Biogas or Gobar gas plants are still up and running in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. At a time, the tank used in these plants is filled with 30 kilos…
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Let There Be Light – Stories of innovation from rural UP and Bihar
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 20, 2014Banaras District, Uttar Pradesh. “When I grow up, I want to make big battery chargers so that every household has access to electricity.” In Banaras’ Kashi Vidyapeeth block, 12-year old Aman…
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No resettlement, but relief camps being uprooted
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 14, 2014Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Relief camps set up for riot survivors in Loi and Sanjhak have been uprooted by the local administration. Camps in Shahpur and Bassikalan too have been removed.…
In a context where farmers depend wholly on agriculture for their family’s food and their livelihood, and organic or indigenous alternatives to pesticides are few and far between, KL reporters…
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Bihar’s flutes played in Nepal and Bangladesh
द्वारा खबर लहरिया January 14, 2014Chandiya village, Sitamarhi District. Flutes made in Chandiya village of Riga block are famous not only in all of Bihar but also in the rest of the country and in Nepal…
In the battle against the British on June 14, 1857, over 3000 revolutionaries from Banda were killed. But the Banda Gazette declared only 800 dead. Around the Bhuragarh fort many…
This beautiful dam is in Rasin panchayat of Chitrakoot. Construction began in 2005, and is still in progress. This dam is built over hundreds of bighas of land. Budhun and…
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Get Some Wheels on Your Feet
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 30, 2013Why do we travel? For religious pilgrimages, to see a beautiful new place or to maybe meet a relative? We hear about the tourist attractions in big cities, but we…
Mahua town, District Banda. 25-30 children have been given laptops promised by the chief minister. But the children are having many problems in using the laptops. Chaggu, from this town,…
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Winter Takes Toll on Children
द्वारा खबर लहरिया December 13, 2013Muzaffarnagar and Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh. Relief camps here are still filled with people after riots that occurred a month and a half ago. All of these people are from…