JODHPUR: At least 17 people were killed and 30 others were feared trapped or drowned after an under-construction bridge collapsed in Kota late Thursday, officials said Friday. The accident occurred when the bridge under construction over the Chambal river in Rajasthan collapsed. The site of the accident was around 350 kilometres (220 miles) from Jodhpur. "Rescue teams have found 17 bodies trapped between the collapsed bridge and many labourers are...
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No guarantees for work in Melghat by Meena Menon
It was a night out under the stars. These were not city slickers but a group of villagers from Salona. On the way down from ChikhalDhara hill station in Amravati district, the darkness of the cold night is lit by small fires. Groups of people huddle around the flickering flames. Their children lie swaddled in thin bedclothes which cannot keep the chill away. Shivlal Belsare and his wife are finishing off...
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Very little is known generally about operational NGOs that work closely with people on a daily basis. WHILE a good many people in the country know that the Central and State governments have a number of plans and projects to bring about development – not all of them either well-conceived or well administered – they are much less aware of the part played in the overall development process by non-governmental...
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After a gap of almost a decade, all the nine major trade unions on Wednesday jointly staged a Dharna in front of Parliament to protest against price rise, job loss, and disinvestment of public sector undertakings. This is the first time that the Congress-led INTUC has joined hands with All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and CITU, besides HMS and BMS. The All India Bank Employees Association’s agitation also coincided with...
More »Violence and threats bring a government to its knees by Vidya Subrahmaniam
Rajasthan had emerged as a model for transparency and accountability in NREGS implementation. Tragically, entrenched interests have been allowed to hijack the process. Through the second half of October and for most of November this year, Rajasthan was engulfed in an unusual form of protest, spearheaded in the main by gram panchayat officials. Joined in some places by elected MLAs and MPs, and backed covertly by a section of District...
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