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Jhunjhunu waits for govt to act as its wells run low -Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-The Business Standard Monsoon revival saves standing crop but fails to fill drinking water wells, triggering acute shortage in some areas Jhunjhunu/Nawalgarh: Just opposite the highway leading to the Jhunjhunu district headquarters lies the hamlet of Pratappura. It is indistinguishable from the thousands of small dwellings that dot the countryside, but for the chasm between the upper and lower castes in this Jat-dominated area. The divide has widened after the sole source...

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Solar-powered pumps to end water woes -NK Agarwal

-The Times of India RAMGARH: Residents of Jameera and Bahatu in Ramgarh have a reason to cheer with public health engineering department (PHED) putting an end to their age-old water woes. The department has recently installed a solar energy-operated water pump in the region that can function without manual intervention. The pilot project, currently the talk of the town, will relieve the villagers of the day-in and day-out struggle with the rusty...

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Water security

-The Business Standard Charge end-users and create more storage structures   Food and energy security are often discussed as goals of critical importance for the Union government. But water security is equally vital - and as gravely endangered. Water is as critical for some key industries, for hydropower production, for freight movement - not to mention for agriculture and households. The worry is that the current scenario, in which national water resources are...

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Drought Mitigation in Tamil Nadu -S Rajendran

-Economic and Political Weekly     Sustained and focused efforts have to be made by the Tamil Nadu state government to provide relief and rehabilitation to the drought affected people of the state. S Rajendran (myrajendran@gmail.com) is with the Department of Economics, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu. Due to the failure of the north-east monsoon in December 2013, Tamil Nadu is witnessing drought like conditions this year, leading to poor agricultural productivity, rural distress,...

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Migrants come in handy to meet labour crisis during paddy season -Raghbir Singh Brar

-The Hindustan Times   Faridkot: When it comes to paddy transplantation, the migrant labour from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and some other states, contributes a lot to meet the acute labour crisis in the region. It is another possible reason that, perhaps, distracts the farmers from the direct sowing of rice (DSR), otherwise, if the migrant labour is not available for paddy transplantation, farmers may be forced to shift towards the technique. "A large...

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