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The Fallen Village

 
/ January 13, 2014

Ambai Bujurga village in the Kara block of Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh is slowly getting popular as the ‘fallen village’ due to the sheer number of deaths, occurring due to lack of a proper road or even a rough path. For lack of a better word, the ‘roads’ are rowdy,...

The Road to Ration

 
/ January 10, 2014

875 people reside in Takhtpur village but only 135 people have BPL cards. They have to walk 4 km to another village, to access the Ration Distributor. It is just not the distance but the terrible condition of the way, which makes it even more difficult to carry ration back...

Pipelines of Garbage

 
/ January 9, 2014

  In Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh, people are getting unhealthy water through broken plastic pipelines and are forced to use this water every day for all the purposes. Just above the plastic pipelines there is a huge garbage pit where all people dump their garbage. The metal pipelines where...

Step By Step, Drop By Drop

 
/ January 9, 2014

Jagdishpur community in Uttar Pradesh currently lacks easy access to clean drinking water and the situation is only getting worse for people like Santuram who have physical limitations. VV-PACS Community Correspondent Shabnam Begum from Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh reports. Call to Action: You can help by calling T. Ram, Member...

The Job that Made Him Untouchable | Article 17

 
/ January 7, 2014

A man is treated like an untouchable because he earns a living by disposing carcasses of dead animals. About the Partnership: The Poorest Areas Civil Society (PACS) Programme and Video Volunteers have come together to create the Community Correspondents Network. The videos generated by the network will be able to...