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Industrial and other Manmade Disasters
How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic
posted 3 months 1 week agoThe pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalised communities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress. While vulnerabilities, atrocities and injustices faced by forest communities due to forest, conservation and economic policies have increased d

Governance lessons that could keep us prepared for pandemics
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoUnabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have caused the coronavirus to spread in the first place.

Pandemic impacts on women – Stories of survival
posted 3 months 2 weeks agoThe pandemic has wrought havoc on the entire world. Pessimism, suffering, unemployment, hunger and poverty resound in all corners. To survive is a physical, mental and financial battle. And every family and individual has an anecdote to narrate that speaks volumes about their combat strategy, losses and victories.

Satyagrah by the river calls for action against erosion
posted 4 months agoSince last week, people of Birjain village have been protesting against erosion by the river bank. They are demanding that the government should put in efforts to prevent river erosion and save their houses, otherwise they will continue with their Satyagrah and perform Jal Samadhi (suicide by drowning). Sattore, a flood-prone Panchayat has about 3000 houses.

Swollen rivers engulf houses and erode banks wreaking havoc in Bihar
posted 4 months 1 week agoFloods coupled with erosion increase the woes of Bihar

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore tops in cleanest city category
posted 4 months 3 weeks agoIndore once again tops the Swachh Survekshan 2020 in the cleanest city category

With no food on their plate, people seek government help
posted 4 months 3 weeks agoFor about last three weeks, Dhananjay Kumar along with his wife and children have been living on the embankment under their plastic shed following the late night July floods that submerged their house.

Livestock rearers and fishers bear the brunt of cyclone Amphan
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoThe Amphan cyclone that struck the Sundarbans in the month of May this year has wreaked havoc in the area destroying lives and livelihood. A lot of the locals living in the Sundarbans depend on animal husbandry and fishing to earn a living. The cyclone destroyed animal rearing shelters and swept away most of the cattle and domestic animals.

Locals struggle with WASH issues post-Amphan
posted 4 months 4 weeks agoUN’s recognition of safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right recently hit a decade and this makes us ponder even more about the situation in the Sundarbans after the Amphan cyclone. The destruction caused by Amphan in the Sundarbans poses a massive threat to the very right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation of the people living there.
