Tag: Jharkhand
CCL shies away from responsibility
Mandu block, Jharkhand | Basanti Soren Nearly 25 kms of road between Charhi and Ramgarh is in bad shape. The repair and upkeep of this road is the responsibility of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL). Coal Dumper trucks use this road frequently. Monsoon ruined the already sordid state of the road...
Still living without electricity – RGRES/ RGGVY fails yet again in Jharkhand
Jankipur, Saraikella – Kharswan, Jharkhand | Sujeeta Tudu The implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification Scheme or RGRES/ RGGVY has failed yet again in Jharkhand. The villagers’ hopes soared when the electricity poles were brought in 10 years ago in 2005 but, the work was left incomplete. Jankipur along with 101...
BSNL employees denied salary for 8 months
The employees of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited( BSNL) office in Khunti district have not been getting their monthly wages for 8 months when Community Correspondent Amita Tuti made a video on them. Prior to the video, the employees had gone on a strike when their complaints were turned a deaf...
Innocence Lost: Child Marriage rampant in Dhanbad, Jharkhand
In the Chatrutand Panchayat of Dhanbad District’s Baghmara Block, the practice of child marriage are rampant among the Bilhor tribe. Phool Kumari was married when she was 10 and conceived her first baby at 14. The baby survived a month. There have been no signs of any awareness seminars, camps...
Displaced by Coal Mines, 30 Years wait for Jobs Promised – Geeta Tudu reports for...
Phusri Village, Hazaribag district of Jharkhand | Geeta Tudu Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), a producer and supplier of coal to power and steel sectors usurped 906 acres of land across 45 districts in Jharkhand in 1983. Over the next 30 years, a large number of people lost their land and...
One front line health worker for 14 centres
Ahilya Devi, a septuagenarian, is the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife from Jharkhand. She currently looks after the 14 sub-health centres in different villages while according to health ministry guidelines one auxiliary nurse midwife is supposed to look after 8. Apart from being over-worked, Ahilya also faces problems because there are no...
He Goes to Work everyday but hasn’t been paid in 18 years!
24th March 2014 | Gutuhatu village, Murhu Block, Jharkhand | Amita Tuti Bishu Munda is a night guard at a local memorial who, despite showing up for his job every single day for the past 24 years, hasn’t received his salary since 1996. He’s been guarding the statue of Birsa...
Tribal in Jharkhand abducted, tortured and labelled a Maoist
February 19; Timla, Jharkhand In June 2010, Mahadeo Munda was sitting under Mahua tree when police officers approached him and started asking questions. “After that they put me in a vehicle. I don’t know where they went,” he told Community Correspondent Amita Tuti later. Mahadeo is a farmer in Tilma...