Banda. As most of the nation’s eyeballs and hearts were fixed on Bhaijaan’s (non)culpability this week, a million miles away in Banda, angry residents presented a petition on the 5th of…
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Ambedkar Nagar. ‘We are just watching out crops die. Many of us depend on earnings from the sale of peppermint oil to buy the seeds for the paddy crop. But this…
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Fodder Prices Skyrocket, Hungry Cattle and Landless Herders Face Brunt
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 4, 2015Banda district. After the devastating loss to farmers this season, now the impact is rippling further in the form of a shortage of fodder for cattle. According to the Department…
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Tremors Across the Hinterland – The Lesser Known Stories
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 3, 2015I was cooking inside the house. First the ground beneath me shook, then the entire house. Everyone ran outside, holding each other tight. We spent the rest of the day…
Banda. In Naraini block of Banda district, the biggest government hospital is hasn’t had a woman doctor on call for the last decade. The much publicised rural health mission and…
Nature has not been kind to the farmers of Mahoba district in recent years. The memory of one disastrous season barely seems to have faded before the next season, and…
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Relentless Rain Lashes Uttar Pradesh Again, Farmers Distraught
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 18, 2015Banda. A second onslaught of rains has destroyed even more crops and hope for farmers in Bundelkhand. The government continues to announces compensation package, yet there will be no compensation and…
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Death, Decay and Disease Haunt Ambedkarnagar’s Rivers
द्वारा खबर लहरिया April 18, 2015Ambedkar Nagar. A walk by the Tamsa river in Katehri block of the district is an adventure of the most hazardous kind. The stench of dead fish and the murky…
Faizabad. The Mid Day Meal scheme of the government has always been in the news for wrong reasons. While the poor quality of food gets a lot of attention, the…
On 25 December 2014, when Union Health Minister announced Mission Indradhanush, few people took notice that it was to be implemented starting April. The rolling out of this Mission has…