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Cow power drives mid-day meals in this Bengal school

This primary school in a village in Purulia district of West Bengal has implemented biogas technology for preparing the mid-day meals for students, converting cow dung into cooking fuel to reduce costs and promote eco-friendly practices.

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Purulia farm transforms barren land into green oasis

Breathing new life into the arid, red soil and the souls of its people, this agricultural venture has transformed into a catalyst for community empowerment and ecological restoration in West Bengal’s Purulia district.

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Meet the woman who walks many a mile to deliver mail

Working at a post office where her late husband had held the same job, Alaka Mahato, a mother of three, walks every day to a few villages in Bengal to deliver mail, happy to carry on his legacy.

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Bengal farmers turn fans of fingerling farming

Villagers in Purulia district find rearing fingerlings more profitable as they fetch more income in shorter periods than traditional freshwater fish farming.

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Banyan tree to a proper classroom, Bengal teacher brings sea change

A head teacher posted at the primary school in the remote village of Gobindpur in West Bengal goes beyond his academic responsibilities to revamp the dilapidated school and transform the village.