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Pipelines laid but no water; health centre barely functions — official apathy mars Pokhran's nuclear-test-fame village
Pipelines laid but no water; health centre barely functions — official apathy mars Pokhran's nuclear-test-fame village

By Kuldeep Chhangani

On May 11, 1998 India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at a site three kilometres away from the Khetolai village in Pokhran. Twenty four years, the village that made India a global leader in nuclear energy, has little drinking water, barely functioning health centres and a problem of drug dealing and gambling. A ground report.

On May 11, 1998 India successfully carried out underground nuclear tests at a site three kilometres away from the Khetolai village in Pokhran. Twenty four years, the village that made India a global leader in nuclear energy, has little drinking water, barely functioning health centres and a problem of drug dealing and gambling. A ground report.

Jaisalmer: A principal ensures that kids who stood by the highway selling kair now study in a school
Jaisalmer: A principal ensures that kids who stood by the highway selling kair now study in a school

By Kuldeep Chhangani

Mahesh Prajapat, the principal of a government school in a village in Pokhran, Jaisalmer brings back students who stayed away from class and provides them with better infrastructure. He regularly counsels parents to send their wards to school.

Mahesh Prajapat, the principal of a government school in a village in Pokhran, Jaisalmer brings back students who stayed away from class and provides them with better infrastructure. He regularly counsels parents to send their wards to school.

In these villages in Jaisalmer, every house has a traditional 'beri' to collect rainwater
In these villages in Jaisalmer, every house has a traditional 'beri' to collect rainwater

By Kuldeep Chhangani

In the inhospitable terrain of Thar Desert in Rajasthan, centuries-old water conservation methods still flourish, and meet the drinking water needs of villagers and their cattle throughout the year. A ground report from the desert villages of Pokhran.

In the inhospitable terrain of Thar Desert in Rajasthan, centuries-old water conservation methods still flourish, and meet the drinking water needs of villagers and their cattle throughout the year. A ground report from the desert villages of Pokhran.

पाइपलाइन बिछाई लेकिन पानी नहीं; स्वास्थ्य केंद्र बमुश्किल काम करता है - अनदेखी ने पोखरण के परमाणु परीक्षण-प्रसिद्धि वाले गाँव को बर्बाद कर दिया
पाइपलाइन बिछाई लेकिन पानी नहीं; स्वास्थ्य केंद्र बमुश्किल काम करता है - अनदेखी ने पोखरण के परमाणु परीक्षण-प्रसिद्धि वाले गाँव को बर्बाद कर दिया

By Kuldeep Chhangani

11 मई, 1998 को भारत ने पोखरण के खेतोलाई गाँव से तीन किलोमीटर दूर सफलतापूर्वक भूमिगत परमाणु परीक्षण किया। चौबीस साल पहले जिस गाँव ने भारत को परमाणु ऊर्जा के रूप में पहचान दिलायी, उसके पास पीने का पानी नहीं है, स्वास्थ्य केंद्र बमुश्किल काम कर रहे हैं और नशीली दवाओं के कारोबार और जुए की समस्या है। एक ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट।

11 मई, 1998 को भारत ने पोखरण के खेतोलाई गाँव से तीन किलोमीटर दूर सफलतापूर्वक भूमिगत परमाणु परीक्षण किया। चौबीस साल पहले जिस गाँव ने भारत को परमाणु ऊर्जा के रूप में पहचान दिलायी, उसके पास पीने का पानी नहीं है, स्वास्थ्य केंद्र बमुश्किल काम कर रहे हैं और नशीली दवाओं के कारोबार और जुए की समस्या है। एक ग्राउंड रिपोर्ट।

पोखरण के मशहूर मिट्टी कारीगरों को भी नहीं मिल पाया बाजार, कई लोगों ने शुरू कर दिया दूसरा व्यवसाय
पोखरण के मशहूर मिट्टी कारीगरों को भी नहीं मिल पाया बाजार, कई लोगों ने शुरू कर दिया दूसरा व्यवसाय

By गाँव कनेक्शन

It All Adds Up For This Mathematics Teacher In Rajasthan
It All Adds Up For This Mathematics Teacher In Rajasthan

By Kuldeep Chhangani

Girija Ojha’s mission as a teacher in Pokhran, Rajasthan, is to demystify mathematics and get his students to enjoy the subject. Villagers call him Ramanujan, after the genius Indian mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan.

Girija Ojha’s mission as a teacher in Pokhran, Rajasthan, is to demystify mathematics and get his students to enjoy the subject. Villagers call him Ramanujan, after the genius Indian mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan.

Meet Jaisalmer’s police constable whose viral videos of battling fire are doing the rounds
Meet Jaisalmer’s police constable whose viral videos of battling fire are doing the rounds

By Kuldeep Chhangani

On the night of October 7 when the market at Nachna erupted in flames, Devendra Singh lept right in with nothing more than a wet gunny sack wrapped around him from protection, and saved both lives and property of shop owners.

On the night of October 7 when the market at Nachna erupted in flames, Devendra Singh lept right in with nothing more than a wet gunny sack wrapped around him from protection, and saved both lives and property of shop owners.

A Date With Israel: Farmers in Jaisalmer experiment with dates
A Date With Israel: Farmers in Jaisalmer experiment with dates

By Gaon Connection

In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, a state government initiative led by the horticulture department has farmers cultivating dates. A ground report from Jaisalmer.

In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, a state government initiative led by the horticulture department has farmers cultivating dates. A ground report from Jaisalmer.

A Date With Israel: Farmers in Jaisalmer experiment with dates
A Date With Israel: Farmers in Jaisalmer experiment with dates

By Kuldeep Chhangani

In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, a state government initiative led by the horticulture department has farmers cultivating dates. A ground report from Jaisalmer.

In the heart of Rajasthan’s Thar desert, a state government initiative led by the horticulture department has farmers cultivating dates. A ground report from Jaisalmer.

Gaon Connection Impact: PHED draws up a plan to provide safe drinking water to villagers of Kadodiha in West Singhbhum
Gaon Connection Impact: PHED draws up a plan to provide safe drinking water to villagers of Kadodiha in West Singhbhum

By Manoj Choudhary

On June 13, Gaon Connection published a ground report on Kadodiha, a tribal village in Sarandha forest, whose only source of drinking water was chuas, two to three feet deep dug out pits with water. Two days later, on June 15, a junior engineer of PHED visited the village, and the department has drawn up a water supply plan for the forest village.

On June 13, Gaon Connection published a ground report on Kadodiha, a tribal village in Sarandha forest, whose only source of drinking water was chuas, two to three feet deep dug out pits with water. Two days later, on June 15, a junior engineer of PHED visited the village, and the department has drawn up a water supply plan for the forest village.

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