Ravaged Rajoli villagers struggle to survive

Displaced by floods, rajoli villagers fight for survival
90 % of 500-odd houses in Rajoli had collapsed,
Rajoli suffered a huge loss on account of damage to weavers’ units
Rahul
RAJOLI (Mahabubnagar dt.): Hundreds of poor families are literally on the road in this tiny village as they have pitched tents made of sarees after their houses collapsed following [...]

Rajoli weavers in despair over lost livelihood

Nearly 5,000 handloom weavers who lost their looms face mounting debts
G Arun Kumar | TNN
Rajoli (Mahbubnagar): For the 5,000-odd weavers of this town, the last straw came in the form of nature’s fury like they have never seen before. In a matter of a few hours on that fateful October 2, the gushing waters destroyed [...]

Rajoli ravaged by floods

Village is renowned for its handloom products
S.Venugopal
RAJOLI (Mahabubnagar district): The unprecedented flood has taken the sheen out of this village located on the banks of Tungabhadra river.
A rich village with about 40,000 population, Rajoli is acclaimed for its handloom products which are in good demand. The flood that ravaged the village on October 1 has, [...]

GUTS AND GRIT AMIDST GRIME

A positive, never-say-die attitude helps slum children survive and emerge victorious despite, and not because of, government moves to rehabilitate them. TOI takes a look at what life in the slums of Hyderabad involves
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Relocation: A flawed concept
Hyderabad: Even as the world wakes up to the living condition of slum dwellers in India, courtesy [...]

Students conduct social audit

Exercise meant to make the delivery system more accountable 
Staff Reporter
HYDERABAD: What makes the post-matric students’ scholarships roost for almost a year before they reach the beneficiaries while all government employees get paid immediately on the next day of the budget? The question by Principal Secretary of Social Welfare V. Nagi Reddy was not as much [...]

Pilot project on BC scholarship audit

Sonia Krishna|TNN
Hyderabad: A long spiral staircase leads to a classroom tucked away from the hustlebustle of the college in the basement of the building. While students of their age are seen hanging about in the campus, young girls in this class seem to be concentrating on a more important issue: an audit to check [...]

Australians risk losing adopted Indian children

Mon, Aug 25 08:29 AM
Sydney, Aug 25 (DPA) Australian couples risk having to give up adopted children whom Indian authorities fear were stolen from their biological parents, Canberra officials said Monday.

Green cover fading

Even as the green concern is peaking in Hyderabad, it is officials guarding forests in the state who are fearing massive clearing of dense, thick jungles. They say the number of people encroaching upon forest land has increased with the implementation of the forest rights act and huge tracts of forest land have already lost [...]

PRICELESS TREES

Swati Goel | TNN
   Around two years ago, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) encountered a dilemma while proposal of a new building in their huge campus at Gachibowli came up. Over 100 trees, most of them only a little less than 20 years of age, stood tall right in the centre where the building was to [...]

CAGED SCHOOLS

Your child just lost his last chance to play kho-kho and kabbadi with friends as playgrounds in private schools are no longer a strict condition that school owners have to comply with. Instead, they can now have an indoor game facility or can simply tie-up with a neighbouring municipal park and herd students there each [...]