Rabindra Nath Patra: The Man Who Turned Mountain Streams into Lifelines for Odisha’s Tribal Communities
By Special Correspondent In the remote tribal hills of southern Odisha, where forests embrace scattered villages and mountain streams flow throughout the year, life was once defined by hardship. Women walked long distances every day to fetch water, children often missed school to support their families, and farmers depended entirely on erratic rainfall. Despite the ...












