Bihar
Since Ten Years a Village in Katihar, Bihar Is in Darkness.
While PM Narendra Modi claimed to supply electricity in every household, Marwa village, in Bihar still lurks in darkness.
Flood Affected Families in Bihar Await Rehabilitation
Land and livelihood in Bihar’s West Champaran have been destroyed by continuous floods and Illegal sand mining. Flood affected families are yet to receive rehabilitation.
How a Solar Irrigation Entrepreneurship Project Transformed Agriculture in a Village in Bihar
A solar irrigation entrepreneurship project in Bihar has brought back the summer crop, reduced input costs and made agriculture in a drought-hit region sustainable.
Bihar’s Saat Nishchay Yojana Cuts a Sorry Picture
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s pet project, the ‘seven commitments’ towards development, does not reach the state’s most disenfranchised communities.
Adivasi Community Denied Forest Rights in the Name of Tiger Conservation
As the government works to keep tiger reserves free from all human activity, Adivasi communities living in reserve precincts struggle to survive.
Gaya’s Village of Migrant Workers
Out of the 132 families in this Bihar village, at least hundred have seen their younger members migrate in search of work, but not necessarily a better life.
The Ground Realities of an ‘Ideal Village’ in Bihar’s State Capital
Despite being adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, Sonmai is a village deprived of economic opportunities, education facilities, public infrastructure and even food security.
ARTICLE 17: Our First Call to the National Commission of Scheduled Castes
ARTICLE 17 is a campaign launched by Video Volunteers on April 14th, 2012, to urge the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, to prosecute cases of untouchability.