Reportage
Migrants on the road: Their pockets are empty, they have nothing to eat …
They were stuck in Mumbai. They waited to get their dues, or for the lockdown to end. Neither happened. So, they started from Mumbai; some on foot, some on their bicycles
Arvind Singh Parmar
Auraiya road accident: The tragedy unfolds
On May 16, at least 25 migrant labourers, who were returning home from Rajasthan, died in a freak road accident in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. Among the dead is Rahul who was coming home to see his new-born son. There are many such tragic stories
Neetu Singh
The vulnerable fishermen and the ‘tiger widows’ of Sundarbans
The land is shrinking due to the rise in the sea level because of climate change.
This is leading to the tiger reserve area to shrink making fishermen vulnerable.
The ‘tiger widows’ are still waiting for the compensation from the government
Umesh Kumar Ray
Excess rainfall, followed by the COVID19 lockdown, has hit Chhattisgarh’s tribal communities dependent on the minor forest produce
Minor forest produce, such as mahua, tendu patta, chironjee, sustains the tribal communities of Chhattisgarh for six months a year. But, this year, due to excess pre-monsoon season rainfall, a large chunk of the forest produce was lost. The lockdown has further aggravated woes of forest-dependent communities
Nidhi Jamwal
Amid this coronavirus crisis, water woes have added to the plight of these villagers
With the onset of summer, people living in villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra start facing a water crisis. Despite many hand pumps, villagers have to step out to fetch water from the rivers nearby
Bheem Kumar
The lockdown ignores the needs of livestock
At a time when the nation is focused on protecting and saving human beings, we seem to have forgotten that India’s animal population is almost the same as its human population—1.2 billion people and 1.3 billion livestock and poultry. Animal and human health are interdependent and we need to factor in the challenges faced by livestock farmers in India
Hanuman Rawat
Jaipur to Gaya: “We have been walking for 10-12 days. We shall be home in a week”
These labourers had been working in Jaipur for decades, but since the lockdown, arranging for two meals a day was getting very difficult. So, they decided to walk back home – to Gaya in Bihar
Neetu Singh
Desperate to go home, these migrant labourers have to shell out Rs 8,000 per head
Many from Jharkhand are stuck in Maharashtra. Amid the uncertainty of train schedules, they are looking at buses and trucks as options. To afford the fare, many are selling their personal belongings
Kushal Mishra
“The doctors ask us to wash our hands regularly. But if we don’t have water, how do we do that?”
These tribes living in small hamlets not very far from Pune are at the mercy of the housing society nearby for drinking water. They often buy discarded vegetables – their only meal
Varsha Torgalkar
The SC verdict brings relief to the sugarcane farmers in UP. But it has been a 25-year long battle
Both the Centre and state governments have the power to fix the sugarcane price, said the Apex court on April 22. Sardar VM Singh, who played a pivotal role during this battle, takes us through the journey