-IndiaToday.in Vegetable prices are on an upswing across the retail markets of Kolkata after untimely rainfall in the city caused damage to the standing crops. Kolkata: Vegetable prices remained on the higher side across the retail markets of Kolkata on Friday after untimely rainfall in the city damaged the standing crops. With the constricted supply line due to recent untimely rain, a massive demand-supply gap can also be seen in the city. According...
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Ken-Betwa Interlink Means 'Bundelkhand Will Suffer for Decades to Come' -Aathira Perinchery
-TheWire.in Experts also said the approval is premature for coming before environmental clearances required by law, and could really be motivated by electoral gains. Kochi: On December 8, the Union cabinet approved the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project, apparently intended to address water scarcity of the Bundelkhand region across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. In its current form, it entails the construction of a dam and a channel between the Ken and Betwa...
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-The Telegraph There are some 40 large units in South 24-Parganas and East Midnapore, catering to the livelihood of around one lakh fishermen and traders Tamluk (East Midnapore), Bolpur (Birbhum): Around one lakh fishermen and businessmen involved in the trade of dry fish in the coastal districts of South 24-Parganas and East Midnapore are staring at huge losses owing to the untimely December downpour triggered by Cyclone Jawad, prompting the state government...
More »Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Tribal families robbed of rights, livelihood in resettlement colonies -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth The families depended on forest produce but have been moved far away from forest land The eviction of residents from 222 villages on the Godavari river basin for the Polavaram dam project tells the story of India’s tribal families fighting a losing battle for their land and forest rights. On March 27, 2021, Bariya Nagaraj’s was among 72 families forcefully shifted from their home in Agraharam village in East Godavari...
More »After arsenic, fluoride and iron, now high levels of radioactive uranium in Bihar’s groundwater - OP Singh
-GaonConnection.com At least ten districts of Bihar have reported high levels of uranium in their groundwater, the primary source of drinking water in rural areas, which far exceeds the tolerable limit prescribed by the World Health Organization. Millions in Bihar are already facing a high disease burden due to elevated levels of arsenic, fluoride and iron in their water. Presence of uranium has multiplied their worries manifold. The state government is...
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