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VV’s Correspondent Puja Thakur Reports on Functionality of Panchayati Raj System in the Tea Garden

 
/ August 9, 2022

Community Correspondent (CC) Puja Thakur, in this video is inquiring about the existing Panchayati Raj systems in Tea Gardens of Alipurduar of West Bengal state. 

IMPACT | Bengal Police Rescued Trafficked Teenager Safely

 
/ August 3, 2022

India has various provisions to combat trafficking, among others the Article 23(1) of the Constitution, IPC 366 – 373, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 are the main ones. A draft bill for Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation is also underway.

Irregular Rains Damage Cherry Orchards In Kashmir

 
/ July 15, 2022

In this video, the Community Correspondent Basharat Amin talked to a few Cherry farmers in Shopian district of Kashmir specifically asking them about the effects of unusual rains in their orchards.

75 years of Independence, Still no Electricity in Peethakia Village

 
/ June 22, 2022

A village is deemed electrified, if 10 percent of all the households of the village has electricity access and if electricity is provided to public spaces such as schools, panchayat officers, health centres, community centres and dispensaries.

Dysfunctional Anganwadi Centre in Odisha

 
/ June 20, 2022

Almost every year, The Government of Odisha launches several developmental schemes to strengthen the Decentralised Feeding Program of ICDS, their focus is entirely on empowerment of children, women, and persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

Young Kashmiri Girl Starts her own Fish Farm

 
/ June 16, 2022

This story is of Heena Parray, a young Kashmiri woman from Jawbhera Awantipura area of Pulwama District. She is quite popular in her area for her business, a fishery.

Smashing stereotypes, empowering hundreds of vulnerable tribals through video stories – the remarkable Shikha Kumari...

 
/ June 15, 2022

Shikha, who belongs to the Sauriya Pahariya tribe, an indigenous Dravidian ethnic community classified as a 'particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG), is our Community Correspondent and one such gem. Her ancestors are from the Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.  

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Poor Road Connect and Missing Bridges Keeping Indian Villages Away from Mainstream Development 

 
/ June 14, 2022

During the monsoons, few interviewees in this video mentioned that the makeshift bridges break, and they have to either repair the bridge in heavy monsoon or a detour which takes considerable time and resources.