State to become hand pump-free soon: Minister
Patna: PHED minister Niraj Kumar Singh told the state legislative council on Tuesday that the NDA govt was working on a plan ...
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Indian villages seek to protect ecosystem by opting out of state’s development push
Residents of two villages in the ... told Mongabay India. “All these ecosystems are working together. If you remove the plateau or disrupt the water supply, it will lead to an imbalance across ...
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Women farmers in Bihar turn to solar pumps, overcoming patriarchy, woes
Indu Devi, a 35-year-old widow from Suryahi village, knows the weight of despair all too well. When her husband was hanged ...
Bengal’s Digambarpur village sets sanitation benchmark with new water, faecal treatment plant
Backed by a global NGO Water for People with active support from the state government and local panchayat, the project has ...
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Women farmers in Bihar turn to solar pumps, overcoming patriarchy and irrigation woes
Indu Devi, a 35-year-old widow from Suryahi village, knows the weight of despair all too well. When her husband was hanged over a land dispute, she was left with little more than a small patch of land ...