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अम्बेडकर के विचार आज बेहद प्रासंगिक हो गए हैं
अम्बेडकर के विचार आज बेहद प्रासंगिक हो गए हैं

By Dr SB Misra

14 अप्रैल को देश भर में डॉ भीमराव अम्बेडकर की जयंती मनाई जाती है। भीमराव अम्बेडकर को बाबा अम्बेडकर के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।

14 अप्रैल को देश भर में डॉ भीमराव अम्बेडकर की जयंती मनाई जाती है। भीमराव अम्बेडकर को बाबा अम्बेडकर के नाम से भी जाना जाता है।

Plastic Wastes — Rural India's Trash Bomb
Plastic Wastes — Rural India's Trash Bomb

By Manvendra Singh

Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of such waste generation in rural India. Single-use plastics have invaded the villages where there are no waste management systems in place. For instance, in West Bengal, Assam, Punjab and Bihar, the percentage of villages that have mechanisms to manage solid waste are 0.82%, 1.08%, 1.67% and 1.97%, respectively.

Plastic waste generation is on the rise in the country but there is no separate data on the quantity of such waste generation in rural India. Single-use plastics have invaded the villages where there are no waste management systems in place. For instance, in West Bengal, Assam, Punjab and Bihar, the percentage of villages that have mechanisms to manage solid waste are 0.82%, 1.08%, 1.67% and 1.97%, respectively.

Paint trees with synthetic colours … that's their idea of beautification
Paint trees with synthetic colours … that's their idea of beautification

By Ranvijay Singh

Many trees in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow were painted with colours for beautification. However, as soon as the forest department came to know about this, it directed the officers to stop the work

Many trees in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow were painted with colours for beautification. However, as soon as the forest department came to know about this, it directed the officers to stop the work

Rising heat, sinking groundwater and violent conflicts over irrigation in UP. A ground report
Rising heat, sinking groundwater and violent conflicts over irrigation in UP. A ground report

By Ramji Mishra

The canal irrigation network in Uttar Pradesh measures upto 74,660 kilometres and includes rajbaha (smaller canals) and drains. Still, almost 78% of irrigation needs are met by groundwater, the levels of which are fast dropping. Water conflicts around irrigation are getting violent and such clashes have left a farmer dead in the past week.

The canal irrigation network in Uttar Pradesh measures upto 74,660 kilometres and includes rajbaha (smaller canals) and drains. Still, almost 78% of irrigation needs are met by groundwater, the levels of which are fast dropping. Water conflicts around irrigation are getting violent and such clashes have left a farmer dead in the past week.

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