By Mithilesh Dhar
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh are switching from traditional diesel pumpsets to solar-powered ones. These pumpsets are helping farmers irrigate their land at the press of a button, grow three crops a year and save thousands of rupees in diesel costs. A ground report.
Farmers in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh are switching from traditional diesel pumpsets to solar-powered ones. These pumpsets are helping farmers irrigate their land at the press of a button, grow three crops a year and save thousands of rupees in diesel costs. A ground report.
By गाँव कनेक्शन
By Aishwarya Tripathi
The solar revolution in the agriculture sector of Mahoba, Bundelkhand is picking up, but the solar pumps often remain out of use for almost half a year. Connecting these solar pumps to the grid can help evacuate electricity in the lean season and also provide an additional income source to the farmers via power tariff.
The solar revolution in the agriculture sector of Mahoba, Bundelkhand is picking up, but the solar pumps often remain out of use for almost half a year. Connecting these solar pumps to the grid can help evacuate electricity in the lean season and also provide an additional income source to the farmers via power tariff.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other women do not suffer the same fate, she acts as an advisor, facilitator and a friend of local women and a key link between them and the Mahoba district hospital.
Her miscarriage turned Pyari Devi into an unofficial healthcare worker in Mamna village of Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. So that other women do not suffer the same fate, she acts as an advisor, facilitator and a friend of local women and a key link between them and the Mahoba district hospital.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Solar irrigation pumps installed under the PM-KUSUM scheme are meant to end dependence on diesel pumps, reduce pollution, save costs to farmers, and help reach India’s goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. But to what extent is the scheme including small and marginal farmers, who make up 82% of farmers in India? Gaon Connection tries to find out.
Solar irrigation pumps installed under the PM-KUSUM scheme are meant to end dependence on diesel pumps, reduce pollution, save costs to farmers, and help reach India’s goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2070. But to what extent is the scheme including small and marginal farmers, who make up 82% of farmers in India? Gaon Connection tries to find out.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
कल्पना, उत्तर प्रदेश के मिर्तला गाँव में एक 'सैनिटरी पैड डिपो' चलाती हैं। अपने इस काम से वे वहाँ की युवा लड़कियों की विश्वासपात्र बन गई हैं, जो अब बिना किसी झिझक के उनके साथ मासिक धर्म और व्यक्तिगत स्वच्छता के मुद्दों पर खुलकर चर्चा करती हैं। पिछले तीन साल से कल्पना गांव की महिलाओं को सस्ते दामों पर सैनिटरी पैड बेच रही हैं।
कल्पना, उत्तर प्रदेश के मिर्तला गाँव में एक 'सैनिटरी पैड डिपो' चलाती हैं। अपने इस काम से वे वहाँ की युवा लड़कियों की विश्वासपात्र बन गई हैं, जो अब बिना किसी झिझक के उनके साथ मासिक धर्म और व्यक्तिगत स्वच्छता के मुद्दों पर खुलकर चर्चा करती हैं। पिछले तीन साल से कल्पना गांव की महिलाओं को सस्ते दामों पर सैनिटरी पैड बेच रही हैं।
By Aishwarya Tripathi
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
Kalpana who runs a ‘sanitary pad depot’ in Mirtala village, Uttar Pradesh, has become a confidante of the young girls there who are now able to freely discuss menstruation and personal hygiene issues with her without any hesitation. For the past three years, she has been selling sanitary pads at a cheaper cost to village women.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
A village in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh sees significant improvement in groundwater reserves after the farmers build bunds in their fields to harvest rainwater. This has led to the handpumps in the village still having water in peak summers, something that was unheard of in the past. Women no longer need to spend hours fetching water.
A village in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh sees significant improvement in groundwater reserves after the farmers build bunds in their fields to harvest rainwater. This has led to the handpumps in the village still having water in peak summers, something that was unheard of in the past. Women no longer need to spend hours fetching water.
By Aishwarya Tripathi
As people embrace alternate energy in rain-starved Bundelkhand, guests headed to weddings have an unexpected problem at their hands: Who will stay back to save the family’s solar panels?
As people embrace alternate energy in rain-starved Bundelkhand, guests headed to weddings have an unexpected problem at their hands: Who will stay back to save the family’s solar panels?