Seema Ravandale
Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance
Posted on 21 Mar, 2022 06:34 PMHill women share a special intricate and culturally nurtured connection to forest and water, making them better stewards or owners of their resources.
A reflection on multi-faceted droughts in Bundelkhand region
Posted on 01 Jul, 2020 03:10 PMDrought conditions are not new to Bundelkhand. The acute situation now is a convergence of three types of droughts – meteorological, agricultural and hydrological - cumulatively coinciding as witnessed in Nunagar village in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh. We saw hundreds of vessels queuing up at the panchayat well.
Need to protect the unique geological features in the Upper Ken basin
Posted on 07 Jun, 2020 12:52 PMKathayi, a scheduled tribe (ST) dominated village in the midst of the forested stretches of Shahnagar block in Panna district faces acute water scarcity during the 3-4 summer months. Through the government schemes, three wells and two hand pumps were installed in this 75 household village in the last 10-15 years, but most of them are dysfunctional now.