Tag: maharashtra
Inside the Staff Quarters of a Nagpur District Hospital: Defunct Toilets, Filth and Stench
The sanitation workers of the TB centre at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Nagpur have no option but to live in unsanitary conditions.
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Health Centre Catering to 29 Villages Finally Gets a Doctor
A Primary Health Centre in Maharashtra did not have a doctor or ambulance. Things changed, but sadly, it took a tragedy for the change to come.
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Rural Water Supply: The Devil is in the Details
The National Rural Drinking Water Programme seems to be meeting its targets but the quality of service is questionable, putting rural households at high risk.
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Maharashtra Police Takes Arbitrary Action Against Protesting Farmers
Crushing dissent and stifling voices seems to have become the state’s tried and tested formula in dealing with protests, but people’s movements continue to persist.
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The Empty Promise of ‘Vikas’ for this Maharashtra Village
Residents of this village on the foothills of the Satpura range are yet to reap the benefits of Narendra Modi’s much touted ‘acche din’.
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More Toilets, Fewer Dropouts: Video Report Brings Toilets to School
At least 23% girls are out of school by the time they hit puberty, mostly because of the lack of proper toilets in school. Community Correspondent Krupakar Chahande’s video shows how technology can be used to monitor government facilities in school and help lower the figure in the long run.
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Landless Labourers Deprived of Housing Rights
The Centre's housing scheme promises 'housing for all' by 2022. In Maharashtra, the state government has gone one step ahead and declared that they will meet the target by 2019. But this ground report cuts a sorry picture.
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Dalit Children Stopped from Singing Song Dedicated to Ambedkar
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Though the children’s parents had taken permission from the school authorities, Marathas from the village asked the school to end the Republic Day event early and to not sing the song as it was not 'part of their tradition'.