Tendura Village, Banda. At 9 am on 14 May, a farmer in Bundelkhand’s Tendura village climbed up a transmission tower, equipped with a rope. The farmer threatened to jump to his death if the administration…
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Affordable Housing Remains a Myth for Faizabad’s Urban Poor
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 25, 2015Bachhda Sultanpur, Faizabad. Residents in the Bachhda Sultanpur area of Faizabad have alleged that poor quality construction material is being used to construct houses for the urban poor. Residents also complained…
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Notorious Gang Brings Development Work to a Standstill, Chitrakoot Residents Terrorised
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 18, 2015Chitrakoot. On the night of 9 May, residents of Badri village in Chitrakoot barely slept. The morning after, work on a road that was being laid down by the Public Welfare…
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‘I was Forced to Accept Money to Cover up My Son’s Death’
द्वारा खबर लहरिया May 18, 2015Para Bihari panchayat, Bisanda block, Banda. A 13-year old Dalit boy died when the section of the sand bank he was working in collapsed here on 10 May. His father…
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…
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…