Akola, Maharashtra | Radhika Chincolikar A five year old who cannot hear or speak by birth was brutally raped and assaulted and thrown in a bush full of thorns. Jawala Budruk is small village in Akola district of Maharashra where the horrific incident took place. The small girl was severely...
Buldhana, Maharashtra| Vinod Wankhede In Wadi budruk village, Buldhana district, Maharashtra farming land which belongs to communities belonging to backward classes is being acquired by the government for the development of a sports complex. Residents have written to the authorities opposing the project over and over again. However their appeals...
15th July 2015 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Amol Lalzare The residents of Sathe Nagar, a slum close to the Mumbai airport, do not know when the roof over their heads will disappear. Since 2006, surveys have been conducted in silence and demolitions underway as part of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s...
Impact : Several patients in Sathenagar, Mumbai lost their lives to tubercolosis due to the lack of a TB hospital in the locality. Amol Lalzare’s video on the subject pushed the authorities to swing into action. The locality now has a TB hospital.
27th May 2015 | Gawarla, Chandrapur, Maharastra | Krupakar Chahande Farmers from Gawarla village in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra have no access to electricity. They paid for the electricity connection 2 years ago yet no meter or appropriate set up has been done to ensure electricity supply. When they approach...
Nashik District, Maharashtra | Maya Khodve In December 2014 three men lost their lives at an accident at their work site. All three were conservancy workers who had been hired by contractors working for the Nashik Municipal Corporation. The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013,...
Nashik, Maharshtra | Maya Khodve CC Maya reports on the plight of women workers at a garbage dump in Nashik. They demand social security and financial aid on account of low daily wages and the hazardous environment they work in. Lack of proper safety gear can lead to death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_daBZNvfjw...
Agara Village, Bhatiagarh, Madhya Pradesh | Aartibai Valmiki The gaping cracks in this school building have filled the hearts of teachers, students and their parents. But in the absence of any other school in the vicinity, children continue coming here, putting their lives at risk to get an education. It...
