BHOPAL: Solar power intervention and promotion in villages of Khandwa region of Madhya Pradesh is not only changing lives by helping cutting down household expenses of residents with savings on fuel bills, but has affected students in these villages the most by helping them increase their study hours. According to …
BY SUDHIR K. SINGH BHOPAL/KHANDWA With polls in Madhya Pradesh less than three months away, non-government organisations (NGOs) are again alleging the growing incidence of malnutrition deaths in the state. Much like during the runup to the 2003 elections. The local media has been playing up the deaths of 12 …
In order to preserve 25 historical monuments and large temples from the threat of submergence under Narmada Valley Project, they had been relocated and reconstructed in their original form at safer places. In an official release issued here, it has been mentioned that most of these monuments dated 11th, 12th …
You could call it reincarnation by decree. Even as the battle to secure the future of the lakhs of families ousted by the mega Narmada Dam project waxes and wanes, there is one section of the displaced that is being rehabilitated quietly and efficiently
Another monsoon, and the level of fear and tension rises in Harsud and other towns affected by the Sardar Sarovar project. EVERY year prior to the monsoons, restlessness and fear grip the people in the Narmada valley. "Will our houses go under this time?", "Will our village become an island …
there is a growing demand for organic cotton in various parts of the world. Grown without the use of synthetic chemical fertilisers and pesticides that conventional cotton cultivation is still dependent upon, organic cotton is gaining wider recognition than ever before. Global production of organic cotton increased from 8,250 tonnes …
THE debate on whether earthquakes can be predicted has been revived once again with a series of tremors within a radius of 15 km around Pandhana. A small Madhya Pradesh town with a population of 12,000, Pandhana has been identified as the epicentre of the incessant tremors. From September 11 …
* 1,153 tremors hit Khandwa between September 11 and November 27. * Mega earthquakes are predicted in Khandwa by 2003, and in the Northeast by 2010. * The entire population of Pandhana town and 23 surrounding villages have been insured. * Compensations have been fixed and medical facilities kept ready. …
