Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Seema Chauhan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 30/05/2022. Grievance in the application is that 382 hectares of land is being removed for diamond mining in Bundelkhand, district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, as against the requirement of 65 hectares land. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Seema Chauhan Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 30/05/2022. Grievance in the application is that 382 hectares of land is being removed for diamond mining in Bundelkhand, district Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, as against the requirement of 65 hectares land. The …
Over the last decade, many of Bundelkhand’s villages have faced significant depopulation. Famous of late for farmer protests, the region, which occupies parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been adversely impacted by climate change. It was once blessed with over 800-900 mm rainfall annually, but over the last …
Avaada Power, a clean energy company, today said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore in setting up 1,600 MW solar projects in Uttar Pradesh. The firm signed an MoU with the UP government during Investors Summit 2018, here. "The projects will be developed across Mirzapur, Badaun, Gorakhpur and Bundelkhand districts," …
Meerut: Uttar Pradesh health minister Siddharth Nath Singh, while giving his government’s report card after 100 days in power, on Wednesday declared that 86 lakh farmers in the state have benefitted from the loan waiver announced by the government. “As many as 86 lakh farmers have benefitted from the waiver. …
BHOPAL: Distressed over their debts, three more peasants allegedly ended their lives in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the number of farmers' suicide in the state to 20 since June 8. While two suicides were reported from Sagar and Chhatarpur districts of backward Bundelkhand region, another one …
One may have heard of big fat Indian weddings displaying the wealth more than anything else. But a small village in Uttar Pradesh's parched Bundelkhand region was recently witness to a wedding with a difference. The wedding that was solemnised on Tuesday, a day after the World Environment Day, in …
Environmentalists on Thursday lambasted ambitious plans to bring much needed water to remote central India by linking two rivers, in the latest clash over dwindling water resources. The Ken-Betwa project was approved by the Forest Advisory Committee on Wednesday but without any of the changes sought by environmentalists, such as …
The Centre has planned an extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh), Marathwada (Maharashtra) and Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) region of Odisha. The programme will formally be launched by the Union water resources minister Uma Bharti at Bandri, Sagar in Madhya …
The “controversial” Ken-Betwa river-linking project proposed in poverty-ridden Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh has found its first victim in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), robbing the national park of its first inmate, a 3-year-old female big cat. A 3-year-old tigress was tranquillised and translocated from PTR to Satpura national park on …
BHOPAL: Floods have triggered an agrarian crisis in Madhya Pradesh and farmers of Vindhya, Bundelkhand and western MP areas worst-hit. However, the government's silence on compensation has been attributed to the poor financial health. For farmers of Bundelkhand, after three successive droughts, excessive rains have damaged crops in Chhattarpur, Tikamgarh, …
BHOPAL: Amid increasing number of incidents of confrontation between forest department and mining mafia, a range officer opened fire to stop a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined stones from reserved forest area in Panna on Thursday. At least 6 people, including the ranger, were also injured in the confrontation between the …
Imrat Namdev and her younger sister Pushpa Namdev were neighbors in Chhatarpur district, in the drought-hit Indian region of Bundelkhand. Both relied on the same well for water and, according to police, frequently quarreled over how much the other was using. In May, during one fight over water, Pushpa, 42, …
Panna, Madhya Pradesh: The Centre's project to link Ken and Betwa rivers has become a stage for a man-animal conflict in Madhya Pradesh's Panna tiger reserve. While both the Centre and the state government see this project as a solution to the water crisis in Bundelkhand region, activists are worried …
Rural populations across 13 States hit by multiple crisis, with food and fodder getting scarce Over 54 crore farmers and rural populations across 13 States are in the grip of drought, and it is a multi-dimensional crisis. This fact was highlighted at a national consultation on drought here on Sunday. …
BHOPAL: When expert appraisal committee (EPA) on river valley and hydropower projects met to decide environment clearance to Ken-Betwa river link proposal, on Feb 8 and 9, it was flooded with fervent appeals from environmentalists to save Panna national park and its tigers. Correlating the issue with climate change, experts …
Uttar Pradesh, which is ramping up its renewable energy capacity, is likely to get an investment of almost Rs 40,000 crore in the next couple of years. The state has already signed up Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with several private and public sector companies for …
Water scarcity in a distant village of drought-hit Bundelkhand region triggered caste conflict after members of upper caste objected to fetching of water by dalits from a dug well. The trouble in in Kiratpura village, 100 km from the district headquarters of Chhatarpur, home to 40 families began earlier this …
BHOPAL: As monsoon is all set to withdraw by month end, El Nino has hit hard whole of Bundelkhand and Gwalior-Chambal region and parts of eastern MP. Scarce rain in these areas have been badly damaged crops. Director, Indian Meteorological department state unit Anupam Kashyapi said after scarce rain, it …
The Akhilesh Yadav Government is planning to set up a 1,000 MW solar energy park at Jalaun in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. "The Government has already acquired 250 acres of land in Jalaun for this purpose. If everything goes well the area will soon have many small solar power …
In Mahoba, one of Bundelkhand's most backward districts, a bank goes to the doorstep of the poorest to turn the idea of `right to food' into a reality . Managed by a group of 40 youngsters and 5 elders, the `roti bank' gives home-cooked rotis and vegetables to the needy …
