-The Hindu Apiculture is one of the vocations thrown open to 30 tribal farmers of Pachamalai TIRUCHI: The Integrated Tribal Development Programme being implemented by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in Pachamalai, about 90 km from here, has been ensuring economic uplift of poor landless labourers. A number of vocations have been introduced for their benefit as per their needs, interest and taste. Many tribal persons have responded positively....
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India's drought migrants head to Cities in desperate search for water -Vidhi Doshi
-The Guardian Parts of India are being parched by a drought that means farmers are unable to irrigate their fields, with some areas even running out of drinking water Mumbai: No one in the slum of Murtinagar wants to play with Temri and Chinna. The brother and sister don’t speak the local Hindi or Marathi languages – they came here, to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, 10 days ago from their village, Andhra,...
More »An oasis in drought-hit Maharashtra, village sets example -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Times of India HIWARE BAZAR (Ahmednagar): Amid desperate denizens scrounging for water in the drought-affected parts of Maharashtra stands a village which has not felt the need to call a single water tanker for the last 21 years! While other villages in the arid Ahmednagar district are digging borewells even up to 400 feet, the underground water table in Hiware Bazar is so good that the precious commodity is available barely...
More »Why blame only the IPL for water woes? -Amitangshu Acharya
-Hindustan Times In this epic drought year in India, water is scarce, but not opinions. From newsprint to TV studios, perhaps more words have been either written or spoken than the total rainfall in Latur till now. Oddly enough, while one part of the nation had been reeling from water stress and agrarian crises for decades, the other part has willfully chosen to ignore it. So what led to this sudden...
More »As India reels from drought, govt slammed for poor policies -Nirmala George
-Livemint.com/ AP Hundreds of millions of people in at least 13 states are reeling from severe drought, a situation that is expected to worsen in the coming months Shahapur: Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5 kilometer trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from a distant well for her family. The two metal pots of muddy water that Babulkar, 58, balances on her head and a...
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