-Press Note from Swaraj Abhiyan A latest Survey of the drought stricken Bundelkhand region lying across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh shows a crisis bordering on famine. While rains are at least 6-8 weeks away, drinking water crisis has hit its peak and has crossed the danger mark in the MP part of the region. Those living on the margins of society face hunger like situation and are being pushed...
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Cattle facing a famine in Bundelkhand, finds Survey -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Compensation for crop loss due six months ago is yet to reach farmers, says Swaraj Abhiyan Villages across drought-hit Bundelkhand, a hilly region divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, are reporting an abnormally high number of cattle deaths due to acute shortage of fodder and water, said a Survey released on Monday. “For cattle the famine has arrived,” the Survey by non-profit organization Swaraj Abhiyan said, adding,...
More »Swaraj Abhiyan to launch padyatra through drought area -Rosamma Thomas
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Swaraj Abhiyan has announced results of a third Survey conducted in seven UP districts and four MP districts falling in the Bundelkhand region. The Survey, conducted over the phone, showed that the drinking water situation is dire in many villages - in 40% of villages Surveyed there were only two functional hand pumps. Unable to provide fodder and water to cattle, villagers have taken to letting...
More »Will drought hit crop output? -Rajalakshmi Nirmal
-The Hindu Business Line While kharif crops will be affected, rabi crops have assured irrigation Depleted reservoirs and parched lands await the onset of the south-west monsoon. The water level in key reservoirs across the country is fast receding, going by data from the Central Water Commission (CWC). The storage levels in 91 reservoirs have dropped from 95.693 bcm (billion cubic metres) in September to 72 bcm in December and are now...
More »ICMR to Survey country's nutrition in an unprecedented manner in a new Survey -Aradhna Wal
-DNA Taking up the gauntlet against alarming malnutrition in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research has announced a new comprehensive national nutrition Survey, unlike any done before. This Survey aims to unite the efforts and data of all scattered Surveys that have happened in the country, the Rapid Action Survey of Children (RSoC), the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for example,and bring on board as equal stakeholders the union ministries of...
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