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No power even a year after the meters have been installed in Gajwa Mujra
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 10, 2019Gujwa Majra, Chitrakoot: Turgwan Gram Panchayat’s Gujwa Majra village stands as an example of how hastily drawn conclusions of 100% rural electrification are misleading. Around 50 houses in the Gujwa Majra village have never been connected…
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11 Years, 40,000 Trees & a ‘Crazy’ Hero: Meet Chitrakoot’s Tree Man
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 7, 2019Bhaiyyaram had taken a vow in the year 2007 that he would only live for the sake of trees. Today, more than 11 years later, he cares for the 40,000…
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Affordable Housing Is Only for Those Who Can Afford a Bribe in UP’s Sarumal
द्वारा खबर लहरिया August 3, 2019Lalitpur, (Uttar Pradesh): In Sarumal village in Uttar Pradesh’s Lalitpur district, residents report that they are being deprived of housing under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) because of their…
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Six farmers have committed suicide in the past fortnight in Chitrakoot Mandal
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 26, 2019“He had gone to sow their rice in the morning, came back and collected the gobar. Then he asked for water for a bath. I gave it to him post…
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How not to ‘revive’ a craft : Lessons from Gaurahari, Mahoba
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 20, 2019In 2018, the stone-work artisans of Gaurahari village in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba were lauded by the president and chief minister Adityanath for their work at a crafts summit in Lucknow.…
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Continued impact of skewed Family Planning policies: A case from Faizabad
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 11, 2019Veena Soni could become just another statistic in India’s high fatality rate by female sterilisation. The young mother of two, who had undergone a tubectomy in 2014 at the local…
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It’s not always drought and dryness: A photo series on monsoon rains in Bundelkhand
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 9, 2019This is a collection of photographs sent by KL reporters as they cover news in an unusual time of the year in the hinterland: the short lived rainy season . …
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Delayed transfers and centralized Aadhaar payments compound problems of NREGA Workers
द्वारा खबर लहरिया July 6, 2019Three members from Mahari’s family including her son, daughter and her own self had taken part in NREGA’s work this year in their village of Bambiya of Tindwari block in…
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Pay for the toilet on your own: what Madumar villagers are being told post the Swachh Bharat promises
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 30, 2019Several families who were encouraged to construct toilets were later told that their names don’t figure in the list of households who have been allotted funds.