-The Times of India Recent reports from Bundelkhand, or rather from the side of Bundelkhand that lies in Uttar Pradesh, are most alarming. A rapid survey conducted by Swaraj Abhiyan, under the leadership of Yogendra Yadav, found evidence of famine-like conditions developing in the area. To illustrate, 38% of the sample villages reported at least one death due to Starvation or malnutrition in the preceding eight months. Among poor families, barely half...
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'Grass, Weeds Traditional Diet': How UP Government Covered Up NDTV Report On Hunger -Manas Roshan & Sreenivasan Jain
-NDTV Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh): 24 hours after NDTV aired a report on how villagers in Uttar Pradesh's drought-hit Lalitpur district were consuming rotis made of grass and sabzi of weeds, they were paid a visit by local officials. It was the first time that the people of Ladwari village - where NDTV filmed its report - came face to face with the Tehsildar and Block Development Officer. But according to Bhairon Prasad and...
More »65 die of Starvation, future bleak for lakhs of north Bengal tea workers
-DNA The situation of hunger has now resulted in several Starvation deaths. In the last six months, 65 workers have died, with 21 dead in Birpara tea estate, 16 in Hantapara, 15 in Dhumchipara, 7 in Gargandya and 6 in Nageswari. At about 3 pm on September 15 early this year, Rajman Lohar passed away in his modest home in Hantapara. A permanent worker at the Hantapara Tea Estate, owned by the...
More »UP’s Bundelkhand staring at a famine-like situation: survey -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The main focus of the survey was to find out if the drought and adverse weather over the past few years is turning into a famine New Delhi: Even as half of India is reeling under a second consecutive drought year, a survey of the chronically drought-striken Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh has unearthed grim details of crop loss, disputes over water, Starvation, and deaths due to hunger and malnutrition. The...
More »Save-cow cost: Industry bleeds, farmers suffer & exports tank -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India 16 Lakh Dalit Leather Workers Depend On The Humble Cow For A Living. The Meat Industry Employs Many More. Every Year, India Exports Buff Worth 30K Cr. All This Is In Jeopardy With The Cow-Protection Clamour. TOI Takes A 360° Look Across the country, especially in rural areas there's simmering un ease bordering on panic. Farmers no longer think freely about buying or selling cattle. People especially from...
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