December 10, 2021

Daily wage workers in UP’s Pilibhit Tiger Reserve not paid for 11 months; warn of protest

Aggrieved by financial difficulties arising out of the non-payment of their services for the almost a year, daily wage workers in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve have warned of demonstrating in Lucknow if their payment is not released by December 20. Field director of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve blames the state government for the delay in release of funds.

Mohit Shukla
November 9, 2021

Zika virus cases soar to 105 in Kanpur; CM Yogi Adityanath assures no need to panic

On October 22, Uttar Pradesh reported its first Zika virus case from Kanpur. Since then, confirmed Zika cases have risen to 105. The district does not have any Zika virus testing facility and samples are being sent to Lucknow. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the city today. Details here.

Mohit Shukla
October 21, 2021

“My kids are crying with hunger; we are left with only the clothes on our backs”

Incessant rainfall in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh has led to a swollen Sharada river that breached its banks and caused mayhem in the villages of Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit districts in UP. Rescue operations are underway.

Mohit Shukla
October 7, 2021

Driver Hariom Mishra, who was killed at Lakhimpur Kheri, was his family’s sole breadwinner

Hariom lived with his ailing parents, a younger brother and an unmarried sister. He had taken a loan of Rs 3 lakh on his Kisan Credit Card, and Rs 2 lakh from elsewhere to marry off one of his sisters earlier this year.

Mohit Shukla
October 6, 2021

BJP member Shubham Mishra was lynched at Lakhimpur Kheri, says his family

Twenty-six-year-old Shubham Mishra, a BJP party worker, was among the eight people killed on October 3 at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh. He is survived by his 25-year-old wife and a year old daughter. Gaon Connection met the deceased party worker’s family.

Mohit Shukla
October 5, 2021

The phone call to journalist Raman Kashyap’s father that brought his world crashing down

When Ram Dulare Kashyap received a call in the early hours of October 4, little did he expect to hear the SHO asking him to come and claim his son Raman’s body from the district hospital at Lakhimpur Kheri.

Mohit Shukla
September 21, 2021

Farmers’ protests: Compensate farmers if you do not want them to burn paddy stubble, demands Rakesh Tikait

After the paddy harvest will commence the burning of stubble that has year after year caused dangerous spikes in air pollution. But it is the most inexpensive way to clear their fields for the next crop, the farmers say. And, they demand they be compensated if the authorities do not want them to burn the stubble.

Mohit Shukla
September 14, 2021

Landanpur Grant, a model rural township for landless families, in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri

Lakhimpur Kheri district administration has set up a first-of-its-kind rural township in Uttar Pradesh which is equipped with piped drinking water, sewage system, electricity supply, solar street lighting, a playground and cattle sheds for 26 landless families. This model is expected to be scaled up across the state.

Mohit Shukla
September 1, 2021

Open dumping and burning of mixed biomedical waste raises a stink in Sitapur

Despite two centralised biomedical waste treatment facilities, syringes, discarded medicines, blood-soaked bandages, human tissues and placenta are openly dumped and burnt in a field adjacent to the community health centre in Sitapur district’s Mishrikh tehsil. Local people and sanitation workers suffer its putrefying smell and toxic fumes.

Mohit Shukla
August 19, 2021

UP’s first Integrated Pest Management outlet opens in Sitapur; farmers chosen as IPM ambassadors to reduce pesticides use

Maholi Block in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh is a hub of vegetable cultivation and farmers use a lot of pesticides in order to overcome the threat of pest attacks. The state’s one-of-its-kind IPM outlet plans to adopt economical and eco-friendly farming methods.

Mohit Shukla