Bundelkhand’s goats dying due to mysterious disease
The animals are the only hope of livelihood for the region’s drought-affected farmers
Drought causes Bundelkhand’s farmers to turn defaulters
In Uttar Pradesh’s portion of the Bundelkhand region, farmers’ lands are being auctioned due to their inability to pay loans
Gaushala of a different kind: saving cattle in Bundelkhand
Chowka village in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, part of drought-stricken Bundelkhand houses a unique cow shelter (Gaushala). It takes care of …
Drought-prone Banda district awaits the shower of poll promises
Poverty, hunger and deprivation plaguing the Bundelkhand region hardly become a poll issue
Avartanasheel Kheti: Bundelkhand Diaries
A farmer in Uttar Pradesh's drought-prone Bundelkhand region demonstrates the benefits of mixed cropping
Buxwaha diamond mining project will make Bundelkhand’s water scarcity worse: Experts
The water requirement for the Bunder mine and ore processing plant is about 5.9 million cubic meters in a year
Children worst sufferers in drought-hit areas, says Satyarthi
According to the Nobel Laureate, 163 million children are living in severe drought-affected areas of the country
Loss of a legacy: Mahoba’s Desawari variety betel leaf could disappear in three to four years; here is why
Extreme weather events, rising input costs have made betel leaf cultivation unviable in Mahoba, nearly destroying its unique Desawari variety …
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Uttar Pradesh: drought of solutions to a flood of challenges
Poor health infrastructure, energy poverty and agrarian crisis are jostling each other to garner attention of new government
Uttar Pradesh plans its 4th tiger reserve in Bundelkhand
Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitrakoot district has no tigers of its own; but pugmarks are frequently seen as tigers from nearby Panna frequent it
Harnessing people’s power for climate action
As people join hands to increase awareness on climate change and call for action to reduce its impacts, we need to vouch for local solutions that …
First drought, then floods: is this an extreme weather event?
After an excruciating drought, several states of India have reported excess rainfall this monsoon. Climate change may have a role to play in …
Community health workers on COVID-19 frontlines: Why policies need to be gender-sensitive
From wages to travel, women community health workers had a harder time carrying out COVID-19 duties in Bundelkhand, according to a survey
In-depth coverage: Drought, but why
Drought now affects people across classes. India needs a new strategy for disaster management
Death on mounds of a bumper crop
As corruption hijacks procurement centres in Bundelkhand, farmers prefer suicide to a debt trap. Richard Mahapatra reports from Uttar Pradesh …
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
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
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 …
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