Eleven days of preparations lead to the Harela Festival where people pray to clay likenesses of gods and goddesses, and make them delicious offerings for peace, prosperity and abundance of food grains.

Eleven days of preparations lead to the Harela Festival where people pray to clay likenesses of gods and goddesses, and make them delicious offerings for peace, prosperity and abundance of food grains.

खष्ठी देवी कोरंगा ने एक महिला किसान के रूप में कई चुनौतियों का सामना किया, लेकिन बागेश्वर के कपकोट ब्लॉक में हजारों महिला किसानों को खेती के नए तरीके अपनाने के लिए प्रेरित किया। इसमें कम लागत में बढ़िया उत्पादन मिल जाता है।

Khasti Devi Koranga braved several challenges as a woman farmer, but persisted, and mobilised thousands of women farmers in Kapkot block of Bageshwar to adopt the System of Crop Intensification, a technique of increased farm output with minimal input. She shares her remarkable journey with Gaon Connection.

Khasti Devi Koranga braved several challenges as a woman farmer, but persisted, and mobilised thousands of women farmers in Kapkot block of Bageshwar to adopt the System of Crop Intensification, a technique of increased farm output with minimal input. She shares her remarkable journey with Gaon Connection.

Joshimath in Uttarakhand has both religious and tourist significance. But several villages in the area are slowly subsiding, say the local villagers and scientists who have studied the region. Houses have developed cracks making it highly unsafe for people to live in them. Maximum subsidence is observed in the wards of Ravigram, Gandhinagar and Sunil, and thousands of people may be displaced.

Joshimath in Uttarakhand has both religious and tourist significance. But several villages in the area are slowly subsiding, say the local villagers and scientists who have studied the region. Houses have developed cracks making it highly unsafe for people to live in them. Maximum subsidence is observed in the wards of Ravigram, Gandhinagar and Sunil, and thousands of people may be displaced.

स्मार्ट सिटी देहरादून परियोजना के तहत उत्तराखंड की राजधानी में कई जगह पर 24 वाटर एटीएम लगाए गए हैं। दुकानदारों, झुग्गी बस्तियों में रहने वालों, प्रवासी मजदूरों और यात्रियों को इनसे साफ पीने का पानी मिलता है। यही नहीं 50 फीसदी एटीएम महिलाएं ही चलाती है।

3 मई से 7 मई के बीच उत्तराखंड के कई जिलों से भारी बारिश, अचानक बाढ़ और भूस्खलन की खबरें आईं। इनमें बाजार और घर बह गए, खेत मिट्टी और कीचड़ से भर गए। क्या इन घटनाओं को देखते हुए मौसम विभाग के बादल फटने के मानकों को फिर से परिभाषित नहीं किया जाना चाहिए?