Laasya Shekhar is an independent journalist based in Chennai with previous stints in Newslaundry, Citizen Matters and Deccan Chronicle. Laasya holds a Masters degree in Journalism from Bharathiar University and has written extensively on environmental issues, women and child rights, and other critical social and civic issues. She tweets at @plaasya.
Uncertain livelihoods, deteriorating health and poverty resulting from pollution have placed the women of Ennore in deep distress. What are their demands?
Women garment workers suffer wage theft, forced terminations and harassment, but the labour department rarely monitors violations or acts against employers.
More than 1000 acres of the backwaters are heavily contaminated with fly ash from the leaking pipelines of TANGEDCO. Government promises and court orders have all come to nought.
பத்திரிகை விநியோகிஸ்தர்கள் கொரோனா மற்றும் ஊரடங்கினாள் மிகவும் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். எவ்வாறான முயற்சிகள் அவர்களுக்கு உதவும்? அரசாங்கம் என்ன செய்யவேண்டும்?
Before the lockdown, the ornamental fish and aquarium industry that grew up in Kolathur had a daily turnover of Rs 1 crore. Now traders are desperately waiting for government support.
From reverse migration of workers to the oxygen crisis, this is how various factors came together to cripple small and medium businesses and livelihoods in the sector.
