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Residents of an Adivasi-majority village opposing the building of a high-voltage line over the village have come up against the administration and the police. The gram sabha passing a resolution against the laying of the cables seems to have had no effect. The police have now arrested three Adivasi youth involved in erecting memorial stones (patthalgadi)

In East Champaran’s Bhatwalia Colony, the lack of road connectivity hurts the most when you become ill or are in labour pain and on your wedding day

Kids may be much more affected; their brains are growing rapidly and their skulls are thinner

Another relevant fact is that Nemichand Hospital, where the camp was organized, had been closed for the last six months. Neither the operation theatre nor the surgical instruments were sterilized before the surgeries. Some of the instruments were reportedly rusted