Crumbling infrastructure at a state-run health facility keeps pregnant women from availing healthcare services here. With a roof that leaks during the monsoon and no functional toilets, both frontline health workers and patients find it difficult to use. Bharti Kumari Reports from Telmocho village, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand This series on...
Tilopada Village, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand | Xavier Hamsay The farming community of Bandgaon block is in the midst of a small revolution. After years of using chemical fertilisers that have slowly leached their soil of any nutrients, they are revisiting organic methods like using vermicompost to nurture the earth....
Kairodi Village, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand | Xavier Hamsay A new scientific method of lac cultivation is picking up in Jharkhand, a state which contributed about 56% to India’s total lac produced in 2013-14. A local farmer, Gopi Chaki has been doing his bit to promote this method among tribal...
5th June 2015 | Gayarmunda Village, Deoghar, Odisha | Dashrathi Behera For those whose lives are so intricately tied up with the land, rivers and forests of a region, celebrating and worshipping nature is an integral part of their cultures. While on one hand rampant mining, badly planned dams and...
What would news look like if the very people who live a story produced it? What if each marginalised community had someone to document their stories and the issues they face from within the community? What if this news didn’t stop at reporting a story but also brought change to...
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...
