In India, one woman dies every ten minutes during child birth. In Uttar Pradesh, women have tried to access government schemes related to maternal health; callousness and corruption have prevented…
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Kabrai, Mahoba district. Farmers who were promised compensation for their fertile land have got nothing in return. In 2010, the land of farmers in several villages in Mahoba district were…
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Corruption Rampant in Chitrakoot’s Health System
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 23, 2014Chitrakoot district. ‘When there is free medical aid available, why are the poor made to pay for it? Sometimes with their lives?’ Vimla Devi of Bankat village in Bundelkhand’s Chitrakoot…
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Danger of Disease Hovers Over Mosquito Infested Panwadi
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 23, 2014Panwadi kasba, Mahoba district. In Mahoba’s Panwadi block, the main kasba hasn’t been cleaned in over 3 months. As a result, the residents of the area are facing the threat…
Pahaadi kasba, Chitrakoot district. In the Pahaadi block of Chitrakoot, the main kasba (market area) has no proper drain. With the monsoon season at the doorstep, this has become an…
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Without Weighing Machines, No way of Recognizing Malnutrition
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 17, 2014Shahpur Tikri Chhitanpatti village, Ambedkar Nagar district. The aanganwadi centre in Shahpur Tikri village in Katehri block of Ambedkar Nagar district is without a functioning weighing machine for the last…
Note: Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh has been known as an area where crimes against women are common. A deeply feudal history and consequent economic, geographic and social inequalities in the region…
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No Incubators in District Hospital: One Infant Dies, One Precarious
द्वारा खबर लहरिया June 10, 2014Kamalkheda village, Mahoba district. Parmi, from the Shivhar hamlet of Kamalkheda village gave birth to twin girls on 11 May. While one of the twins passed away a few seconds…
Water scarcity in the scorching summer, unseasonal rainfall impacting farm produce, and the changing season patterns are affecting the smallest of villages and big cities today. This Environment Day, it…
Sitamarhi district, Kusmari village. Nirsi Devi and Sita Devi of Kusmari village in Riga block of the district have been planting and caring for hundreds of plants for the last…