Debt and bureaucracy deal death blow to MP farmers reeling from Covid impact
“The farmer also wants to live, sir! But he is forced to take a loan. This is done not once, but over and over again. First, to sow the crop,…
Ashok Kapse
Covid-induced poverty and rising power bills make an explosive combination
In mid-February this year the police in Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh registered a case against Kisan Gupta a resident of the city’s Vallabh Nagar slum. The case against…
Incompetence turns to indifference in MP during third Covid wave
The first wave of Covid in India revealed that those running the government were clueless. The second was exposed their sheer incompetence. And now, during the ongoing third wave of…
For want of doctors, the Covid Third Wave was lost…
When Chandu, a cloth merchant of Sant Hirdaram Nagar (old name Bairagarh) of Bhopal, got a message on his mobile phone informing him that he had been certified fully vaccinated…
Covid becomes excuse to deny dues to MP state government employees
“In the first and second wave of the Covid pandemic, ministers and MLAs were sitting in their homes. They avoided common people and crowds. Had virtual meetings. Continued their rhetoric…
Medical interns at AIIIMS, Bhopal strike over dues from Covid duty
On 28 October, over a 100 interns at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal went on a day and night hunger strike. They were demanding that the hospital…
MP farmers in distress due to low cotton prices
After making losses on their vegetable crops throughout the Covid period farmers in Madhya Pradesh are making big losses due to falling prices of cotton. Vegetable crops have been destroyed…
Rail passengers in MP demand restoration of pre-Covid train services
With 22 million passengers every day the Indian railways is second only to China globally in terms of the number of people transported. Since the onset of the Covid pandemic…
Suicides, drug addiction on rise in MP due to Covid induced job losses
“I am unable to face hunger, future, illness, fee debt, house rent and unemployment” said the four page suicide note. On the night of 27 August 2021 Ravi Thackeray*, an…
Covid pushes families in MP into debt as economic crisis deepens
Bhopal: The second wave of Covid-19 has hit the people of Madhya Pradesh hard, with thousands losing their lives. The misery has not stopped though for millions of citizens in…
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