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"Is He Chowkidar Or Shehenshah From Delhi": Priyanka Gandhi's Dig At PM
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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In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
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
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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UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
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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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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"Is He Chowkidar Or Shehenshah From Delhi": Priyanka Gandhi's Dig At PM
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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In UP, Women-Led Collectives Are Taking On Bundelkhand's Water Problem
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
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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UP Elections 2017: A Village Of 1,000 Shares How It's Hunkered Down For Notes Ban
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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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.
