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 …
Driving down the parched Bundelkhand areas in the scorching heat of June, one sees nothing but dark brown land devoid of greenery with people struggling for water everywhere. The long rows of coloured jerry cans near hand pumps testify how scarce water is here and the pains people take in …
LUCKNOW: The Planning Commission after having detailed discussion with a team of senior officers of UP, led by chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta in New Delhi on Tuesday, approved Rs 42,000 crore annual plan for the state for the year 2010-2011. According to official release, the chief minister had demanded …
The Planning Commission has approved the annual plan of Rs 42000 crore for the Uttar Pradesh for the year 2010-11. However this could not satisfy the state government as it has alleged that in comparison with the other states the Central Government was not providing expected share to Uttar Pradesh …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Now the Samajwa di Party has joined the race to show concern for the backward Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said this was an attempt by the SP to pick up an issue with both the Congress and the BSP, who are already locked in …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh might lose on NTPC's proposed 4,000 mw ultra mega power project to neighbouring Madhya Pradesh due to problems in acquiring land and water for the project. The proposed project was to be set up by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in the Bundelkhand region of UP at …
LUCKNOW: With the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) expressing its inability to develop a power plant in the backward Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati Government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with a private developer, Bajaj Hindustan Group, for setting up a 1980-MW thermal power plant in …
Chief Secretary Avani Vaish reviewed the progress of under-construction irrigation projects at a meeting at the Mantralaya here today. The Chief Secretary instructed the officers to complete those minor irrigation projects on priority basis whose 80 per cent work has been completed so that they can benefit ensuing crops. He …
LUCKNOW: Next time you are driving through Bundelkhand or its Mahoba district in particular and luckily manage to spot a pond which also has water in it, think twice before you fill up your water containers for the rest of the journey. For, it may land you in lock-up as …
With the summer season reaching its peak, shortage of water is beginning to be felt all over the State. There are reports of handpumps going dry at many rural places. For the rural people the handpumps and wells are the only source of water. The situation in six districts of …
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 …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi's pet project for the water-starved Bundelkhand region has received its first tranche of additional Central assistance well in time for water-harvesting structures, ponds and dug wells to be in place before the monsoon sets in. Last week, on the Planning Commission's recommendation, the Centre …
Uttar Pradesh has struck riches in the rugged badlands of Bundelkhand. Geologists have found mines of diamond, platinum and gold raising hopes that the region could one day turn into the proverbial El Dorado thereby alleviate the plight of the locals ravaged by drought for years. The UP government has …
In March 2004, a group of Dalit women from Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region stood on a stage in a plush Delhi auditorium. Th-ey were honoured with the Chameli Devi Award for outstanding media work. The same year, three of their colleagues received fellowships from the Dalit Foundation in Delhi for …
Mahim Pratap Singh MoUs disclosed under Right to Information Act Government promised investors continuous power BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Government has promised a free hand to investors to exploit the grossly under-developed Bundelkhand region. RTI documents accessed recently from the Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (MPTRIFAC) under the …
In the parched lands of Bundelkhand, officials of the Government of India have found a success story in e-governance, which they now want to replicate across the country to strengthen the flagship scheme of the UPA Government
Congress MLA from Banda and UP Congress Media Cell chief, Vivek Singh on Tuesday, accused chief minister Mayawati of creating hurdles in the development of Bundelkhand. He alleged that the proposed 4000 megawatt power plant, which was sanctioned by the Prime Minister was not coming up in the state just …
MUKESH RANJAN Treading the path cut out by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the ministry of water resources intends to seek Cabinet approval for according special category status to districts falling under Bundelkhand region. The districts fall under Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. After announcing special package worth Rs 7,266 …
Not satisfied after okaying a special package worth Rs 7,266 crore for 13 districts in Bundelkhand spanning politically sensitive Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
