"Kya varsha jab krishi sukhani" (What's the use of rains when crops have already dried) -- The one-liner popular in rural UP aptly describes the situation in the state.
Situation is no different in Bundelkhand region, which barring 2008 has been facing drought since 2003. While Chitrakoot has received 61% below normal rains so far, Jhansi 45% below normal, Banda 48% below normal, Lalitpur 38% below normal and Hamirpur 29% below normal.
A drought-like situation in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region has forced hundreds of villagers to migrate to other parts of country in search of their daily bread.
The Bundelkhand region, which overlaps Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has received scanty rainfall and poor irrigation facilities, and this has severely affected farmers.
Marginal farmers and landless labourers have been the worst affected and don’t know where their next meal is coming from.
Azadpura is a village in Bundelkhand region. This area faces acute water scarcity and one problem that the women faced was a faulty well which required urgent repairing. The women aired this problem on Radio Bundelkhand and within four days the concerned authority replaced the missing wheel of the well. This is the power of Radio Bundelkhand, an initiative of Development Alternatives.
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Bundelkhandi Martyr Mohit Sharma honoured with Ashok Chakra posthumously.
Major Mohit Sharma from 1 Para (Special Forces), killed in a battle with terrorists in the Hafruda forest in Jammu and Kashmir this March, has been honoured with Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantry award on the occasion of Independence Day.
आर्थिक रूप से बदहाल बुंदेलखंड के अखबार "खबर लहरिया" को यूनेस्को ने साक्षरता सम्मान के लिए चुना है। इस अखबार को इलाके की बेहद गरीब, आदिवासी और कम-पढ़ी लिखी महिलाओं की मदद से निकाला जा रहा है।
By Ajay Prakash - Crop failure, scanty rainfall and slump in food production have led to drought in the Bundelkhand region. A poor dalit farmer Acchlelal from madhaupur village of banda district told that how bank nexus distruct his life. Madhaupr village visited by congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi in january 2007.
लखनऊ। कांग्रेस के महामंत्री राहुल गांधी के नेतृत्व में बुन्देलखण्ड के उत्तर प्रदेश तथा मध्यप्रदेश क्षेत्र के सांसद व विधायकों की कल राजधानी दिल्ली में हुई प्रधानमंत्री से मुलाकात में बुन्देलखण्ड के लिये आठ हजार रोड़ के विशेष
एक बार फ़िर से बुन्देलखंड में सूखे जैसी नौबत की संभावना बन रही है। भीषण गर्मी में आमजन, पशु सब अकुला रहे है। गर्मी के तल्ख तेवर कम होने का नाम ही नहीं ले रहे। मानसून के आने के बाद भी वर्षा न होने से किसानों के माथे में चिंता की लकीरें प
A drought-like situation in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region has forced hundreds of villagers to migrate to other parts of country in search of their daily bread.
Azadpura is a village in Bundelkhand region. This area faces acute water scarcity and one problem that the women faced was a faulty well which required urgent repairing. The women aired this problem on Radio Bundelkhand and within four days the concerned authority replaced the missing wheel of the well. This is the power of Radio Bundelkhand, an initiative of Development Alternatives.
Major Mohit Sharma from 1 Para (Special Forces), killed in a battle with terrorists in the Hafruda forest in Jammu and Kashmir this March, has been honoured with Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantry award on the occasion of Independence Day.
आर्थिक रूप से बदहाल बुंदेलखंड के अखबार "खबर लहरिया" को यूनेस्को ने साक्षरता सम्मान के लिए चुना है। इस अखबार को इलाके की बेहद गरीब, आदिवासी और कम-पढ़ी लिखी महिलाओं की मदद से निकाला जा रहा है।
Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology (BIET), Jhansi|
