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Crop Diversification, not 'maniacal' river linking, is solution to water crisis: Ex-Planning Commission Member Mihir Shah -Aditya Sharma

-News18.com Calling for reorganisation of the agriculture sector and crop diversification, Mihir Shah said that agriculture must be thought of as an enterprise. Delhi: Incentivising cultivation of water-efficient crops and not “maniacal” river-linking is the need of the hour as the crippling water crisis bears down on India’s agrarian economy, former Planning Commission member and water conservationist Dr Mihir Shah has said. Calling for a reorganisation of the agriculture sector and crop...

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Flood situation worsens in west Maharashtra, 1.5 lakh evacuated -Sushant Kulkarni

-The Indian Express Road Connectivity in most parts in the region remained disrupted on Wednesday, affecting the movement of essential services. Pune: THE flood situation in Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara districts of western Maharashtra worsened on Wednesday, forcing authorities to evacuate over 1.5 lakh people. Road Connectivity in most parts in the region remained disrupted on Wednesday, affecting the movement of essential services. Sixteen people have reportedly lost their lives in Satara,...

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World Bank study on PMGSY: 'Rural roads scheme triggered shift from farm to non-farm employment'

--The Indian Express PMGSY was rolled out in 2000 to provide access to all-weather roads in 1.78 lakh rural habitations across the country. New Delhi: A recent independent World Bank assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads programme meant to establish ‘farm to market Connectivity’ shows that the PMGSY roads, in fact, “triggered a shift from farm to non-farm employment” in the habitations studied between 2009 and...

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Odisha struggles to restore basic amenities in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani Satya -Sundar Barik

-The Hindu After Cyclone Fani struck Odisha, more than 200 people were injured and have been admitted to various hospitals in two severely affected districts — Puri and Khordha BHUBANESWAR: The Special Relief Commissioner's office in Bhubaneswar on Sunday confirmed that seven people have died after Cyclone Fani struck Odisha even as information about death and destruction pour-in from Puri and Khordha districts and that the death toll due to Cyclone Fani...

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