Drought of equity
A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. But distribution of water is quite incongruous. While the few who are politically and financially powerful take the lion’s share for sugarcane
Aparna Pallavi
-
Living on love and fresh air
A family that has little use for cash The morning I went to meet her Anusuyabai Meshram did something she does not usually do
-
Concrete earth
Sinks Chhattisgarh
-
Rooted to earth
Organic farmer in Vidarbha turns mud into durable houses He trained to be an engineer. He believes in Sarvodaya, the
-
Malwa is thirsty
Indore under water emergency THE Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh is facing acute water shortage. Most reservoirs in the region dried up as early as December following a scant monsoon. While Ujjain residents are getting water supply for an hour in four days, Indore has declared water emergency from February to June 2009. This is the first time an Indian city has declared water
-
Weeds of fortune
Talk about weeds changing labour market Vandana Khobragade, a small farmer, knew the wheat and chickpea growing on her half hectare farmland needed weeding. But she could not afford to pay Rs 50 a day for labour to farm hands in her village Matkazari in Maharashtra
-
Tree is not timber
Madhya Pradesh
-
Not making the grade
Flawed grading prevents Vidarbha cotton farmers from getting the highest-ever support price On December 4, some 200 farmers arrived at the cotton procurement centre in Yavatmal tehsil of Maharashtra, with about 60 tonnes of cotton loaded in carts and tractor trolleys. They demanded the minimum support price (msp) of Rs 3,000 per 100 kg promised by the Centre. This sent the
-
No work, no vote
Chhindwada told candidates thirty-odd villages in Madhya Pradesh used the recent assembly elections to press an unusual demand: increase the number of employment days under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (nrega) from 100 to 150. Twenty-eight villages in Saunsar tehsil in Chhindwada district asked the candidates vying for assembly seats to include the demand in
-
Clearing forests for coal
Maharashtra coal mining EIA dumps people, wildlife COAL mining is set to replace 3,350 hectares (ha), and perhaps more, of reserve forests in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. This will affect people who are dependent on such forests for everyday needs like firewood. The Centre has given mining leases to three companies, of which Adani Enterprises has got 1,600 ha for its opencast mining
-
Tadoba park closed
Villagers protest relocation residents of a village in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra