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Bithoor’s Ganga Rakshaks Struggle to Clean India’s Holiest River

2 days ago | groundreport.in | Sumit Singh

Along the banks of the Ganga in Bithoor in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, Laal Muhammad, also known as Badshah, greets everyone with “Jai Ganga Mata Ki (Hail Mother Ganga),” while he walks on the ghats barefoot. His feet are calloused from years of walking the river shores, but he has pledged not to wear slippers until the river is clean. For him, the Ganga is more than a river—it’s a mother, the one he has vowed to heal. Ganga, India's sacred lifeline, weeps under a shroud of pollution.
Kanh Close Duct: MP Diverts Polluted River Ahead of 2028 Kumbh Mela

1 week 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.
Are Madhya Pradesh’s Government Hospitals Ready for the Extreme Heat?

1 week 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.
Tigers or thermal power ?- Adani's Anuppur coal plant dilemma

1 week ago | groundreport.in | Sanavver Shafi

Adani Power acquired the thermal energy project in 2023, gaining full control by Oct 2024. Now operated by subsidiary Anuppur Thermal Energy (MP) Pvt Ltd. Listen to this article 0.75x 1x 1.5x Read in Hindi | The roar of tigers that resonates in the dense forests of central India may now be drowned in the industrial noise of a coal-fired power plant.
मध्य प्रदेश में वनग्रामों को कब मिलेगी कागजों की कै़द से आज़ादी?

1 week ago | groundreport.in | Sanavver Shafi

गृहमंत्री अमित शाह ने 22 अप्रैल 2022 को वनग्रामों को राजस्व ग्राम में परिवर्तित करने की घोषणा की थी। लेकिन तीन साल बाद भी आदिवासी गाँवों में कुछ नहीं बदला है। इन वनग्रामों में जीवन कागजी प्रक्रियाओं में कैद होकर रह गया है। Listen to this article 0.75x 1x 1.5x मध्य प्रदेश के डिंडोरी जिले की सामनापुर तहसील के सिमरधा वन ग्राम में 62 वर्षीय सुमरिन बैगा बाई अपनी पुरानी कुल्हाड़ी थामे खेत की ओर बढ़ती हैं। यह वही खेत है जहाँ उनकी चार पीढ़ियों का पसीना रचा-बसा है। उनकी आँखों में एक अनकहा डर तैरता है।...
अनूपपुर कोयला संयंत्र: मध्य भारत के बाघ गलियारों के लिए नया संकट

1 week ago | groundreport.in | Sanavver Shafi

2023 में अडानी पावर लिमिटेड ने इस परियोजना का अधिग्रहण किया और अक्टूबर 2024 तक 100 प्रतिशत नियंत्रण हासिल कर लिया। अडानी ग्रुप की सहायक कंपनी अनूपपुर थर्मल एनर्जी (मप्र) प्राइवेट लिमिटेड के नाम से यह परियोजना अब जानी जाती है। Listen to this article 0.75x 1x 1.5x मध्य भारत के घने जंगलों में गूंजने वाली बाघों की दहाड़ अब एक विशाल कोयला-बिजली संयंत्र के शोर में दब सकती है। मध्य प्रदेश के अनूपपुर जिले में छताई, मझटोलिया और उमर्दा गांवों के बीच स्थापित होने वाला अनूपपुर थर्मल पावर प्लांट न केवल एक...
Rains in the month of May hit tendu leaf collectors in Madhya Pradesh

2 weeks 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.
सरकार की वादा-खिलाफी से जूझते सतपुड़ा के विस्थापित आदिवासी

3 weeks ago | groundreport.in | Sanavver Shafi

नया खामदा, सुपलई और सकाई गांव के परिवारों को सतपुड़ा के जंगल से विस्थापन के बदले पथरीली और कब्ज़े वाली ज़मीन दी गई है जहां उनके लिए खेती करना संभव नहीं है। Listen to this article 0.75x 1x 1.5x सतपुड़ा टाइगर रिजर्व (STR) के घने जंगल, जहां बाघों की दहाड़ और पक्षियों की चहचहाट गूंजती है, वहां ए‍क और आवाज़ धीरे-धीरे उभर रही है, वह है विस्‍थापित ग्रामीणों की। ये वे लाेग हैं, जिन्‍हें बाघ और वन्‍यजीव संरक्षण के नाम पर अपनी पुश्‍तैनी ज़मीनों से उजाड़ा गया, लेकिन नई बस्तियों में उन्‍हें वादाखिलाफी के...
Scorched classrooms: Madhya Pradesh’s school infrastructure fails children amid rising heatwaves

1 month ago | groundreport.in | Wahid Bhat

Every morning at 7:30, when Ashapuri High School—30 kilometers from Bhopal— starts its day, 15-year-old Deeksha Chaudhary arrives on foot. She sets out early from her home in Rasalpur village, 3 kilometers away. A bicycle, provided under a government scheme, leans rusting and unused at home. The path she takes is familiar but never easy—especially under the harsh April sun. She studies in class 10. In the heat, the concrete classrooms feel like ovens.
Saving India's Vultures: Nitish Agrawal's conservation mission in Rewa

1 month ago | groundreport.in | Pallav Jain

In the 1990s, India's vulture population faced a catastrophic decline, bringing these majestic scavengers to the brink of extinction. Today, Madhya Pradesh boasts over 12,000 vultures—the highest count nationwide—thanks to dedicated conservation efforts championing their ecological importance. Nitish Agrawal, co-founder of 'The Last Vulture' in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, is at the forefront of this revival.