Reportage
Assam oil well fire rages on. Two firefighters dead; at least 7,000 villagers affected. Oil spill in a two-km radius
Of the total 19 wells of Oil India Limited in the Baghjan area in the Tinsukia district of Assam, well number 5 started leaking gas on May 27. Local organisations submitted memorandums to the authorities to urgently tackle the situation. The company claimed it was “taking all adequate safety measures”. But, on June 9, the well caught fire and the inferno is still on
Aritra Bhattacharya
Sanitary pads were not easily available, so these girls and boys started making cloth pads at home
During the lockdown, when only a few shops were open, the stocks of sanitary pads had flown off the shelves. An initiative to make cloth sanitary pads was launched by Vatsalya and was a big success
Gaon Connection
Farmers in Bundelkhand sow melons for additional income. This time they are regretting
The melons had just ripened when the nationwide lockdown was announced. The farmers could not reach the mandis. They left their produce to rot in fields. Now, there are no takers for melons
Arvind Singh Parmar
Punjab goes all out to bring labourers from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar back
During the lockdown, more than 10 lakh daily wage earners from these states, who were working in Punjab, returned home. Now, they are being escorted back to Punjab with great respect
Amrik
The inside story of people migrating from Bundelkhand: The closure of stone mines has rendered people jobless
In the Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand, many people, especially close to 75,000 people from the Saharia tribe, were dependent on the stone mines in the region for jobs. They started migrating after the mines shut. They are back because of the lockdown, and now have no jobs
Arvind Shukla
A doctor treating patients suffering from corona makes an earnest appeal to the youngsters
According to him, right now India is at the beginning of a massive outburst of the pandemic and youth of this country should step up and help our healthcare workers
Gaon Connection
Why are political leaders and farmers in Punjab opposing the latest agricultural ordinances?
Punjab chief minister has said that agriculture is a state subject, and the government has no powers to make any legislation to deal with the dynamics of agricultural production, marketing and processing
Amrik
Is the Ganga clean after the lockdown?
Gaon Connection visited Varanasi and as per an expert who was interviewed for the story, sewage water from residential areas is still flowing into the river, so it would be incorrect to say that the river is clean now
Mithilesh Dhar Dubey
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, Uttar Pradesh, said they haven’t got adequate medical help ever since the lockdown
Shivani Gupta
Despite suffering major losses, vegetable farmers in Jharkhand continue to be hopeful
Whenever I came across news of farmers committing suicides, I could never understand the gravity of the problem. But, since the lockdown, I have finally understood the reason