Poor villagers in Odisha’s migration-prone districts, who toil at brick kilns in the southern states for most part of the year, have found some succor in seasonal hostels that educate and nourish their children in a safe have Lachhaman Dundi and his parents never thought that Dundi would ever enroll in college. Hailing from Kotamal […]
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Watermelons stem distress migration in Odisha’s hunger belt
Forced to migrate due to poverty and recurrent droughts, and with no better life in faraway brick kilns, farmers in western Odisha have turned to watermelon cultivation, reaping rich benefits.
NREGA not enough to stop migration, hunger death: P. Sainath
Balasore, January 9 (Odisha.in) Even though the government has announced to employ two youths in every village as “Gaon Sathi” to monitor implementation of NREGS, for Magsaysay awardee renowned scribe P Sainath it is not sufficient to stop migration and hunger deaths in Orissa. Sainath, who was in Balasore yesterday to deliver Anant Kar memorial […]