Sriji Ka Kheda is now practically a village of widows. Falling under Bhilwara district, the village has 60 houses and 70 widows. Most of their husbands lost their lives working as labour in quarries and dying of silicosis.
"It is a very sad story.
Most of the widows are under 40," said Bhanwar Bairwa of Salja panchayat.
Transparency is the newest item on the agenda of many Rajasthan ministers and MPs. C P Joshi, the man who lost the Rajasthan Assembly elections last year by just one vote, to later become the Union minister for rural development, started the trend.
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10-day campaign of social auditing of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme [NREGS] brought a great relief to the poverty-stricken people in Bhilwara district.
JAIPUR: A five-member delegation of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board which visited two fluoride-affected villages in Rajasthan over the weekend was impressed by the success of a UNICEF-sponsored fluorosis mitigation programme and expressed the desire to replicate the model back home.
Taking serious note of acute water crisis gripping the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today held a high-level meeting and directed the officials to immediately prepare an emergency plan to cater to irrigation and potable water needs of the state
Medicinal plants play a vital role in providing health care to human beings since the dawn of civilization. It is evident that the Indian people have tremendous passion for medicinal plants and they them for wide range of health related applications. Therefore, an attempt was made to explore indigenous practices using medicinal plants followed by rural women of Rajasthan for health security.
Medicinal plants play a vital role in providing health care to human beings since the dawn of civilization. It is evident that the Indian people have tremendous passion for medicinal plants and they them for wide range of health related applications. Therefore, an attempt was made to explore indigenous practices using medicinal plants followed by rural women of Rajasthan for health security.
An investigation was carried out to assess the sources and types of microflora viz. bacteria, fungi and algae in the raw milk collected by Saras diaries collection centres as well as the process unit especially in Bhilwara, Rajasthan.
