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 …
An administrative sanction was accorded for the construction of Urmil Danyi canal and the re-construction of Ranganwa high level canal project under Bundelkhand package at Naugaon in Chhatarpur district. An amount of Rs 40 crore 74 lakh was sanctioned for Urmil Danyi and Ranganwa canal project is allotted Rs 34 …
The forest department is implementing special scheme under Bundelkhand Package in Bundelkhand region for conservation of land and water along with silvipasture work. The Bundelkhand Package work will be completed during the financial years 2010-11 and 2012-12. Six districts - Sagar. Damoh, Chhattarpur, Tikamgarh, Panna and Datia - will come …
Bundelhand continues to be a major bone of contention between the Congress-led UPA at the Centre and the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh. Despite talks with state power major NTPC for setting up a mega power project in Bargad falling apart over differences of opinion on allocation of power to …
About 80% of the drinking water supply in rural areas is met by ground- water, but there are many constraints in the availability of potable drinking water in hard rock terrain both in terms of quality and quantity. (Correspondence)
CHENNAI: About 50 experts working on climate change will draft the action plan for the next meeting to be held in New Delhi on November 12, said Gerolf Weigel, head of Climate Change and Energy and Deputy Country Director, Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation, India, on Monday. Speaking at …
It is reported that Madhya Pradesh government has received investment proposals worth INR 235,736 crore from the two day Khajuraho Global Investors Meet-II. As many as 70 representatives from 17 countries participated in the event and 106 deals were signed. While Day 1 witnessed 22 deals worth 120,637 crore, Day …
State-run NTPC will invest about Rs 20,000 crore to set up a 3,960-megawatt (Mw) coal-based power project in Madhya Pradesh. NTPC had signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government and MP Power Trading Company regarding this, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday and requested him to provide `2,351 crore aid for flood relief in the affected areas and approve pending projects of the State Government. The CM demanded the Centre should approve projects worth `5962 crore under the Pradhan Mantri …
Pumps will be made available for irrigation to the beneficiaries of Kapildhara wells. For this objective, camps will be organised in the districts covered under Bundelkhand package. A beneficiary farmer will himself select the pump to be given to him. Giving this information, Panchayat & Rural Development and Social Justice …
A plant producing cheese from goat milk will start production at Khajuraho in Chhattarpur district from first week of September. This will be the first and biggest plant in Asia and the cheese produced here will be exported to European countries. Agreements to this effect have already been signed. 300 …
Local communities are creatively adapting traditional knowledge to cope with climate change Keya Acharya / August 21, 2010, 0:41 IST In some remote villages in India, which are most unlikely to pose as models of development, a quiet rejuvenation is taking place, with communities learning to adapt to the climate …
Unsatisfied with the claims of the State Government that there was no drought- like situation anywhere in UP, the members of Samajwadi Party (SP) staged a walk out from the Vidhan Parishad on Tuesday. The SP leaders were not satisfied with government claims on good or satisfactory rains during the …
This report describes the findings of a rapid survey conducted by Centre for Environment and Food Security (CEFS) to evaluate the performance of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the 50 poorest dalit villages of Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. The rapid survey was conducted in …
This paper attempts a decomposition analysis of Poverty scenario in UP during 1993-94 and 2004-05. It was found that poverty has decreased but inequality has increased between these years. The main problems in the state are stark inter-region and intra-region differences. A positive observation is that the poorest region in …
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. The move comes after inputs from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and a number of complaints …
Delhi is perpetually in the grip of a water crisis with the shortage plummeting to 150 million litres a day. In Mumbai water scarcity is reported to be a cause of social discord and stress. A drinking water crisis is lurking in Godawari district of Karnataka as also in Bundelkhand. …
New Delhi: Congress has sought to raise the political temperature in oppositionruled states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh by demanding that the Centre appoint a panel to monitor spendings by the two state governments on projects in the backward Bundelkhand region. Responding to party general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s plea …
To her many critics who accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for wasting public money on building her own statues, she has a stock answer: "The Government spent 99 per cent of funds on development and only one per cent on construction of statues." To support her claim she even …
NEW DELHI: NTPC has dumped the proposed 4,000 MW mega power project in Bundelkhand in Uttar Pardesh and instead has opted to put up the plant in Madhya Pradesh due to reported refusal of the Uttar Pradesh Government to cooperate in setting up the plant. The project was part of …
Until three years ago most people in Bundelkhand wanted to take the next train to Bhopal or Delhi. Today several villages are bereft of people of working age. Bundelkhand, spanning 13 districts in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been in the grip of a terrible drought for the past …
