ApnaBundelkhand.com, New Delhi:After being opposed tooth and nail by the opposition parties, Rahul Gandhi's Bundelkhand package is now facing reservations from within the government.

A major portion of the Rs 7,000-crore project is aimed at linking the Ken and Betwa rivers to provide irrigation facilities in the backward regions that spread across 14 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

The plan first drew flak from Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, as well as Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Now, the Union Ministry of Environment and forests is opposing it. Water experts, too, have criticised it.

The river-linking project -- comprising the Daudhan dam and reservoir on Ken river, a 231- km canal, and two power houses -- ... Read more »

ApnaBundelkhand.com, Lucknow/New Delhi:To augment rural incomes and increase horticulture production in Bundelkhand, the Uttar Pradesh government has prepared a blueprint for boosting horticulture activities in the impoverished region.

The government has prepared an elaborate action plan entailing investment of Rs 117 crore in the next fiscal.

The proposed fund would be utilised for enhancing seed production, packing and grading of horticulture crops. The plan comprises 18 schemes with different funding pattern for the private parties.

"We have already sent the plan for approval to the Centre under the National Horticulture Mission (NHM)," State Horticulture and Food Processing Principal Secretary Sri Krishna told Business Standard.