Cabinet okays linking Ken, Betwa rivers
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the much awaited Ken-Betwa river link which will benefit Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in terms of meeting irrigation, drinking water and electricity
Tikamgarh (D)
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Public transport in a pitiable state
Tikamgarh: There is no rule of law as regards public transport in the rural areas of Tikamgarh. Old jeeps are plying to carry people from one place to another. People are filled up to the capacity with many of them standing precariously holding one or the other parts of the jeep.
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Campaign starts against filarial
Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet.
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Mercury rising in MP
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is reeling under intense heat with the mercury rising to 43 degrees Celsius at the world-renowned tourist destination Khajuraho, Tikamgarh, Khandwa and Datia. Just like last month, this month began with hot weather. During the week, day temperature hovered between 40 and 43 C in most places. Night temperature is also much above normal.
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Meeting over Bundelkhand package today
The Centre will on Tuesday hold a high-level meeting to finalise the implementation of the Rs 7277 crore Bundelkhand package announced earlier by the Government.
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Over one lakh underfed M.P. kids die in four years
Mahim Pratap Singh Bhopal: One lakh twenty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-two. That's the number of
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Piloting innovations in NREGS: The plus factors
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005 has been a landmark legislation in the Indian history of social security legislation post independence.
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Rs 63 cr sanctioned for job-oriented works in drought-hit districts
The state government has sanctioned Rs 63 crore to Panchayat and Rural Development Department to undertake employment-oriented works in 38 districts, which have been affected by drought in the wake of scanty rainfall during 2009-10. Out of these funds, Rs 40 crore has been allocated by the office of Relief Commissioner to Panchayat and Rural Development Department as first instalment.
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NRCAF scheme to fight water scarcity in Bundelkhand
Spurred on by clearance of a special package for Bundelkhand region, the National Research Centre for Agro-Forestry (NRCAF) will soon recommend its watershed experiment in the 13 drought-prone districts of the region to tackle water scarcity there.
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NREGA wages: 20 km away, 15 days late, and only once a week
Nathu Ram has studied up to Class 5, owns two acres of non-irrigated land, and looks much older than his 48 years. This year, Nathu Ram got work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) for 28 days. He received the third instalment of his wages at the end of last month.
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Drought situation grim in Bundelkhand
Mahim Pratap Singh CHHATTARPUR/TIKAMGARH (MADHYA PRADESH): Bundelkhand is reeling under agrarian crisis. Farmers in Chhattarpur and Tikamgarh districts who took heavy loans for the kharif crop are in a dilemma