Barabanki district hospital in UP gets a COVID ward
On May 6, Gaon Connection reported on the absence and the dysfunctional condition of ventilators in some of the district hospitals in Uttar Pradesh. A week after the report, Barabanki, Mirzapur and Allahabad districts in the state have initiated procurement of ventilators, technicians to operate them, and oxygen concentrators for their health facilities.
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UP govt launches a special screening drive across 97,409 villages to check COVID spread
On the first day of the campaign in Uttar Pradesh’s villages, the ASHA workers who visited the households to look out for the COVID19 symptoms received a mixed response from the village populations as many were not keen to share the details about their health condition.
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Rural Uttar Pradesh in a fever of trouble
An inexplicable spurt of colds, coughs and fevers in villages of Uttar Pradesh is causing ripples of unease. PHCs, pharmacies, doctors and ASHA workers in rural parts of the state are worried, more so in light of the spiralling COVID 19 cases in the state.
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From pinstripes to growing coffee bean
Nine years into doing what he wished to do, banking professional Madeira Thimmaiah’s success as a coffee farmer can motivate millions who are trying to find their true calling. Read on!
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Seeds of progress: A retired Army colonel cultivates chia seeds in Uttar Pradesh
Harishchandra Singh has successfully cultivated chia seeds, considered a superfood, on his farm at Barabanki, in Uttar Pradesh. PM Narendra Modi recently hailed him in Mann Ki Baat.
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In spate for four months, the Saryu river has affected 88 villages in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
With no help forthcoming, local residents are bringing down their own houses so they can salvage construction material.
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While the floods have abated in Uttar Pradesh, flood waters continue to wreak havoc in hundreds of villages
About 900 villages in Uttar Pradesh are water-logged. In the last three months, standing crops have been destroyed, leaving farmers struggling for a fistful of grain to keep hunger at bay.
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Sporting trouble: An archery coach now sells samosas for a living in Uttar Pradesh
National level archer and coach Mahendra Singh is one of the 450 sports coaches who have been laid off by the Uttar Pradesh sports directorate. Singh now sells samosa to feed his family.
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Hapless villagers in UP’s Barabanki barely survive in tents, waiting for govt’s helping hand
Gaon Connection team visited the flood-affected villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district and found village roads, and houses there, submerged.
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Chillies that were in demand as far as in the Middle East are not even getting the local buyers
A large-scale green chili cultivation is undertaken in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district. But if the lockdown continues, the green chilly farmers are bound to suffer losses