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River Extremely Polluted in Rajdoha, Jharkhand
In the Eastern Singhbhum district, Block Potka of Jharkhand, about 10 kms east from Jamshedpur, in the Hartopa and Domjuri Panchayat, between Rajdoha and Murgaghuttu is the Gudra river. The Gudra river flows through two mountains and people from both villages bathe and use this water for their cattle. Every...
The Heritage Ranchi Lake in trouble waters
Ranchi, Jharkhand | Nirmala Ekka Ranchi Lake (Bada Talab) is a man-made lake dug by the British in the heart of the city in 1842. The Ranchi Lake used to offer a beautiful and unique experience to the visitors. Located far away from the hustle and bustle of city life,...
Missing Infrastructure: Pregnant women vaccinated, undergo check-ups in an open field
In Pundag village of Ranchi district, the absence of an Anganwadi Centre in the village means that pregnant women are forced to undergo check-ups and are vaccinated in an open field. “We aren’t comfortable undergoing check-ups in the open. We have to put up curtains to make ourselves comfortable or...
Poor Implementation of Handicap Pension Scheme
Padugara Village, Dhanbad District, Jharkhand | Bharti Kumari Five years ago Rita, travelled to the Block Office, closest to her village in the hope of getting the paperwork ready for her disability pension. At the end of that visit, she was promised that the required documents would be couriered to...
70 Women Await Maternal Health Cash Incentives
Indira village, Hazaribag district, Jharkhand | Chunnu Hansda 70 women have not received cash incentives of Rs 1400 that they are entitled to under the Janani Suraksha Yojana. The JSY focusses on encouraging women to deliver at state-run health facilities by providing free of cost health care and cash incentives....
Children Worry About Safety and Studies in this Village Without Electricity
Bindhani VIllage, Kanhachatti Block, Jharkhand | Reshmi Devi “When the oil lamp goes off, we aren’t able to study or finish our homework,” says a young girl. Even though electricity poles and wires were set up in the village in 2010, each evening Bindhani plunges into a terrifying darkness. Residents...
No vaccinations, nutrition for children due to a lack of anganwadi centre
Children between the age of 0-6 years have no access to education, nutrition or vaccination due to the lack of an anganwadi centre in their village. Under the Janani Suraksha Yojana and the Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojana, the Indian government’s scheme to bring down maternal and neonatal deaths, women and...
Are safe pregnancies and childbirth in rural India a luxury?
One woman dies every ten minutes due to pregnancy related complications in India. Although the government has put in place schemes to ensure that every woman has access to healthcare during and after pregnancy, ground reports produced by Video Volunteers reveal that access to prenatal and postnatal care, nutrition and...