By Matters India Reporter Phulbani, Jan 4, 2019: The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, has awarded Kandhamal district, Odisha, as one of the #10 winners of the ‘World Toilet Day Contest 2018.’ However, ground report says that many people in rural areas of the district areContinue Reading
CHENNAI: In 2008, Odisha’s Kandhamal district witnessed the worst communal violence in its history. Many thought conversion was the main reason. But what led to the so-called conversion? K P Sasi’s 90-minute-long documentary “Voices from the Ruins: Kandhamal in search of justice” looks at the history of communal violence inContinue Reading
Phulbani: The infant mortality rate (IMR) is alarmingly high in Odisha’s Kandhamal district as around 3,000 infants died in the district in the last 5 years due to malnutrition and lack of awareness programmes. As per Government data, as many as 555 newborns died in 2011-12. While 80 infants diedContinue Reading
25,000 SC and ST students in the district are studying in as many as 200 residential schoolsContinue Reading