Drought Relief
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State demands central aid
Ranchi, Aug. 30: Jharkhand intends to submit a Rs 7,500 crore proposal to the Centre for the smooth completion of different major and medium irrigation projects in different parts of the state.
The decision was taken today at a review meeting presided by chief secretary A.K. Singh.
31/08/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Farmers to get tube-wells for drought-hit Burdwan
BURDWAN, 25 AUG: The district administration of Burdwan has been ordered to overhaul the deep tube-well system across the “rice bowl”of Burwan to help extend irrigation facilities ~ however minor ~ to the farmers who braved cultivation despite severe dearth of rainfall this year.
The measure, according to the senior district officials h
26/08/2010
Statesman (Kolkata)
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More money for drought-hit Bengal districts
Kolkata: The West Bengal Government on Friday geared up to tackle the situation in the 11 drought-hit districts hit by cancelling leave of certain department staff and more than doubling the allocation that it had announced on Monday.
Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta announced that Rs.115 crore was being allocated to help farmers take up alternate crops.
21/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Govt gears up for preemptive measures to combat drought threat
Bhubaneswar: Apprehending a possible crop loss in Odisha this year, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday directed the concerned department to make an action plan to combat drought-like situation in the state.
The directive of the chief minister came while reviewing precautionary measures on possible flood situation at the State Secretariat here.
The meeting revealed that districts like
19/08/2010
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
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Funds cloud hover on drought relief work
SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA
Cracked hopes
Ranchi, Aug. 16: Raj Bhavan’s decision to declare the entire state drought-hit in three phases and the finance department’s “reluctance” to amend the rules for allocating grants raise questions on the administration’s preparedness to smoothly carry out relief operations in the coming days.
17/08/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Ranchi seeks Rs 2000cr aid
AMIT GUPTA
Ranchi, Aug. 11: The state administration will submit a memorandum to the Centre seeking assistance of around Rs 2,000 crore in Jharkhand, which is in the throes of a severe drought.
Ranchi, Aug. 11: The state administration will submit a memorandum to the Centre seeking assistance of around Rs 2,000 crore in Jharkhand, which is in the throes of a severe drought.
12/08/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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UN help for dry villages
Jamshedpur, Aug. 9: The forest department has extended a helping hand to the farmers of Pipla and Bhagabandh villages in drought-hit East Singhbhum district under the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a frontal agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Recently, the department started a lift irrigation project in both the villages covering 10 hectares of land.
10/08/2010
Telegraph (Ranchi)
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Panel to monitor Bundelkhand package implementation soon
Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh is likely to appoint a panel, comprising members of Parliament, to examine the implementation of the Rs 7,266-crore Bundelkhand package, allocated to drought-hit districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
22/07/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
