Flooded Bundelkhand

At least 357 villages across 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh have been inundated with floodwater due to heavy rainfall in the state. Hamirpur and Jalun districts in Bundelkhand region are the worst affected. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take an

For three consecutive years from 2012, Bundelkhand region in central India was hit by a crippling drought. This year, when the rain started, farmers and villagers finally hoped there would be some relief. But slowly that hope is now fading, with many areas now facing flood fury.

For the last four days , 42-year-old Doda Yadav , a farmer in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, part of a village in the riverine areas of Ganga, has barely managed to venture out of his two-room house. When he does, it is only by using a rope that he has strung from his home to the closest possible higher ground -- about 20 metres away.

At least 357 villages across 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh have been inundated with floodwater due to heavy rainfall in the state. Hamirpur and Jalun districts in Bundelkhand region are the worst affected. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will take an

For three consecutive years from 2012, Bundelkhand region in central India was hit by a crippling drought. This year, when the rain started, farmers and villagers finally hoped there would be some relief. But slowly that hope is now fading, with many areas now facing flood fury.

For the last four days , 42-year-old Doda Yadav , a farmer in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, part of a village in the riverine areas of Ganga, has barely managed to venture out of his two-room house. When he does, it is only by using a rope that he has strung from his home to the closest possible higher ground -- about 20 metres away.