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Press Freedom in a State of Peril in Chhattisgarh
Failing to protect the freedom of press, the journalists of Chhattisgarh asks for Legislation on Protection of Journalism
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The Ground Realities of Digital India
Four years since the launch of Digital India, a village in Chhatisgarh waits for electricity and stable mobile network.
Community builds Chhattisgarh’s First Digital Village with WiFi
More than 300km from Raipur, the road that leads to Silphili village is anything but smooth – the drive is positively bone-rattling. The residents of this Chhattisgarh village are mostly small-time farmers; growing rice – people you’d least expect to be ‘smart’. Yet, Silphili, tucked away in Chhattisgarh’s border district...
Only Few Toilets functional in an Open-Defecation Free Block
The Village Council Head, Sobitra Nagesh, from Chhattisgarh proudly declares his village is Open-Defection Free on camera. And one would believe him. But a short walk around the village Bansajhal and conversations with the residents exposes the lie that Sobitra blatantly said on camera. The most important objective of the Swachh Bharat...
Doctor on Call – Medical phone service in Chhattisgarh
Deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, a technological and medical revolution is underway. “I will tell you what to give the patient for gout,” says a friendly voice on the mobile phone. The pre-recorded message then outlines the way to prepare a traditional concoction of herbs and plants to treat...
Doctor on Call – Medical phone service in Chhattisgarh
Deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, a technological and medical revolution is underway. “I will tell you what to give the patient for gout,” says a friendly voice on the mobile phone. The pre-recorded message then outlines the way to prepare a traditional concoction of herbs and plants to treat...
Three years later, Children get a New School in Chhattisgarh
Shankar Pradhan, 12, attended classes under a thatched roof, in the sweltering heat and rains of Chhattisgarh. Just like 100 other children, he was a student of the only government primary school in the Badwar village, which lay unfinished since three years. “They started the construction four years ago but...
Drinking Water ends Thirst after a Decade’s Struggle
A little child turns the village tap in hope of water, but all he says he looks up and says, “There is no water.” The tap had run dry 10 years ago, in the village of Saraipallai, Chhattisgarh but the administration had paid little heed to fix the dysfunctional water...