Tag: Chhattisgarh
Without electricity, a village suffers in darkness
A remote tribal village of Chhattisgarh has never seen electricity. While government schemes such as Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), worth $11 billion, have visions to provide continuous power supply to rural India, the Parevachapa village in Pandaria district of Chattisgarh, a village established 16 years ago, is...
FIR denied to a Survivor of Domestic Violence
India has entered into a new millennium, termed as the development phase but from the dawn of civilization till today but women under the patriarchal society of India continue to be oppressed and ill-treated. A woman is subjugated – dependent, weak, exploited and faces gender discrimination in every sphere of...
Farmers await compensation for damage by wild animals
As rapid urbanization cuts into India’s forests, animals and humans have come into increasing conflict. Apart from in the wild, the human-wildlife conflict is most concentrated and impactful within agricultural regions bordering the wildness. The villages of Saraipali and Gourmudi, which border the vast forests of Chhattisgarh have recently been...
Parched district not yet declared drought affected in Chhattisgarh
In Hatkacharama village, 15 km from Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, farmer Vishnuram Sodhi is worried that his crop may fail, adding to his already mounting debts. His tehsil, Narharpur has received negligible rainfall in the monsoon, putting futures of many farmers in a similar jeopardy. However,...
Railway Station without any facilities
Many have to run to catch their trains as they halt. Many of them miss their trains if they are not fast enough. Many don’t even get tickets on time. These are everyday scenes at a Railway Station in Kotmi Sonar village, which has a population of 3,350 people. Many...
Self Help group: Empowered or Enslaved?
Women from a self help group in Jagjir Champa, Chhattisgarh have not been paid for stitching work done over past 7 months. 19 women from Jairamnagar gathered together and started stitching uniforms for government schools to tackle unemployment. Even though they continue to work tirelessly, this work contributes nothing towards...
One Billion Rising: Broom before books – Girls made to clean the school premisis
February 6; Bastar, Chattisgarh Our Community Correspondent, Ramjag Gaud, reports from Bhond village on the situation of the Government primary and secondary school. In this school, the girl students are made to clean the classrooms and school premises. The Headmaster of the school says that it is a measure he...