Tag: community movement
200 Village Residents hold Authorities Accountable for Lack of Work Under MGNREGA
In a small drought affected village in Uttar Pradesh, the community came together to solve systemic bureaucratic apathy and wrested the employment guaranteed under MGNREGA.
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Tosh Maidan – From Firing Range to Paradise Regained
A firing range in a pristine Himalayan meadow finally shuts down after 40 years due to a community movement
Lights Out! Jharkhand village has no electricity since past three years
As the sun sets on the horizon, darkness literally falls in the lives of families residing in a small hamlet of Dumburu of Bangaon block in Jharkhand. The village had a brief experience of electrified homes in early 2013. But it was pushed back into darkness again within six months...
Women bring water home after six months
In spite of water connections in the area, women of Shramiknagar, an area in Nashik, would wake up every day at 5 am to fetch water from a nearby tank for six months. Reason being that the officials would refuse to supply water to their area, which is home to...