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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 243: UP floods, Bihar drought, data and politics
Description: This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by freelance journalists Neeraj Priyadarshy and Prashant Pandey. The conversation begins with Prashant’s report as he details the flood situation in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh. "For many years, these people won't be able to forget the pain of their destroyed homes,” says Prashant, adding that villages near the Ghagra and Sharda rivers witness such scale of damage every year. Neeraj then briefs the panel on his report about the drought-hit districts of Bihar and the difference between the IMD and state agriculture depart...