Three miles from the pristine beach of Dagara, Balasore there was a marquee setup outside a Government Upper Primary school. A similar setup had been placed in in Rajiv Gandhi SevaKendras, Community centers and Anganwadi centers at seven other locations in Baliapal and Basta blocks of Balasore. The crowd and the environment resembled the festivities […]
Level crossings constitute high-risk spots for the Indian Railways. As of May 2015, there are 18,785 manned and 11,563 unmanned level crossings in the country. The intersection of two different infrastructure networks during their normal operations results in increased chances of loss to life and property. In addition, these accidents also create a drag in […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Member of Parliament, Balasore invited Swaniti team to assist him in developing his constituency. He wanted Swaniti to focus broadly on Skill Development, Horticulture and Self Help Groups. Located in North-east Odisha, Balasore is a coastal district around 250 Kms from Kolkata and around 200 Kms from […]
Amongst several powerful experiences during our field visit to Visakhapatnam , the time spent in Zila Parishad High School of Thotagaruvu stands out. We were interacting with standard 10th students who had been religiously studying algebra. One of the students mentioned that while she really enjoyed the classes she wished she had a chair to […]
It was a usual Saturday before we got a call from the MLA from Nagrota. We had no plans to work in Jammu and Kashmir in the near future, but here we were, the same Saturday evening, sitting with an MLA who wants us to support him in developing his constituency. Interestingly, the MLA wouldn’t […]
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, a physicist turned business management guru proposed the ‘Theory of Constraints’ which states that a chain can’t be stronger than the strength of its weakest link. I always feel amazed by the simplicity and yet the extent of applicability of the concept of ‘Theory of Constraints’. It has been six months since […]
Getting the opportunity to work on a project in the Barak Valley was fascinating . As a part of Swaniti, working with the Member of Parliament of Silchar, we decided to reach Guwhati and take the National Highway 44 to Silchar, thanks to the broad gauge conversion of the Lumding-Silchar railway line which was under […]
Without know-how, jurisdiction and staffing, India’s urban planners are in the trenches even before they start digging. Inaugurated in 2003, the Hebbal flyover in Bengaluru was once considered a shining example of modern infrastructure in the city. In 2008, the city’s airport was inaugurated down the road from the flyover. Today, a traffic jam is […]
By Surbhi Maheshwari An often proudly stated fact is that the Indian Railway network carries more number of passengers every year compared to any other nation in the world. However, there is another aspect to railways which is often overlooked and that is freight.More than two-thirds of Indian Railway’s revenues come from freight business. The […]
In 2013-14 India spent approximately 1545 billion rupees on healthcare, education, rural development and agricultural security, however the Statistics and Census programs are only allocated only 9.8 billion rupees to collect data and gauge the effectiveness of the programs (.6 percent of the budget). We are a country of big numbers. Now consider this, in […]