Government Comes Knocking: Seva Sankalp Abhiyan Reaches the Villages of Namsing

For once, villagers in Arunachal’s East Siang didn’t have to travel miles to get a government certificate — the government came to them. On September 29, residents of Namsing Circle and surrounding areas under Mebo Sub-Division got something that rural communities across the Northeast rarely see — a full spread of government services, right at … Read more

The Siang Is Eating Their Fields — And No One Is Stopping It

The paddy is still standing. But for how long, nobody knows. In Borguli village under Mebo Sub-Division of East Siang district, farmers are watching the Siang River swallow their land — season after season, year after year. What began as riverbank erosion has now crept deep enough to threaten the Wet Rice Cultivation (WRC) fields … Read more

The Siang Is Swallowing Their Fields — And Borguli’s Farmers Are Running Out of Time

The river doesn’t ask permission. It just takes. That’s the hard truth residents of Borguli village in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district are living with every monsoon season. The Siang River — mighty, relentless, and increasingly unpredictable — has been gnawing away at farmland across several villages under Mebo Sub-Division, and locals say the situation … Read more

The Siang Is Eating Their Fields — And Nobody’s Stopped It Yet

Every monsoon, the Siang River takes a little more. This year, it took a lot. A Threat That Comes Every Year Without Fail Officials from the district administration and the Water Resources Department arrived at Borguli village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mebo Sub-Division on August 3 to see the damage for themselves. What they found wasn’t … Read more

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo’s Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

Villages Pick Up Shovels — Mebo's Green Mission Shows How Real Change Happens From the Ground Up

When politicians and locals show up together with saplings in hand, you know something different is going on. On Sunday, July 5, Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng didn’t just give a speech about the environment — he led one of the most visible plantation drives East Siang district has seen this season, heading deep into Ayeng … Read more