Reportage Constructing only drains and pumps to resolve stormwater issues will frequently bring Indian cities under water Urban flood management in India continues to focus only on improving grey infrastructure, rescue and relief. These are all necessary...
Reportage Providing large-scale incentives to small-scale enterprises to create livelihoods is the need of the hour COVID-19 has exposed the weakest links in our supply chains, the largest impact of which has been felt by the...
Reportage Marooned for a month, villagers in Bihar have no access to sufficient food, healthcare, toilets Residents of 36 villages in Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi of Darbhanga are displaced due to floods for more than a month...
Reportage Understanding the laws enacted to provide safety and welfare to construction workers Considering the high risk nature of their job, construction workers are seldom provided a safety net. A well-planned structure will...
Reportage MGNREGA can help build climate resilient future for India’s most vulnerable population Given that 70% of India’s population still lives in rural areas, MGNREGA can help the transition to climate resilient development...
Columns Life on char islands in the Brahmaputra a daily struggle in monsoon floods Chars are riverine islands in the Brahmaputra formed through silt deposits. During monsoons, many chars get partially or fully submerged...
Columns Unabated mining activities force villagers in Odisha’s Keonjhar to hit the streets during COVID-19 crisis In these unusual times, as the world is grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, people of Keonjhar district in Odisha are having...
Reportage COVID-19 in Bihar: Exhausted, underpaid health workers and a crumbling public health system With a surge in COVID-19 cases, low testing rates, exhausted, angry, underpaid and uncertain health workers in the state, Bihar...
Reportage Hapless villagers in UP’s Barabanki barely survive in tents, waiting for govt’s helping hand Gaon Connection team visited the flood-affected villages of Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district and found village roads, and houses there, submerged.
Reportage Betel leaf farmers of UP’s Bundelkhand have stories of loss during the lockdown to share The loss of betel farmers incurred during the lockdown did not come to anyone’s attention. Here’s a story of paan...
