Tribal women assemble slippers at Soso village near Ranchi on Sunday. Telegraph pictureThe sole of change is here in tribal village Soso of Nawagadh panchayat in Angara block, barely 40km from the capital. Barnwal last year adopted Nawagadh panchayat — a population of around 5,500 spread across five villages and 22 tolas — to transform it as a model tribal panchayat of Jharkhand. Soso on the banks of river Subernarekha, has a population of around 100 and is located about 45km from Ranchi district headquarters. “Thirty women of the (Soso) self-help group will be trained to make slippers.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2019 18:50 UTC