March 10, 2022 7:43 am
Earlier, there had been a demand to carve out separate states from UP, especially Purvanchal and Bundelkhand regions. The last major initiative in this regard was in 2011 under the BSP government, when the Assembly passed a proposal to divide the state into four parts.
February 27, 2022 8:04 am
Constructed in 2014 under the then UPA government’s Bundelkhand Package, the mandi in Arjunpur has yet to become operational. And farmers still have few choices – Karwi, which is far away, or Rajapur, where the produce fetches a lesser price.
February 19, 2022 6:23 pm
Alleging that the implementation of development projects used to take years under previous dispensations, Shah said the schemes whose foundation stones were laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi were completed on time and inaugurated by him.
March 09, 2021 11:53 pm
The CM also told the people of Bundelkhand that his government has decided to provide Rs 2 lakh insurance to labourers who are from the state and are working in other parts of the country or abroad.
March 01, 2020 1:46 am
Claiming that his government is working for farmers’ welfare, the PM said the exhibitions of successful FPOs shows how great things farmers can do and that make him proud.
July 15, 2019 7:07 am
Encouraged by Banda’s district administration, which has taken on the region’s persistent droughts and paucity of rain on a war footing, Gureh’s villagers have got together to clean all the wells. Men have been hired to rappel down the stone walls to remove silt and debris, and the results are encouraging.
June 22, 2019 4:37 am
Linking the problem to the failure of the government to implement the Ken-Betwa river linking project, Chandel told the House that scarcity of water in the region had led to lack of fodder. Water scarcity is a perennial problem in the region.
January 09, 2018 7:36 am
A water-scarce region, Bundelkhand has been battling drought, debt and poverty for over a decade. In the past three years, “anna pashu (stray cattle)” has been added to the list, now building up to a serious crisis. The cattle have started endangering the Rabi crop.
January 04, 2018 1:30 pm
A novel scheme in Uttar Pradesh that seeks to address the agriculture sector’s weakest link — extension.
December 21, 2017 9:01 am
Farm ponds have proved a lifesaver in parched Bundelkhand this year.
January 25, 2016 7:26 am
Rampur, Jan 25 (ANI): Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan took Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his dart and said he should better have toffees with kids as he the nation doesn't take him seriously. Rahul Gandhi had held 'padyatra' in Bundelkhand on January 23, and had said the Centre and the state government account for the poor condition of Bundelkhand.
January 23, 2016 12:39 pm
Mahoba, Jan 23 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday addressed a gathering in Mahoba district of the Bundelkhand region and said that the government should focus its attention to Bundelhand's drought-affected farmers. He added that the Congress would urge the Narendra Modi-led Government to take steps to uplift lives of farmers in Bundelkhand.
January 23, 2016 12:37 pm
Mahoba, Jan 23 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi met villagers in Mahoba district of the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Rahul held a 'padyatra' in the drought-hit region. Drought conditions and unseasonable rains have destroyed winter crops in the area. In the past few years, several farmers have committed suicide due to poor crop production in Bundelkhand. The Congress vice-president will also hold meetings with women self-help group at the Supa railway station.