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Development projects should look beyond low-hanging fruits to bring about actual change -Rohit Rakshit

-Down to Earth

Bihar needs to strengthen and enhance capacities of Gram Panchayats to realise the gains of a decentralised planning

Imagine yourself living for ages in a remote village inside a dense forest in the 21st century. Basic amenities such as proper roads, safe drinking water, healthcare and education facilities are missing. 

The nearest primary school and health centre is located at a distance of seven kilometres. You have to trek through a forest and take a boat across a water reservoir to reach them, even in an emergency. 

Is it possible for anyone to progress in life without these basic amenities? 

Such has been a reality for the people staying in more than nine villages and hamlets in Rajauli block of Nawada district in Bihar. 

The area is known for illegal mica mining, which surreptitiously thrives to this date. Due to the lack of alternative livelihoods and their poor socio-economic conditions, the villagers are engaged in collecting / mining mica under dangerous and exploitative circumstances, including the risk of losing their lives. 

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