy.
- www.ndtv.com
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A Farmer's Family Eats A Real Meal In Drought-Ravaged Bundelkhand
- Friday April 22, 2016
- Rahul Shrivastava
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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In UP, Police Guard River 24X7 During Season Of Water Woes
- Tuesday June 18, 2019
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Uttar Pradesh police's 24-hour guard of the Ken River has been made necessary by illegal sand mining that is rampant across the almost dry river, threatening the already scarce water supply to Banda town
- www.ndtv.com
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"Is He Chowkidar Or Shehenshah From Delhi": Priyanka Gandhi's Dig At PM
- Wednesday April 24, 2019
- India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over water from tankers being poured on the streets of Uttar Pradesh's Banda to welcome the PM despite severe drought in the Bundelkhand region. Is the Prime Minister a "chowkidar" or a "shehenshah" from Delhi, she asked on Twitter.
- www.ndtv.com
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UP Tests Watershed Management Program In Parched Bundelkhand Districts
- Sunday October 7, 2018
- India News | Press Trust of India
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
- Saturday June 17, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh, which is among the hottest regions in the country, regularly faces water scarcity every summer. Until the rains of last year, the arid region was hit by three successive drought seasons. Now, a water collective from Lalitpur district's Bhamaurisar village, which faced a similar problem in 2011, have taken charge of Bun...
- www.ndtv.com
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In Bundelkhand, Anxiety And Confusion Over Yogi Adityanath's Loan Waiver
- Saturday June 10, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Hit by years of drought, 70-year-old Kalyan Singh saw the first decent crop in years in the last Kharif season. He made some money but not enough to repay his 49,000 farm loan taken three years ago. And then, the Yogi Adityanath government's announcement to waive the crop loans came. "I heard on TV that 1 lakh rupee loans will be waived," the small...
- www.ndtv.com
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Yogi Adityanath Okays Rs 47 Crore-Package For Drinking Water In Bundelkhand
- Sunday April 2, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
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...
- www.ndtv.com
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UP Elections 2017: In Parched Bundelkhand, Politicians Rush To Sell Dreams Of Development
- Wednesday February 22, 2017
- India News | Written by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra
The drought-prone Bundelkhand, one of the most backward regions of Uttar Pradesh, is a place where development has dominated the political discourse during the election campaign.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
Raghunath, a 60-year-old farmer, surveys his two-acre farm in Bundelkhand with some concern. After four consecutive years of drought, the weather cooperated this year. Right after Diwali, he sowed the Rabi or winter crop of wheat, which now stands about two feet tall. On seeds, fertilizers, diesel for his water pump, he spent Rs 15,000. Then, on No...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Political Parties Come Knocking At The Doors Of Drought-Hit Bundelkhand
- Tuesday November 8, 2016
- India News | Written by Alok Pandey
For the first time in five years, the well in Bundelkhand farmer Ram Prakash Kushwaha's field is full. This is good news for Mr Kushwaha's masoor dal crop, which needs just one cycle of water. Over the last five years, it failed four times because the drought did not leave even minimum water for irrigation.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Madhya Pradesh Order Keeps People Battered By Drought Out Of Work
- Saturday June 18, 2016
- India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
A Farmer In Drought-Hit Bundelkhand Is Arrested For Stealing Water
- Sunday May 8, 2016
- India News | Written by Siddharth Ranjan Das
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Elections Ahead, PM Modi Meets Akhilesh Yadav Over Bundelkhand Drought
- Saturday May 7, 2016
- India News | Reported by Ketki Angre and Siddharth Ranjan Das, Edited by Neha Mahajan
After three days of water train politics between the Centre and Uttar Pradesh, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to discuss water scarcity.
- www.ndtv.com
-
PM Modi Should Spend A Day Each In Drought-Hit Places: Shiv Sena
- Wednesday April 27, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Shiv Sena member Sanjay Raut today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spend a day each in drought-hit Bundelkhand and Marathwada so that his government can take steps to solve the problems faced by the affected people.
- www.ndtv.com
-
To Counter Bundelkhand's Water Crisis, Centre Has A New Strategy
- Wednesday April 27, 2016
- India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava
The worsening water crisis in the Bundelkhand region has prompted the Central Water Resources Ministry and the Niti Aayog rework their strategy.
- www.ndtv.com
-
A Farmer's Family Eats A Real Meal In Drought-Ravaged Bundelkhand
- Friday April 22, 2016
- Rahul Shrivastava
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, ...
- everylifecounts.ndtv.com