May 2022
Families in Bihar Living Under Extreme Stress of being Forcibly Evicted
In the Katihar district of Bihar state, 60 families are staying in shanties next to the State Highway. But they have to be relocated, because of the Highway expansion project, and that is the issue.
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Labourers of Kumlai Tea Garden Emerged Victorious with the Support of VV’s Correspondent Rubi Saha
On 15th Feb, 2022 the Community Correspondent Rubi Saha got to know from the workers union that the labourers are not paid regularly and they are getting agitated - and about to organise a strike at the main gate of the Tea Estate.
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Shigmotsav, a traditional art and dance festival of Goa
Before the arrival of Summer (February/March), and after the Maha Shivaratri festival, these communities migrate to the hills, to the places that they left earlier for better livelihood options.
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Disdain and the fear of Displacement in Uttar Pradesh
The weaving community settled there in Mau District, Uttar Pradesh but economic prosperity was not easy to come by.
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Three labourers in Mumbai die after inhaling toxic fumes in a septic tank
The practice of manual scavenging violates Article 21 of the Indian Constitution which guarantees the ‘Right to live life with dignity.’