The Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme aims to provide clean and safe drinking water to each and every family in rural areas. However, due to corruption and malpractice reality is far from this. Residents of Gadagada Bahal Panchayat have been waiting for over 2 years for water. Added to this the Minister of...
The road in Karando village is in disrepair. When it rains it is treacherous to cross due to the potholes. There are no bridges constructed to help residents cross the many rivers. Dasiya Devi a resident explains, “When the rivers and streams are full, no doctors come to this village. ...
Old Age Pension is for people who are over 60 years old and have Below Povery Line (BPL) cards. They are given 400 rupees every month. But beneficiaries from Chilga panchayat are not getting this. For those individuals who are not under the Old Age Pension Plan and cannot take...
At 2:30 am on 17th May six people from a ‘higher caste’ tried to kill Sanjay Khobragade, a Dalit rights activist, over a caste based land dispute. They set him on fire while he slept in his house. With over 80-85% burns on his body, he passed away while at...
Having no electricity in the 21st century is unthinkable to most of us. However this is the reality for 150 families from Mahagaon village who had been promised electricity for the past 1.5 years. They are still waiting. Having complained to the relevant officials the only reply the have received...
The Right To Education Act 2010 (RTE) guarantees free education for disabled children. The Government is meant to provide a special teacher for children with disabilities as well as specific learning material. However, for partially sighted Rekha Gishbhai this is not the case. Her mother explains how: “She sits on...
Under the Integrated Child Development Scheme, Anganwadis which are an all-encompassing health care centre were established in 1975. Its goals are vital and comprehensive: to combat child nutrition and hunger, to provide basic health care, and to offer pre-school education. The main beneficiaries are young children, teenage girls, pregnant women...
Imagine having your village and land flooded for the construction of a dam. Imagine no compensation, house or land being provided in return. Imagine standing up for your rights to only be imprisoned by the authorities. There is no need to imagine for this is the reality of residents from...
