23rd March 2015 | Kheramuta, Sundergarh District, Odisha | Halomuni Kuardar The residents of Lanjiberna, Bihaband and Kheramuta villages in Odisha have been protesting the presence of OCL India’s limestone and dolomite mines in their area. The densely populated area has been facing multiple problems because of the mines. In...
31st March 2015 | Khullashpur village, Ambedkar Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh | Gayatri Residents of this village wade through slush and sewage to travel anywhere. There are no provisions for a drainage system here which means all the dirty water from various pipelines converges on the main road. Upon talking...
30th March 2015 | Chapariya Village; Suriyawan Block; Bhadohi District | Anil Kumar Saroj 107 students at this primary school have to defecate in the open as their school has no toilets. They’ve been in a state of disrepair since the past three years and cause an inconvenience not just...
27th March 2015 | Tamnar Block, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh | Rajesh Gupta Suberam Yadav lost his young school-going son in a road accident, one that should not have happened. The accident took place on a 7 km long road between Saraipalli and Gerwani villages, a route now frequented by trucks,...
26th March | Madra Panchayat, Jharia Block, Dhanbad District, Jharkhand | Bharti Kumari The operations of Bharat Coking Coal Limited, in Jharia Block, have destroyed most signs of a once normal life. Everything is now shrouded under a sick smoke emitting from the coal fires burning in mines underground and...
25th March 2015 | Khunti District, Jharkhand | Amita Tuti In India, having a job with government institutions brings with it a sense of security- timely wages, increments and other benefits. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-owned telecommunications company, has not been paying 11 people who work in the...
23rd March 2015 | Dhandamunda Panchayat, Khaprakhol Block, Odisha | Lambodar Takri Rita Ghana, a resident of this area elaborates on how the shoddy implementation of a scheme by the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department has left thousands thirsty. Out of the 15 hand pumps originally installed, only 7...
18th March | Jalamkata Village, Nuapada District, Odisha | Abhishek Kumar Dash 2000 people living in this village are dependant on a single hand pump for water. A resident Sunaphula Naik explains how women queue up for hours on end waiting their turn, “Our children may be asking for food...
