Tag: West Bengal

Nadia Potters Are Looking at Durga Puja With Eager Eyes | COVID-19

 
/ July 30, 2021

Last year too they couldn't earn anything as the lockdown was imposed just before their earning season.

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Fixing India: VV Correspondent Helps Rescue Trafficked Children

 
/ November 4, 2020

Harihar Nagbansi has been working for the rights of tea garden workers to save them for exploitation and human trafficking,

Community Survey

700 West Bengal Families Have Lost Home, Farmland to Soil Erosion

 
/ October 27, 2020

A river barrage project over Ganga in West Bengal has slowly destroyed the lives of those living in low-lying areas of the project.

Community Survey

Poor Labourers From West Bengal Are Falling Prey to Silicosis

 
/ October 12, 2020

Poor, young men from West Bengal are suffering from occupational diseases without any compensation or treatment

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Malda Locals In Fear, Soil Erosion Might Take Away Everything From Them

 
/ September 7, 2020

Soil erosion in rural West Bengal is taking away the only thing they could hold onto - their land.

Community Survey

Medical Negligence Took Another Life in West Bengal | COVID 19

 
/ September 3, 2020

Medical negligence by West Bengal health authorities cost a man, showing symtoms of COVID-19, his life.

Community Survey

After Seven Decades of Independence West Bengal Tea Garden Workers Yet to be Free From...

 
/ August 27, 2020

  While India celebrated its 74th Independence Day, workers at Madhu Tea Garden and several other tea estates in Alipurduar, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts marked the day with launching their campaign for basic rights. Community Correspondent Harihar brings us this news report from the thick of the action. He grew...

Community Survey

West Bengal Health Workers On Hunger Strike

 
/ August 24, 2020

Health workers from several districts of West Bengal are on hunger strike demanding better salaries and permanent commission.