Around 125 people of Rampuri village of Brahmapuri block(Chandrapur disctrict) in Maharashtra are still not get paid after completing the work through the MGNREGA scheme. Community Correspondent Krupakar Chahande from Maharashtra reports for Video Volunteers. Video Transcript: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has been implemented throughout Maharashtra....
Domdadar, Dindori, Madhya Pradesh | Surajeeya Paraste The primary school in Domdadar village of Madhya Pradesh hasn’t been repaired since 25 years. As many as 59 children from classes 1st to 5th study in one classroom. These children are not able to study well. Surajeeya interviews Ramcharan Mathur, a resident...
Sonography machines at Saswad Rural Hospital, Pune have been defunct since January 2013. Pregnant women seeking pre-natal check-ups are turned away, forced to travel faraway distances and spend out of their pockets, whereas according to the Janani Suraksha Yojana, pregnant women below poverty line are entitled to free of cost...
Over 1000 people from a village are being cheated out of their rations in Jaganathpur, Bihar. The majority of these families elong to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. These families hold an Antyodaya Ration Cards which makes them eligible for 20 kg of rice and 15 kg of wheat as...
The residents of an entire village were forced to take out a rally to the District Magistrate’s Office, holding their dyfunct electricity meter boards. This is the story of how that incident came to be. The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) was a scheme launched by Government of India...
One Hundred and twenty-eight students who had applied for the Anganwadi helper’s post were cheated by Annapurna Youth Society in Baliya Village of Jharkhand. Anganwadis were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat child hunger and malnutrition. These centres...
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...
Hazaribagh, Jharkhand | Chunnu Hasda On the 6th of February 2014 a 14 year old tribal girl Sapna (Name Changed) left for school at 9:30am. The day that would have been a typical day for a child who goes to school to get an education turned out to be a...
