Dear all
Khabar Lahariya is the only local language newspaper produced currently in local languages - Bundeli, Bajjika, Awadhi and Bhojuri by rural women. These women report, write, edit, take photographs and design the newspaper, and then distribute it to 80,000 readers in 600 villages of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Banaras and Faizabad districts of Uttar Pradesh and Sitamarhi and Sheohar districts in Bihar.
KL's popularity lies in the fact that it reports on local governance issues, rigorously monitors the implementation of schemes for the rural poor and tracks the disbursement of public money for rural development. In areas that are completely out of the spotlight of media attention, it has become a local watch dog and a weapon of the weak. KL has been able to bring the rural and semi-literate poor into the circle of information; and bringing to light injustices, corruption and excesses that remain hidden from public scrutiny.
Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal
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