By Brijendra Dubey
Launched a year ago to increase the participation of rural women in the national employment guarantee programme, the 'Mahila Mate' scheme in Uttar Pradesh has helped in providing better incomes to the rural women. In Sonbhadra district, half the labourforce is women.
Launched a year ago to increase the participation of rural women in the national employment guarantee programme, the 'Mahila Mate' scheme in Uttar Pradesh has helped in providing better incomes to the rural women. In Sonbhadra district, half the labourforce is women.
By Mithilesh Dhar
Chilkatad village in Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh is at a crossroads. Because of the presence of coal mines, the pollution here has crossed all its limits. They don't get clean drinking water, the air is toxic, people are falling sick …
Chilkatad village in Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh is at a crossroads. Because of the presence of coal mines, the pollution here has crossed all its limits. They don't get clean drinking water, the air is toxic, people are falling sick …
By Danish Iqbal
Ved Prakash Ojha took it upon himself to revamp the barely working anganwadi centre in his village in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, and transformed it into a ‘model anganwadi centre’
Ved Prakash Ojha took it upon himself to revamp the barely working anganwadi centre in his village in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, and transformed it into a ‘model anganwadi centre’
By Mithilesh Dhar
Dhanbad, Bokaro, Singrauli ... the coal mines are mining miseries for people living close to them
Dhanbad, Bokaro, Singrauli ... the coal mines are mining miseries for people living close to them
By Brijendra Dubey
In his teenage years, Ram Baboo used to run 26 kms daily while he also did odd jobs to support his landless family in a village in Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.
In his teenage years, Ram Baboo used to run 26 kms daily while he also did odd jobs to support his landless family in a village in Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.
By Pavan Kumar Maurya
A teacher of a government primary school in Varanasi district, doesn’t think twice before visiting the houses of students who are frequently absent. His strategy has paid off as absenteeism has dropped, enrollments have gone up and with that the infrastructure of the school has improved.
A teacher of a government primary school in Varanasi district, doesn’t think twice before visiting the houses of students who are frequently absent. His strategy has paid off as absenteeism has dropped, enrollments have gone up and with that the infrastructure of the school has improved.
By Mithilesh Dhar
Jagatnarayan Vishwakarma, 45, who lives in Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, has been fighting since long in order to save his people from the pollution and deadly consequences of fluorosis. He is now barely able to walk on crutches due to the severe pain in his damaged bones
Jagatnarayan Vishwakarma, 45, who lives in Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, has been fighting since long in order to save his people from the pollution and deadly consequences of fluorosis. He is now barely able to walk on crutches due to the severe pain in his damaged bones
By Brijendra Dubey
Hilly terrain, hard to extract groundwater and failed schemes make life miserable for the 3,000 odd villagers of Lahuria Deh village in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Each of them gets just 15 litres of water a day to drink, cook and wash. Women suffer the most. A ground report as part of Gaon Connection's Paani Yatra.
Hilly terrain, hard to extract groundwater and failed schemes make life miserable for the 3,000 odd villagers of Lahuria Deh village in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Each of them gets just 15 litres of water a day to drink, cook and wash. Women suffer the most. A ground report as part of Gaon Connection's Paani Yatra.
By Mithilesh Dhar
On Oct 6, the dyke of a fly ash pond at a power plant of the NTPC in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh breached, causing spillage in several acres of land
On Oct 6, the dyke of a fly ash pond at a power plant of the NTPC in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh breached, causing spillage in several acres of land
By Shivani Gupta
Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have switched to the trellis system where vegetables are grown on a raised structure, a couple of feet above the ground, which is expected to increase their earnings.
Upset with water logging in flood prone areas and regular wild animal attacks by porcupine and Nilgai, women in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh have switched to the trellis system where vegetables are grown on a raised structure, a couple of feet above the ground, which is expected to increase their earnings.