When work first commenced in Moudihaat(Cluster–II)—located within the South Gouripur Gram Panchayat—in August 2025 using the SALT methodology, local residents identified severe filth and scattered waste throughout their neighborhood as one of their primary concerns. Due to the absence of a designated waste disposal site, refuse had accumulated in the…

I have been working as a facilitator with Jeevika for about 11 years now. I come from a small village in South 24-Parganas, where I have seen both light and darkness—literally and metaphorically.

There is a club in our village, “SAMALI KALITALA SPORTING CLUB,” and about five years ago, it became a place where some boys from our neighbourhood—and many…