Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in. The Malhipur community health centre is a large double-storey building which is well-equipped, but most rooms are locked because there is no staff to run the hospital.
Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in. The Malhipur community health centre is a large double-storey building which is well-equipped, but most rooms are locked because there is no staff to run the hospital.
The body of BhubSingh Khushwa being taken for cremation. We learnt, that he had committed suicide as he could not repay his loans of Rs. 25,000. The government had not bought his wheat produce and the wait seemed endless. Read More - www.downtoearth.org.
Uttam majumdar sits next to 330 quintals of unsold paddy. he has over 2 lakhs in debts. Burdened with bumper crop - Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide.Read More - www.downtoearth.org.in/content/burdened-bum
Sushanto Ghosh who committed suicide on January 18 left behind a debt burden of Rs 3 lakhs on his wife and two children. Burdened with bumper crop - Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide.Read More - www.downto
Due to rising costs of cultivation and losses from the 2011 Kharif season most farmers from Burdwan are skipping the summer (boro) crop. Burdened with bumper crop - Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide.
First time solar users like Tupuni Pegu, a mother of three, do not know that batteries need to be replaced after 5 years of usage. Seeing this correspondent enquiring about solar, she asks, 'can you repair my system? The lights go off after an hour.' Sont
First time solar users like Tupuni Pegu, a mother of three, do not know that batteries need to be replaced after 5 years of usage. Seeing this correspondent enquiring about solar, she asks, 'can you repair my system? The lights go off after an hour.' Sont
First time solar users like Tupuni Pegu, a mother of three, do not know that batteries need to be replaced after 5 years of usage. Seeing this correspondent enquiring about solar, she asks, 'can you repair my system? The lights go off after an hour.' Sont
When Down to Earth visited Kaklabari in end November 2011, it could not locate any system in the village, other than 4 home lighting systems plus a street light in the courtyard of VEC president Bisti Ram Giyari's house. He refused to share the list of be
Devri gramdoots Amarbati Dhurve and Narayan Singh Thakur near an under construction Indira Awas house. They had to face high-caste hostility because of their insistence on fair selection of beneficiaries.
Devri gramdoots Amarbati Dhurve and Narayan Singh Thakur near an under construction Indira Awas house. They had to face high-caste hostility because of their insistence on fair selection of beneficiaries.