Submerged

Friday, March 13, 3:10 pm - 3:35 pm
Directed by Iqbal Hussain | Produced by Pinky Brahma Choudhury, Shobhit Jain
2023. India. 25 min.
Country/Region Featured: India | Languages: Nimadi and Hindi

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Kotmir, a village in the Dharaji Panchayat, was under the submergence area of the Omkareswar Dam but the residents refused to leave the village due to unsettled compensation packages and were compelled to work as migrant labourers in the cities. During the country wide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, when all the migrant labourers in the city were forced to return home, these people faced a unique situation. They were left without any village body to address their issue as Dharaji Panchayat was dissolved since the villages were officially 'under the submergence area'.

South Asia, India