Pallav Jain

1 week ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

Budhni, a town in the Sehore district, is famous for its colourful wooden toys. Budhni uses natural lac (lacquer) from nearby forests to paint these wooden toys in bright pink, yellow, and green. The wood used comes from the Dudhiya tree, which is light and easy to carve, making the toys strong and long-lasting. In a time when plastic toys harm the environment and their paints can be unsafe for children, Budhni's eco-friendly wooden toys offer a safer and more sustainable alternative.

1 week ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

Sita Kushwaha, a 55-year-old resident of Ward No. 6 in Sehore, begins each day with the sight of the polluted C2 drain flowing just outside her home—a channel now choked with the city’s garbage. She remembers a different time. “When I moved here after getting married 25 years ago, this drain was clean and full of water,” she says. We used to come here to wash clothes.” C2 drain, also known as Lotiya Nala, runs through the heart of Sehore city.

4 weeks ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

Madhya Pradesh is embarking on an ambitious ₹919 crore project to divert the polluted Kanh River away from the sacred Shipra Riverin preparation for the 2028 Kumbh Mela in Ujjain. The Kanh Close Duct Project involves constructing underground tunnels and channels to redirect the Kanh River's flow from Shipra to the Gambhir River.

4 weeks ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

On 18th April, Kamini Jain and Puneet Jain, along with their three-year-old son, Veer, traveled five hours from their home in Parvaliya village of Bhopal district to attend a wedding in Ashta of Sehore district. They indulged in wedding festivities near a makeshift pandal from ten in the morning till four in the evening. The heat was unbearable, with a recorded temperature as high as 42°C.It wasn’t long before Veer’s health required attention.

1 month ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

At 4 AM in the forests of Madhya Pradesh, millions begin their desperate race against time. They're not hunting for gold or precious stones—they're collecting leaves from the humble tendu tree, the backbone of India's most overlooked billion-rupee industry. The tendu leaf wraps bidi, famously called the "poor man's cigarette." What's ironic? The very people who make this possible are themselves trapped in poverty.