Beech Bahas: Drought pushes farmers to the brink in Bundelkhand

Inkhabar 2019-03-01

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On the night on March 27, Musru Prajapati was up as usual, keeping vigil in his field at Khurhand village in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. Three consecutive droughts, with bouts of hailstorms and unseasonal rains, had dented his morale. He wanted to defend whatever little crop he managed to grow on his four-bigha land from stray animals which raided his fields in the dark. “He had started to look tense and desperate. He even reduced his food intake,” said Musru’s son Mayaram.

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