ELFA International, a non-profit, is working with hundreds of government schools in the Union Territory and educating and training students in school safety, disaster management, mental health, and gender based violence.

ELFA International, a non-profit, is working with hundreds of government schools in the Union Territory and educating and training students in school safety, disaster management, mental health, and gender based violence.

The state government’s relief package aims to compensate farmers who had faced devastating damage to their crops due to floods in the months of September-October last year as well as those who suffered losses due to the unseasonal rains in January this year. The compensation amount will be distributed through direct beneficiary transfers (DBT). Details here.

As per the findings of a study conducted on the implications of the absent mechanisms to remove sulphur dioxide from the emission of the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, the poor air quality led to 80,000 sick leave days in Maharashtra in 2020. More details here.

Recently, a 16-year-old girl from Dumka, was set on fire by her stalker and killed. A couple of days later, a minor girl who was four months pregnant was found dead and hanging from a tree in Dumka. The Jharkhand Police had launched a mobile application Shakti to help women in distress, but the app is not functioning and few even know of its existence.

A sand mine auction in Arhatpur village of Gaya district turned violent after local villagers protested against mining in their Morhar river. These villagers have been protesting against the sand mining for the last several years and claim that sand removal from the riverbed is increasing their vulnerability during floods, destroying their farmland and endangering livelihoods. A Gaon Connection ground report.

A recent study undertaken in West Bengal by Climate Trends and IIT Delhi shows a higher prevalence of upper and lower respiratory illnesses and cardiovascular problems as a result of long and long and short term exposures to air pollutants. Women in the state's rural areas were more vulnerable to it.

फैक्ट्रियों में आग की दुर्घटनाओं से निपटने में सरकार के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन कर रहे श्रमिकों के एक वर्ग ने 20 मई को दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल के आवास तक विरोध मार्च निकाला। प्रदर्शनकारियों का आरोप है कि फैक्ट्रियों में लगातार आग लगने की घटनाएं दर्शाती हैं कि श्रम कानूनों और औद्योगिक सुरक्षा नियमों का घोर उल्लंघन है। इस बीच, 29 लापता वर्कर्स के परिजन अपने प्रियजनों की तलाश में भटक रहे हैं।