NEWS BY THOSE WHO LIVE IT
Unattended Broken Bridge caliming lives
“Had there been a bridge, incidents like this would not have happened” shares Rajesh Sada , a resident of Bagban village in Bihar as he recounts the consequences of a bridge lying unattended and broken since 2007. Years have passed since the bridge in Bagban village broke down. And it...
Pass books with no money under Indra Awas Scheme
Whenever it rains, we have to run and find alternate shelters that don’t leak from the roofs! This is the condition under which twelve people belonging to very poor Dalit families live in Muzaffarpur village. There are around 390 houses in this village. Out of these, the residents of 12...
Maharashtra’s Nomadic Behrupiya Tribe remains Marginalized
Traditionally a community of street performers, known to bring comic relief to day-to-day life through witty dialogues, vivid costumes and makeup, the Behrupiya community struggles to find its space in the modern era of entertainment. With their main source of livelihood under threat, the nomadic community struggles to eke out an...
Acid attack survivor get 2 lakh compensation | Varsha reports for IndiaUnheard
Chanchal and her sister suffered an acid attack by 4 men on 21st October 2012 in Chitnawa village of Maner block in Bihar. They attacked them because they tried fending off their sexual harassment approaches. As per the rules, the victims are supposed to be compensated by the state. However,...
IMPACT: Reparative Justice for Medical Negligence Deaths in Jharkhand
Last year we launched “End Medical Negligence“, a campaign focused on getting better medical facilities at the Sub-Divisional Hospital in Madhupur, Jharkhand. CC Mukesh Rajak documented several cases of medical negligence at the government hospital that led to the death of a new-born, and of a 12 year old, among...
Forest dwellers in Bihar fight for their right
The Forests Rights Act (FRA) was passed about 10 years ago, even now its implementation is patchy and dependent on the initiative of individual district administrators. The FRA recognises that forest dwellers’ have rights over land that they have been occupying and their communities have rights over use and management...
Railway Line upgradation: Commuters left abandoned
The residents of 18 panchayats fall under Maiguli and Bikhna villages of West Champaran in Bihar. There is a stretch of railway line that passes through these Panchayats from Bhikna Thori to Narkatiaganj. Bhikna Thori station is the last station on the Indian side before the Indo-Nepal border. The stretch...