Tag: Chhattisgarh
Tribals refused land documents for 28 years despite Forest Rights Act
“They keep saying we will get it today or tomorrow. But we never do.” Despair is written all over Santuram’s face, as he shares his fight to right under Forest Rights Act with our Community Correspondent Khirendra Yadav. Farmers in Nevta village of Kondagaon development area in Chattisgarh have been...
Community builds Chhattisgarh’s First Digital Village with WiFi
More than 300km from Raipur, the road that leads to Silphili village is anything but smooth – the drive is positively bone-rattling. The residents of this Chhattisgarh village are mostly small-time farmers; growing rice – people you’d least expect to be ‘smart’. Yet, Silphili, tucked away in Chhattisgarh’s border district...
Doctor on Call – Medical phone service in Chhattisgarh
Deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, a technological and medical revolution is underway. “I will tell you what to give the patient for gout,” says a friendly voice on the mobile phone. The pre-recorded message then outlines the way to prepare a traditional concoction of herbs and plants to treat...
Doctor on Call – Medical phone service in Chhattisgarh
Deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, a technological and medical revolution is underway. “I will tell you what to give the patient for gout,” says a friendly voice on the mobile phone. The pre-recorded message then outlines the way to prepare a traditional concoction of herbs and plants to treat...
Three years later, Children get a New School in Chhattisgarh
Shankar Pradhan, 12, attended classes under a thatched roof, in the sweltering heat and rains of Chhattisgarh. Just like 100 other children, he was a student of the only government primary school in the Badwar village, which lay unfinished since three years. “They started the construction four years ago but...
The Boy who Cooks and Cleans – Gender Equality is not so hard
Rohit helps his mother and sister by doing the household chores, setting an example of gender equality in his patriarchal community.
Farmers wins Land Rights after Three Years of Struggle
Three years back in 2013, tribal farmers of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh had unlawfully lost their lands to a local sponge iron manufacturing factory, Navdurga Pvt. Ltd. The 14 acres worth agricultural land of three farmers was illegally acquired by local land dealers, without informing them their rights under the Forest Rights...
Forest Officials forcibly keep Tribe’s Legal Land Papers
The Baigas, an indigenous community spread across central India were, according to folklore, God’s chosen ones to carry forward the human race in India. The Baigas consider themselves to be servants of the earth and the king of the forests. The peace-loving tribe is known for its’ respect for nature,...