-GaonConnection.com Last month, 53% of new cases and 52% of deaths due to the coronavirus were from rural districts of India, finds the ‘State of India’s Environment 2021’ report. What makes the situation more worrisome is the acute shortage of healthcare staff in rural India — a 76.1% shortfall of specialists at the CHC level. Rural India, where two-thirds of Indians live, did not escape the fury of the second wave of...
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Why and How India Needs to Develop Post-Pandemic Settlements -Ranjit Sabikhi
-TheWire.in Both in urban and rural areas, there are many issues that will need to be addressed. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that we are currently passing through will have a disastrous effect on the life of large numbers of people across the country. The situation is far more serious than what the government recognises or acknowledges. The major impact is going to be on the poorer sections of society that...
More »Kinnaur hydroelectric project: A setback for Himachal’s natural resources, culture -Partik Kumar
-Down to Earth The proposed 804 mega watt Jangi Thopan Powari hydroelectricity project over the Satluj threatens life, livelihood and ecology in the basin The people of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, are fighting another battle besides the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic — saving their rivers and forests threatened by a hydroelectric project. The residents of the valley have been protesting against the proposed 804 mega watt Jangi Thopan Powari hydroelectricity project (JTP HEP)...
More »Odisha’s forest produce gatherers hit hard -Satyasundar Barik
-The Hindu In the pandemic, there aren’t enough buyers and government procurement is delayed For the second year running, forest dwellers across Odisha have been deprived of the right price for the Non-Timber Forest Produce (NTFP) gathered by them. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting local economies across the country, the NTFP market in Odisha has also suffered due to the absence of adequate buyers this year. “Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic surfaced, forest...
More »9.27 lakh ‘severely acute malnourished’ children identified until November 2020, says govt -Uzmi Athar
-ThePrint.in The Women and Child Development Ministry's response to an RTI query underscored concerns that Covid-19 could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the country's poorest. New Delhi: More than 9.2 lakh children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’, with the most in Uttar Pradesh followed by Bihar, according to government data, underscoring concerns that the Covid Pandemic could exacerbate the health and nutrition crisis among the poorest of the poor. An...
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