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Covid rips through rural Indiaâs threadbare healthcare system The pandemic overwhelming the big cities is reaching areas of Bihar where there is one doctor for 40,000 people Health workers wearing protective gear ride a tractor as they sanitise a street with disinfectant amid the coronavirus pandemic in India. Photograph: Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP/Getty Images Health workers wearing protective gear ride a tractor as they sanitise a street with disinfectant amid the coronavirus pandemic in India. Photograph: Mohd Arhaan Archer/AFP/Getty Images Fri 7 May 2021 12.57 EDT Last modified on Fri 7 May 2021 14.24 EDT In the small rural village of Kathail, in the east of Indiaâs poorest state, Bihar, access to healthcare has always been scarce. But when 34-year-old Umakant Singh fell sick with a cough and fever last week, his brother Mantu Singh did all he could to find help. ....
Ranchi: Former Congress MP and chairperson of the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangahthan Minakshi Natrajan on Friday said her wing was in favour of holding the panchayat elections in the state on time. Speaking to mediapersons after a day-long conference on panchayati raj, Natrajan said her wing has been raising the issue on various occasions. Natrajan said that state president of the party and minister Rameshwar Oroan has assured that the state government will make all efforts for timely elections to the local bodies. She said that the Centre has tried to weaken the gram sabhas by transferring their powers to the department and these forces are also responsible for bringing in the black laws in the farming sector. ....