EHA

Thursday, 11 March 2010
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Major State Indicators
  • A hill state with some of the toughest terrain
  • Population 8 million
  • Literacy rate: 72%
  • Infant Mortality rates have steadily fallen over the years. Urban IMR at 27 is much less compared to that for India – 44. But the rural IMR is same as that for India, 75.
  • Basic amenities like Safe drinking water, toilet & electricity are non-existant to a large section of population.
  • Most of the districts, especially hilly districts lie in the endemic belt for goiter.
  • 40% of population in some pockets of Uttaranchal suffers from goiter
  • Average food sufficiency is only for 4.9 months and the poor are the worst sufferers.
  • Communicable diseases Leprosy, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Worm infestation, water-borne and water related diseases are deep rooted and cause considerable sickness, suffering and death.
 

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Transformation Stories

Nirmala, living in village Mayapur was from a poor family. She had to struggle for meeting the daily needs of her family. The total members in her family are six and her husband also works as a laborer. His earning was not sufficient to run the family. Around 1 ½ years ago a self help group was formed. In the beginning Nirmala was very nervous and afraid to become the member of the group because she thinks that they will take money and run away.
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