Reportage A tweet opens a Pandora’s box of how rural India is coping with the COVID19 second wave Rural India is floundering, with innumerable cases of fever and cold, classic COVID-19 symptoms. Villagers find themselves without testing facilities,...
Reportage Can rural Indians afford Rs 400-600 per dose of vaccine? Gaon Connection Survey had recently tried to find out Last December, Gaon Connection released findings of its survey conducted across 16 states and 1 union territory. 36% rural respondents...
Nepal’s forest fires under control, but peak wildfire season has just begun Since last November, Nepal has recorded over 2,700 wildfire incidents in 73 of its 77 districts. High levels of air...
Reportage Floods account for almost half the deaths in India due to extreme weather events in the past 50 years In the past two decades, freak weather events such as floods, tropical cyclones, heat waves, cold waves and lightning have...
Uncategorized|Positive Stories|Reportage Malkangiri Model: Mic, mosquito nets and mass awareness to fight malaria Trained ASHA workers go from door to door in Odisha’s Malkangiri, a hotbed of malaria, monitoring use of treated mosquito...
Reportage Uttarakhand: The Himalayan state is besieged by extreme floods and increased droughts A recent analysis by think tank CEEW India shows a four-fold increase in extreme flood events and two-fold increase in...
Reportage Chhattisgarh govt revives Bodhghat dam project; Bastar’s tribal communities launch strong protests After four decades in cold storage, the 300 MW Bodhghat dam project has been revived by chief minister Bhupesh Baghel....
Reportage Uttarakhand Disaster: Glacier burst may not be the cause, but the Hindu Kush Himalayan region’s glaciers, which support over 1.3 billion people, are under threat Union home minister Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha today that a landslide led to the flash floods in Chamoli....
Reportage Budget 2021: Rs 1,731 billion gap in allocation for Dalits and tribal communities; guidelines not followed: National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights ‘Dalit Adivasi Budget Analysis 2021-22’ by the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights shows a total gap in allocation of...
Reportage Budget 2021: Jal Jeevan Mission Urban launched, Rs 287,000 crore allocated for five years. Meanwhile, only 34% rural households get tap water After launching Jal Jeevan Mission Rural in 2019, the Modi government has launched Jal Jeevan Mission Urban in Budget 2021....
