Fight over regional resources drive demand for new states

Linguistic and cultural identity, which defined state boundaries in the initial years after Independence, take secondary place

COVID-19: Bundelkhand suffers from reverse-migration

Families of migrants from the region covered 400-500 kilometres on foot

Security ring: How MGNREGA rejuvenated tanks of a Tikamgarh village

A network of 55 tanks that get filled up one after the other when it rains, has cured this village of droughts

Water-stressed in India: How bunds helped farmers in Mahoba put drought behind

Construction of bunds helped revive groundwater levels and recharged wells in drought-stricken Bundelkhand district  

UP voters ask candidates for assembly election to take test

Repeat and step it up

Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura

A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles

A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around

The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA

Tribunal orders removal of Kishore Sagar lake encroachments in five days

District collector failed to act in spite of earlier directive of the National Green Tribunal on the lake which is one of the few sources of …

Farmers quit mentha

Overexploitation of water leaves very little for farming

How historical methods helped landless farmers earn a living

Farmers revive traditional retention ponds that drain water during floods and retain moisture in droughts

Penny unwise, pond foolish

The government should have revived traditional water bodies and ponds to prepare Bundelkhand for drought. Rather, it spent Rs 15,000 crore to …

Bundelkhand's cycle of droughts: is it man-made?

Study by National Institute of Disaster Management shows authorities neglected to break the cycle of droughts when rains were plentiful

COVID-19: UP's Bundelkhand fairs well in lockdown despite reverse migration

Six of seven districts in Uttar Pradesh’s side of the Bundelkhand region implement lockdown successfully

Central India in grip of worst-ever drought

Uttar Pradesh is falling short of solar energy targets; here’s why

The state has the highest electricity demand, but target of 22,000 MW solar power by 2026-27 unrealistic at current pace