Hit by the lockdown, apple orchard owners in Himachal now face labour shortage June 25, 2020 Himachal’s Rs 4,000-crore apple industry is heavily dependent on the Gurkha labourers from Nepal. But the recent tension between India...
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar’s Gandak river June 24, 2020 Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh....
Many locals have returned to Chambal years after migrating because of the lockdown, but they are not happy to be home June 23, 2020 To understand the plight of thousands of migrant labourers who have returned to their villages in Chambal after years, Gaon...
Commercial mining – not a boon but a curse June 22, 2020 On June 18, 2020, the central government released a list of 41 coal blocks from all over the country to...
PM Modi launches an auction process for commercial mining of 41 coal blocks. India’s first climate change assessment report projects a temperature rise of 2.7°C by 2040 and 4.4°C by 2099 June 19, 2020 Mining and combustion of coal, a fossil fuel, is linked to both environmental pollution and climate change. India’s first climate...
Survey pegs Cyclone Nisarga losses in Maharashtra at Rs 1,000 crore. Plantations uprooted, houses flattened and fishing boats damaged June 18, 2020 A joint survey by the National Fishworkers’ Forum and Maharashtra Machhimar Kriti Samiti has recorded extensive damages in the coastal...
The Jharkhand agriculture department has not hired anyone since 1989 … it’s been 31 years June 17, 2020 Despite many colleges offering agriculture-related courses, there are no employment opportunities for students passing out as 3,913 posts are lying...
Power supply restored, but Cyclone Amphan has wiped off all livelihoods in the Sundarbans June 16, 2020 Almost a month after the Cyclone Amphan made a landfall in the Sundarbans, power supply is restored in Sagar Island....
Rajasthan: Camels and sheep to face a fodder crisis as about 600-year-old Oran is being uprooted June 16, 2020 At this Oran in Samvata village in Jaisalmer, trees are being cut for the installation of a solar plant. Villagers...
Why do people migrate from Bundelkhand? Are they not getting enough work under MGNREGA? June 16, 2020 As labourers and workers were returning home during the lockdown, Gaon Connection tried to find out what makes them leave...
Hit by the lockdown, apple orchard owners in Himachal now face labour shortage June 25, 2020 Himachal’s Rs 4,000-crore apple industry is heavily dependent on the Gurkha labourers from Nepal. But the recent tension between India...
A conservation success story: This is how the gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar’s Gandak river June 24, 2020 Gharials are a unique crocodilian species presently found only in the 14 widely-spaced riverine ecosystems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh....
Many locals have returned to Chambal years after migrating because of the lockdown, but they are not happy to be home June 23, 2020 To understand the plight of thousands of migrant labourers who have returned to their villages in Chambal after years, Gaon...
Commercial mining – not a boon but a curse June 22, 2020 On June 18, 2020, the central government released a list of 41 coal blocks from all over the country to...
PM Modi launches an auction process for commercial mining of 41 coal blocks. India’s first climate change assessment report projects a temperature rise of 2.7°C by 2040 and 4.4°C by 2099 June 19, 2020 Mining and combustion of coal, a fossil fuel, is linked to both environmental pollution and climate change. India’s first climate...
Survey pegs Cyclone Nisarga losses in Maharashtra at Rs 1,000 crore. Plantations uprooted, houses flattened and fishing boats damaged June 18, 2020 A joint survey by the National Fishworkers’ Forum and Maharashtra Machhimar Kriti Samiti has recorded extensive damages in the coastal...
The Jharkhand agriculture department has not hired anyone since 1989 … it’s been 31 years June 17, 2020 Despite many colleges offering agriculture-related courses, there are no employment opportunities for students passing out as 3,913 posts are lying...
Power supply restored, but Cyclone Amphan has wiped off all livelihoods in the Sundarbans June 16, 2020 Almost a month after the Cyclone Amphan made a landfall in the Sundarbans, power supply is restored in Sagar Island....
Rajasthan: Camels and sheep to face a fodder crisis as about 600-year-old Oran is being uprooted June 16, 2020 At this Oran in Samvata village in Jaisalmer, trees are being cut for the installation of a solar plant. Villagers...
Why do people migrate from Bundelkhand? Are they not getting enough work under MGNREGA? June 16, 2020 As labourers and workers were returning home during the lockdown, Gaon Connection tried to find out what makes them leave...
