Development communication Stories
1) Name
of publication/s: Deccan Herald Date of
Publication: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
2) Title
of the article: A backward desert region
blooms on the back of a refinery
3) Why
you consider the stories Development stories?
I
consider the story about oil refinery and petro chemical complex coming up in Barmer,
Rajasthan by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) as a development
story because; this project has already given new dimension to the lives of
people in the backward desert region with new infrastructure like roads,
buildings and so on and there is better connectivity with cities. Basic
necessities like water and education are also taken care because the company
has laid new socio-economic foundation to take care of people. The refinery
will bring in better communication facilities for the people whether through
mobiles, TV, Radio, Newspapers or internet. People are excited of getting fresh
drinking water as this village has had no source of fresh
drinking water. Even in the area of
marriage we can see development. People who were finding it difficult to marry
of their children are not getting marriage proposals because of the coming up
of the oil refinery in this village. The setting up of the Balmer Oil Refinery
has made many private institutions to start various job oriented courses. The
water in Balmer area is water borne diseases water and people get different
types of sicknesses like early ageing, hunchback, joint pains, weakening of
bones and dental cavities. The setting up of pipeline for fresh drinking water
will reduce the sicknesses in Balmer, Sajiyali and other surrounding villages.
Cairn India has also installed RO plants in different villages which provide
fluoride free water to people. The Balmer Oil Refinery has also attracted real
estate sector and hotel industry in these areas. People are now investing even
for barren lands in which people in Balmer areas have never dreamt that it
would be of any use. Constructions of
private housing projects in Balmer areas are now in full swing. There is a boon in hospitality sector too.
The youth from different villages are employed at construction sites and are
engaged in back office operations in the hotels. The production of oil from
this area will lift Rajasthan to be at par with other leading oil refineries in
India. The coming up of oil refinery and petro chemical complex have brought
development in the areas of education system, health facilities, transports,
economy, connectivity and others.
4) Summarise
the core of the stories.
The
story about ‘A backward desert region blooms on the back of a refinery’
published in the Deccan Herald on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 was written by Abhishek
Gaur. The story tells about the setting up of oil refinery and petro chemical
complex in Balmer. The project was for commercial productions and is set to
complete in 2017. The story in a particular way narrates the feelings of the
people in Balmer, Saijiyali and other neighbouring villages regarding the
establishment of the oil refinery. It just seems to the people that the basic
problems in the area which were never addressed in last 60 years seem to have
been of great concern because of the coming of the project. Better education,
water, transport and health facilities are not initiated in the region. There
is better connectivity with cities and better mobile network towers are now
installed. The article contains lots of quotes of local people about their
experiences before and after the setting up of the project. For example Rupa
Ram Chaudhary from Sajiyali said, “The situation had become so bad that none of
the families from nearby villages were ready to marry their girls here because
their daughters would have to travel several miles on foot every day just to
fetch drinking water.” The story provided some facts that water in Balmer area
has 5000 to 8000 TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) which over the years resulted to
water borne diseases and cause different types of sicknesses to people. Cairn
India has installed these RO plants at Bhakharpure, Kawas, Gida, Jogasar,
Aakdada, Baytu, Gudamalani and other villages to improve the quality of water.
Hotels and restaurants are mushrooming, land
rates have shot up by over 300 per cent in last one year, local youth are now
getting jobs and youth are being train for job oriented courses. The Balmer Oil
Refinery will help Rajasthan to become India’s top oil producing state.
1) Name
of publication/s: The New Indian Express Date of Publication: Tuesday, July 8, 2014
2) Title
of the article: A Unique forum for the
people, by the people
3) Why
you consider the stories Development stories?
I
consider the story about ‘A Unique forum for the people, by the people’ as a
development story because there are many development activities that Video
Volunteers did and are doing which have been mentioned in this story. Agenda
setters and gatekeepers control the news of main stream media but the coming up
of Video Volunteers (VV) provides real and truthful information about an
incident or event. Video Volunteers portrays the truth, creates local leaders,
gets people and government to take action and enables the oppressed to advocate
for themselves. The main objectives of Video Volunteers is to enable people to
speak for themselves through their own medium which is convenient and provide
them space and time to do so. Most marginalised communities of India like dalits,
tribals, women, and socio-economically weaker sections now have their
opportunity to voice out and make government take action because of Video
Volunteers. A network of community correspondents act as stringers in rural
areas and get original stories which are unheard off so far. The wider
connection of Video Volunteers with other mainstream media like Headlines Today
and CNN-IBN boast the credibility of their work and have wide publication.
Video Volunteers focus on 12 broad issues: corruption, infrastructure,
education, health, gender, forced evictions, caste and identity, art and
culture, environment, development, conflict and technology. The issues are areas
of developments that each and every nation needs to concentrate. Video
Volunteers correspondents talk to people in rural areas, create awareness about
various issues, make them realize their rights, and to talk about solutions and
ways forward. They also help government to find solutions to certain problems.
The acts of running campaigns to put an end to untouchability and campaign for Right
to Education (RTE) are development stories.
4) Summarise
the core of the stories.
Svetlana
Lasrado wrote the story about ‘A Unique forum for the people, by the people’ to
show the truth that an online media network stirs conversations for social
change. The story tells us that how Video Volunteers could be a mouthpiece of
privilege and under-privilege people. People could raise questions about corruption,
infrastructure, education, health, gender, forced evictions, caste and
identity, art and culture, environment, development, conflict and technology
and make government to take actions. The story mentioned that main stream media
are often barred to tell facts but not with Video Volunteers which was started
by Jessica Mayberry and Stalin K in 2006.The story tells about the initiatives
of Video Volunteers and the activeness of their correspondents which have given
voice to thousands of people in lower strata across 24 states in the country.
In India The volunteer network concentrates mostly in central and northern
India like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha
and Maharashtra because they continue to have some of the worst socio-economic
indicators and are also conflict prone. The
network of community correspondents operates like a rural stringers network.
The correspondents identify a story then talk to their mentor to identify
shots, interviews and research and then once filmed, the story gets edited which
will finally go onto website and YouTube channel. The content is also share
with Headlines Today and CNN-IBN, Youth Ki Awaaz, Oximity, Global Voices and others.
Community reporting is that it catalyses change for the people and government. The
presence of a camera boosts the morale of officials and makes them more
accountable. In 2013-14 Video Volunteers had impacted 49,568 people in 198
villages. Video Volunteers correspondents have encountered threats from some
people but they join hands with the Human Rights Law Network and sought support
from organisations like the Community to Protect Journalists. Currently Video
Volunteers are working on the murder of
Dalit activist Sanjay Khobragade on May 17 by six upper caste people who have
gone scot free. They are running a campaign to put an end to untouchability and
pushed that laws should be enforced. Right to Education (RTE) in India is
another campaign that Video Volunteers are running and this campaign have
revealed that many schools have remain shut because of the lack of teachers,
drinking water facilities and toilets.
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