Tag: “Madhya Pradesh (Indian State)”

Land Rights Wronged!

 
/ March 7, 2017

Over 60% of India’s population depends on agricultural land to sustain themselves. At an average one hectare of land supports five people. For large parts of this population, especially tribals and scheduled castes, access to this land is problematic; most don’t have proper land tenure or when they do, the...

Impact: Procuring the Right to Food

 
/ November 14, 2014

Community Correspondent Arti Bai Valmiki’s report got the administration to improve the quality of Midday Meals for 237 students in the primary school of Batiagarh District of Madhya Pradesh. “We don’t get rotis to eat at home, so we come to school in hope of food,” a student of the...

Human Rights Day in the World’s Largest ‘Democracy’

 
/ December 10, 2013

What do a teacher, cultural activist and human rights worker have in common? They can all be branded anti-state elements and be jailed. Just like the people whose testimonies you will watch in the below videos. “I was just a teacher trying to educate tribal children in our area. Why...

One hand pump for 150 families in Madhya Pradesh | Raju Parteti reports for IndiaUnheard

 
/ November 20, 2015

A hundred and fifty families from a village in Madhya Pradesh need to walk 2 kilometres everyday to fetch water each day. The women and children walk through a hilly terrain daily. The government needs to #ACTNOW and help them get the basic necessity of water.

Missing veterinary facilities in Madhya Pradesh

 
/ January 29, 2015

January 29; Dindori, Madhya Pradesh Community Correspondent, Surjiya, reports on the lack of a veterinary hospital in Bhilai Ryt Village.  There are 3 villages in the surrounding region and many of the residents are dependent on animal husbandry for their livelihoods. There hasn’t ever been a veterinary center in the area,...

Awaiting disasters of a dam project in Madhya Pradesh

 
/ January 8, 2015

A government dam project is threatening to displace the entire population of a village in Madhya Pradesh. The amount of compensation being offered by the administration isn’t enticing the locals as some of them have lived in  Madaiyan village for generations. They will lose their houses, their land, and their...

Lasting effects of a storm in Jabalpur

 
/ December 2, 2014

Earlier this year in April, in Maghwan village, a storm destroyed a poultry farm that inhibited about 140 fowls, almost all of which died too. Jagannath Chaudhary, owner of the farm, has pleaded the District Officer and the Veterinary department for assistance but to no avail. VV-PACS Community Correspondent Saroj...

Why doesn’t Takatpur have a ration shop?

 
/ November 26, 2014

In Takatpur village of Madhya Pradesh, residents are crying out for the construction of a ration shop. Residents have to walk for 4 kilometres — a difficult terrain of overflowing canals and waterlogged fields, there is no road. VV-PACS Community Correspondent Ramlal Baiga reports from Karkeli Block of Umaria district....