Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey 58% pregnant women in villages confirmed checkups, vaccination in the lockdown Pregnant women’s healthcare suffered in the lockdown. In West Bengal, only 29% households with pregnant women confirmed checkups and vaccination;...
Reportage|Gaon Connection Survey Almost every fourth migrant worker returned home on foot during the lockdown Gaon Connection survey found 23% migrant workers walked to their village homes during the lockdown. About 12% were beaten by...
Reportage Bihar flood situation worsens as embankments of the Gandak river breach, about a million affected At least three breaches reported in the embankments of river Gandak in north Bihar leading to inundation of hundreds of...
Reportage Land acquisition disputes in Jharkhand: Private landowners, authorities caught in a bitter fight A 12.2-acre property in a village in Jharkhand’s Bokaro has become a bone of contention between private landowners and the...
Reportage Monsoon in Bihar is synonymous with floods. But, villages along the India-Nepal border in north Bihar face up to 66 flash floods a year There are at least 72 known transboundary rivers that flow into north Bihar from Nepal. These rivers, many of them...
Reportage At least 93 dead due to lightning in Bihar. Continuous heavy rainfall posing high flood risk; last year’s flood victims still living under tarpaulins The Met department has issued flood warning in Bihar due to continuous heavy rainfall expected over the region for the...
Reportage During the COVID pandemic and the lockdown, we almost forgot about the leprosy patients Due to the stigma attached to the disease, life is tough for the leprosy patients. But, those living in Prayagraj,...
Positive Stories This Environment Day, I want to come clean. I committed a crime when I was a child Over the years, I have learnt to respect animals, birds and plants. But I feel angry when I see adults...
Reportage Education on hold: Amid the COVID lockdown, children in rural India will suffer the most While teachers and students in urban areas have resorted to distance learning, children in rural areas have missed out on...
Positive Stories “Many tribal women are getting ration, but they also need milk as they can’t feed grains to infants” Meet Amar Singh, who along with other volunteers, has, so far, distributed over 4,500 biscuits and 1,800 milk packets to...
