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Victims of erosion block highway
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Agitated locals and victims of river erosion at Sidalsati in Bongaigaon district blocked National Highway-31 at around 10 am on Saturday in protest against eviction of flood-affected families who had been taking shelter on the dam of Balajani-Chechapani.
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Odisha: Water Crisis in Talcher Area
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Water is the most important single element needed in order for people to achieve the universal human right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family.
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Government mulls course on rural healthcare
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The Indian government is considering a course on rural healthcare to create more manpower to serve in the country's hinterland, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.
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Centre plans flexifund rural schemes
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The government is thinking of letting the states cherry pick the central schemes for rural welfare, a step back from centralized decision-making that it hopes could help quell the accusations that Centre was weakening the federal structure.
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J&K sarpanches for AP rural development
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About 40 sarpanches from Jammu and Kashmir will take training at the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Rural Development (APARD) here.
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Cyclone ravages 40 Tinsukia villages, 3 killed
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A severe cyclone accompanied by heavy hailstorm that reaped through the Tinsukia district in the late afternoon yesterday claimed three lives, besides causing heavy damage to property.
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External Aid to Projects in Nagaland
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The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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Ramesh rejects 18,000 km rural road projects for Bengal
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Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh today rejected 18,000 km of road projects under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) proposed by the West Bengal government.
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Swadeshi Festival from April 24
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The Gandhi Centre for Rural Development, in collaboration with the Kerala Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, will organise a "Swadeshi Festival" from April 24 to May 8.
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‘Rural development funds lying unused in state’
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In a rare anti-Mamata gesture, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has written a letter to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleging non-utilisation of funds to the tune of over Rs 1,000 crore by the state rural development ministry.
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Kerala's only tribal village under threat
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Tucked away inside a heavily forested area, Kerala's only Scheduled Tribes (ST) panchayat Idamalakkudy is home to some of the world's most endangered plant species but the rich biodiversity
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Govt set to recruit panchayat workers
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With an eye on the panchayat poll, the state government is all set to recruit 7,000 panchayat workers across the state. This comes days after the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, lavished more sops on the minority community, including new loan schemes, monthly honorarium and housing subsidy for imams in the state and an employment bank.
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Water Woes in Odisha villages during Summer
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With the summer its sizzling peak phase, the villagers of Jajpur district are experiencing severe shortage of groundwater shortage.
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Demonstration on low-cost solar pumpsets at Nitish's village today
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Representatives from Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency (BREDA), Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP), Bihar Renewable Energy Development Support Network
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Birth place of Siddhu and Kanhu to be developed as model village:Munda
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda today said Bhognadih the birthplace of "Santhal Hul" martyrs Siddo, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav would be developed model village.
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Solar energy lights 47 villages in Madhya Pradesh district
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With the solar charging station beginning to function from today at Fatehpur and Manoharpura villages in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, the total number of villages in the district
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Minister worried over dwindling public-funded research in agriculture
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Rural Development Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has expressed concern over the diminishing role of public-funded research and development in agriculture.
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Tribals to get clean drinking water soon
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To provide filtered drinking water to the tribal population, the public health engineering (PHE) department plans on installing a Rs 2.78 crore Rig bored scheme in Kanksa, Burdwan.
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Panchayat votes in favour of KKNPP
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The Radhapuram panchayat union council that passed a resolution in October last year opposing the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) has now adopted a resolution favouring it.
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Imported medicated mosquito nets await distribution
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The Vietnam-manufactured medicated nets were imported for its distribution among the families residing in 127 villages spread across Dumaria, Musabani, Dhalbhumgarh, Ghatshila, Patamda and Potka blocks in January itself.
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Pipe water supply to all panchayats by 2014
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The state government on Monday announced an ambitious plan to provide piped water supply to all panchayat headquarters by 2014.
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Haul up non-compliant panchayats for contempt: Goa Foundation
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She has further suggested that the government should consider superceding those VPs who had not complied with the orders by that date.
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Odisha Government to concrete 20,000 km rural roads in 5 years
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Odisha Government decides to concrete 20,000 km roads in 5 years. This was decided at a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik at Secretariat on Monday.
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Pune Municipal Corporation tells fringe villages to pay at least 50% water bills
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Villages in the fringes of the city on a five-km radius that get water supply from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) must pay their pending water bills, failing which the civic body will cut off supply.
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Nashik Zilla Parishad soon to go hi-tech
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Soon, officials from Zilla Parishad (ZP) will be able to interact directly with the various departments at state-level, thanks to a video conferencing facility that will be starting soon.
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