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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | The abandoned villages of Bundelkhand -Nikita Mehta

The abandoned villages of Bundelkhand -Nikita Mehta

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published Published on Jul 26, 2016   modified Modified on Jul 26, 2016
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Tiliya, one of many villages in Bundelkhand region, has been emptied of its young people as they have migrated to the cities to find work, usually menial jobs

Jhansi/ New Delhi:
Adjacent to the Pahuj river, surrounded by small rocky hills in Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh lies Tiliya, a village of 42 households. Most villagers are farmers but, strangely, almost all the farmers are elderly.

They put it down to ‘Palaayaan’ (literally escape, but loosely translated as migration) here. Tiliya is one of many villages in Bundelkhand region—encompassing 13 districts in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh—emptied of its youth. After two consecutive deficient monsoon years and bouts of unseasonal rain, farmers have been either unable to sow seeds or were faced with damaged crops.

The youth in many of these villages have migrated to the cities to find work—usually menial jobs. Many houses have locks on the front door.

“This year we are very hopeful because there has been good rainfall. But last two years there was nothing, and all the young people have left the village to work in the cities. What will they do here?” said Bindra Ram, a 61-year-old farmer who lives with a family of 11.

“We will see them now when they come back for Rakshabandahan,” said the farmer who has sown sesame seeds after the arrival of rains in June this year.

A study by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in 2014 found that migrants from the villages of Bundelkhand seldom return home, depriving rural areas of valuable human resources necessary for economic development. “The pull factor of the urban life is also strong. Lots of people move with the notion that they will return home after things get better in the village. But after an initial struggle, they are able to find sustenance, a small dwelling and some stability, and they become reluctant to leave (return),” said Anil Gupta, author of the report on Bundelkhand drought by NIDM.

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Livemint.com, 25 July, 2016, http://www.livemint.com/Politics/mwqT04ml3e8PydgkvVZBQL/The-abandoned-villages-of-Bundelkhand.html


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