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Girls Paraded Naked During Ritual For Rain In Drought-Hit Madhya Pradesh Village
At least six girls were paraded naked in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district by locals as part of a ritual which villagers believe will please the rain gods and bring relief from the drought-like situation, officials said today.
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Randeep Hooda Volunteers For Relief Efforts In Drought-Hit Maharashtra
Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village
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Women Dig With Bare Hands, Walk Miles For Water In Parched UP Village
Every morning, at the crack of dawn, 70-year-old Bifni Devi's struggle for water begins. Bifni is a resident of the Sonnagar village in eastern UP's Sonbhadra district - officially declared drought-hit by the government of Uttar Pradesh in April this year.
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Villages In Maharashtra Compete To Save Water. And Everyone Wins
Over four thousand villages across drought-hit Maharashtra will participate in a game that will not only help them combat the severe water crisis facing the state but win one the villages a cash prize: Water Cup 2018.
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This Drought-Hit Karnataka Village May Soon Become A Ghost Town
Locked homes, barren lands, ailing elders are common sights as one enters BK Halli village in Karnataka’s Pavagada taluka, 180 kms from state capital Bengaluru. Pavagada, an arid region, has been hit by drought 54 times in the last 60 years. There has been insufficient rainfall in the last 7-8 years in the village causing large scale migration. R...
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Shiv Sena Lawmaker Outsources Visit To Drought-Hit Region In Maharashtra, Proxy Refutes Claim
Days after Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray directed his legislators to visit drought-hit areas in Maharashtra and listen to farmers' woes, one of them decided to send his proxy instead. Gautam Chabukswar, the enterprising legislator, sent Yashodhar Fanse, a former corporator, as his substitute to visit a village in Osmanabad district. Mr Fanse all...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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As Drought Leaves Nagapattinam Barren, Men Leave Villages For Work
Driving down to Nagapattinam, one of the worst drought-hit districts in Tamil Nadu, miles of barren land is all we can see.
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Farmer, Son Found Hanging From Tree In Maharashtra's Drought-Hit Yavatmal
A father and son were found hanging from the same tree near their village in the drought-hit Yavatmal district in Maharashtra on Tuesday.
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After First Rains, Maharashtra's Water Saving Plan Seems To Be Working
In stark contrast to what they were just a week ago, partially-filled nullahs and replenished wells can be seen across Kalegaon village in Maharahstra's drought-hit Beed district.
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Boy Paraded Naked During Ritual For Rain In Drought-Hit Karnataka Village
A minor boy was paraded naked in a drought-hit village in Karnataka's Chitradurga district as part of a ritual to appease the rain gods.
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SpiceJet To Supply Water In 11 Parched Villages Of Maharashtra
To commemorate its 11 years of operations, budget airline SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has partnered with an NGO to supply nearly 71,500 litres water to 11 villages in drought-hit Latur district under Marathwada region of Maharashtra every day.
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In This Drought-Hit Village, Women Scoop Water From Pits To Survive
The District Collector, who now promises to help, dodges the question on why the help reached so late.
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This Village In Drought-Hit Madhya Pradesh Has A Water Scheme Only On Paper
The only hand pump in Madhya Pradesh’s Kyota village has gone dry. The people now have no choice but to take a treacherous one km route to get water when day temperatures are soaring to 45 degrees. The village situated on a hillock in Vidisha district is covered under the Nal Jal Yojana, but the pipeline till date has supplied no water. “We fac...
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Take Weekly Drought-Proofing Steps Till Monsoon Arrives: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked 11 drought-hit states including Maharashtra to take measures on a weekly basis for drought-proofing of villages till the monsoon arrives in the first week of June.
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Girls Paraded Naked During Ritual For Rain In Drought-Hit Madhya Pradesh Village
At least six girls were paraded naked in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district by locals as part of a ritual which villagers believe will please the rain gods and bring relief from the drought-like situation, officials said today.
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Randeep Hooda Volunteers For Relief Efforts In Drought-Hit Maharashtra
Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village
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Women Dig With Bare Hands, Walk Miles For Water In Parched UP Village
Every morning, at the crack of dawn, 70-year-old Bifni Devi's struggle for water begins. Bifni is a resident of the Sonnagar village in eastern UP's Sonbhadra district - officially declared drought-hit by the government of Uttar Pradesh in April this year.
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Villages In Maharashtra Compete To Save Water. And Everyone Wins
Over four thousand villages across drought-hit Maharashtra will participate in a game that will not only help them combat the severe water crisis facing the state but win one the villages a cash prize: Water Cup 2018.
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This Drought-Hit Karnataka Village May Soon Become A Ghost Town
Locked homes, barren lands, ailing elders are common sights as one enters BK Halli village in Karnataka’s Pavagada taluka, 180 kms from state capital Bengaluru. Pavagada, an arid region, has been hit by drought 54 times in the last 60 years. There has been insufficient rainfall in the last 7-8 years in the village causing large scale migration. R...
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Shiv Sena Lawmaker Outsources Visit To Drought-Hit Region In Maharashtra, Proxy Refutes Claim
Days after Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray directed his legislators to visit drought-hit areas in Maharashtra and listen to farmers' woes, one of them decided to send his proxy instead. Gautam Chabukswar, the enterprising legislator, sent Yashodhar Fanse, a former corporator, as his substitute to visit a village in Osmanabad district. Mr Fanse all...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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As Drought Leaves Nagapattinam Barren, Men Leave Villages For Work
Driving down to Nagapattinam, one of the worst drought-hit districts in Tamil Nadu, miles of barren land is all we can see.
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Farmer, Son Found Hanging From Tree In Maharashtra's Drought-Hit Yavatmal
A father and son were found hanging from the same tree near their village in the drought-hit Yavatmal district in Maharashtra on Tuesday.
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After First Rains, Maharashtra's Water Saving Plan Seems To Be Working
In stark contrast to what they were just a week ago, partially-filled nullahs and replenished wells can be seen across Kalegaon village in Maharahstra's drought-hit Beed district.
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Boy Paraded Naked During Ritual For Rain In Drought-Hit Karnataka Village
A minor boy was paraded naked in a drought-hit village in Karnataka's Chitradurga district as part of a ritual to appease the rain gods.
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SpiceJet To Supply Water In 11 Parched Villages Of Maharashtra
To commemorate its 11 years of operations, budget airline SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has partnered with an NGO to supply nearly 71,500 litres water to 11 villages in drought-hit Latur district under Marathwada region of Maharashtra every day.
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In This Drought-Hit Village, Women Scoop Water From Pits To Survive
The District Collector, who now promises to help, dodges the question on why the help reached so late.
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This Village In Drought-Hit Madhya Pradesh Has A Water Scheme Only On Paper
The only hand pump in Madhya Pradesh’s Kyota village has gone dry. The people now have no choice but to take a treacherous one km route to get water when day temperatures are soaring to 45 degrees. The village situated on a hillock in Vidisha district is covered under the Nal Jal Yojana, but the pipeline till date has supplied no water. “We fac...
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Take Weekly Drought-Proofing Steps Till Monsoon Arrives: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked 11 drought-hit states including Maharashtra to take measures on a weekly basis for drought-proofing of villages till the monsoon arrives in the first week of June.
