Reportage
Residents of Khori Gaon sell bricks salvaged from their demolished homes to make ends meet
The demolition drive at the Khori village in Faridabad has cast a shadow of uncertainty and gloom on the lives of an estimated 50,000 people, many of whom continue to live on the debris of their razed houses. With no water or electricity supply for two months now, it is a daily struggle to live under tarpaulin sheets.
Pratyaksh Srivastava
Flood-like situation in Uttar Pradesh districts as rivers in spate due to heavy rainfall
Isolated areas across the rivers like Chambal, Yamuna, Ghaghra and Ganga have witnessed flooding as heavy rains have resulted in water flowing above the danger mark in these rivers. Details here.
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Heera and Panna, the inseparable tiger siblings of Panna Tiger Reserve, part ways
Tourists and forest officials alike will miss spotting the two inseparable tiger siblings in the Akola buffer zone of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh who have parted ways after 20 months of togetherness, to stake out their own territory
Arun Singh
Three-quarters of Maharashtra’s cropped area vulnerable to extreme weather events: ICAR
A new study by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) shows that 77 per cent of Maharashtra’s cropped region is vulnerable to climate change, droughts and dwindling water security. Changing crop patterns is a possible solution, experts say.
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‘Regulation of healthcare in rural India absolutely critical to achieve universal health coverage’
While a large number of health experts oppose public-private partnership in rural India, a few argue that in order to achieve universal healthcare coverage a public-private health interface is needed in India. This issue was discussed today, August 5, as part of the ‘India Rural Colloquy’ organised by Transform Rural India Foundation.
Shivani Gupta
Water-related disasters dominate the globe; world population exposed to floods increased by 24% since 2000
A new study published in Nature journal shows India has the largest population in the world which is at the highest risk of floods. Meanwhile, another assessment by the World Meteorological Organization has found water-related hazards as dominant disasters in the past 50 years.
Nidhi Jamwal
A canal of woes drowns nearly 600 acres of farmland in Haryana; fields waterlogged for three weeks now
In Jhajjar district, Haryana, hundreds of acres of crops are submerged in water due to an overflow from a poorly maintained canal, complain farmers. And this is not the first time this has happened. Neither insurance companies nor the government offer any compensation, say villagers.
Arvind Shukla
COVID19 situation might turn grim if vaccine supply not increased in Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Modi
West Bengal reported 826 new COVID19 cases and 10 more deaths yesterday, on August 4. Also, 838 more people were reported to have recovered from the coronavirus infection, taking the recovery rate among the coronavirus patients in the state to 98.11 per cent.
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Ladakh launches ‘Pani Maah’ to raise awareness about clean water; awards for ‘Har Ghar Jal’ villages too
‘Pani Maah’ or water month has been launched in Ladakh to inform villagers about the importance of clean water. The Ladakh government has also announced a reward of Rs 2.5 million for the first block in each district that achieves the status of ‘Har Ghar Jal’.
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Gaon Connection impact: Farmers in Marihan, Mirzapur get irrigation water from the Bansagar dam canal
After waiting for decades, farmers in Marihan block of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh receive water for irrigating their crops as the Meja-Jirgo section of the Bansagar canal, which was dysfunctional, has been operationalised. Gaon Connection had recently reported on the plight of these farmers .