Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Tikamgarh: There is no rule of law as regards public transport in the rural areas of Tikamgarh. Old jeeps are plying to carry people from one place to another. People are filled up to the capacity with many of them standing precariously holding one or the other parts of the …
Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet. "Even healthy persons may carry germs of filaria. Therefore, a mass drug administration programme will be held across the state …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is reeling under intense heat with the mercury rising to 43 degrees Celsius at the world-renowned tourist destination Khajuraho, Tikamgarh, Khandwa and Datia. Just like last month, this month began with hot weather. During the week, day temperature hovered between 40 and 43 C in most places. …
The Centre will on Tuesday hold a high-level meeting to finalise the implementation of the Rs 7277 crore Bundelkhand package announced earlier by the Government. The Union Rural Development Ministry, meanwhile, is all set to launch a pilot project in all the 13 districts of the Bundelkhand region to showcase …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005 has been a landmark legislation in the Indian history of social security legislation post independence. This Act has been devised as a public works programme with a rights-based approach of providing 100 days of guaranteed wage employment as income security to rural …
The state government has sanctioned Rs 63 crore to Panchayat and Rural Development Department to undertake employment-oriented works in 38 districts, which have been affected by drought in the wake of scanty rainfall during 2009-10. Out of these funds, Rs 40 crore has been allocated by the office of Relief …
Spurred on by clearance of a special package for Bundelkhand region, the National Research Centre for Agro-Forestry (NRCAF) will soon recommend its watershed experiment in the 13 drought-prone districts of the region to tackle water scarcity there. As the problems in Garhkundar-Dabar in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh were identical
Nathu Ram has studied up to Class 5, owns two acres of non-irrigated land, and looks much older than his 48 years. This year, Nathu Ram got work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for 28 days. He received the third instalment of his wages at the end …
Mahim Pratap Singh CHHATTARPUR/TIKAMGARH (MADHYA PRADESH): Bundelkhand is reeling under agrarian crisis. Farmers in Chhattarpur and Tikamgarh districts who took heavy loans for the kharif crop are in a dilemma
For most of the year, the residents of Bundelkhand experience acute scarcity of water for agricultural and domestic use. Water sources are varied and often seasonal, ranging from ponds, tanks, lakes and streams to open wells, bore wells and irrigation canals radiating out from large-scale dams. Most agriculture is of …
The State of Environment Report of Tikamgarh district, provides a summary of the environmental attributes and condition of the district and the human impacts on the environment. It also provides a public record of district authority, industry and community activities and achievements in responding to pressures on the environment. The …
In the wake of severe drought in the districts of Bundelkhand region, Development Alternatives and Arghyam Trust's initiative 'Water for All and Always' addresses the current need of an Integrated Water Resources Management in ten villages of Jhansi and Tikamgarh districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh states.
"Only 25 per cent of the NREGS funds have actually reached beneficiaries' "Rs.2,100 crore apparently siphoned off by the executing authorities' "Loot, plunder and pillage of the NREGS funds has been truly participatory' BHOPAL: A study carried out by the Delhi-based Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS) has challenged …
The Southwest Monsoon has broken in right earnest much ahead of schedule over northern Madhya Pradesh that was reeling under drought conditions for the past few years. Isolated medium to heavy rain is being recorded in the rest of the state. ''Precipitation is likely over the entire state with heavy …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Central government for inclusion of Tikamgrh, Chhatarpur, Datia, Sagar and Satna districts in the special category under farm loan waiver scheme so that other farmers of this drought affected districts could also be reasonably benefited under the scheme. Chouhan has written a …
It is not just the temperature that is rising in Madhya Pradesh but also the anxiety over water supply. Water has become so scarce that while people at some places are hiring armed guards to prevent its theft, at others they have been found using a lottery system to fill …
The present work studies gender participation in crop production and animal husbandry in the villages of Bundelkhand region in central India. 260 farmers were surveyed through open-ended questions but for detailed study 120 farmers (including 90 women) were involved from the two villages in Jhansi (U.P.) and members of 11 …
The problem this year is more acute and many are migrating to towns owing to financial problems occasioned by the drought- Anil Gulati Chhatarpur is one of the 37 districts of Madhya Pradesh, which are reeling under a water crisis and facing drought. This is winter and the worst is …
Tikamgarh has been irrigating its lands through water tanks built by Chandela rulers during 900-1200 AD. These stored rainwater and also recharged groundwater in otherwise semi-arid areas. It's due to its 55,000 dug wells that 57 per cent of Tikamgarh's cultivated area has irrigation facilities, compared to the state average …
