Slippers scattered on the ground captured the scale of the turnout in Patna on 16 September 2026, where police personnel worked to control large crowds of women queuing to file applications under the Bihar government's scheme providing three decimals of land to Mahadalit families. (Photo: NationPress)
A police officer stood guard near barricades in Patna, Bihar on 16 September 2026 as hundreds of women waited to submit applications for the Bihar government's scheme granting three decimals of land to Mahadalit families. (Photo: NationPress)
Security personnel were deployed at barricades in Patna on 16 September 2026 to manage crowds of women seeking to apply for three decimals of land being distributed by the Bihar government to Mahadalit families under an ongoing welfare scheme. (Photo: NationPress)
Women from Mahadalit families gathered in large numbers in Patna, Bihar on 16 September 2026 to submit applications for three decimals of land offered by the state government — a scheme aimed at providing land ownership to the most marginalised communities. (Photo: NationPress)
The Bihar government's initiative to allocate three decimals of land to Mahadalit families drew sizeable queues of women to Patna on 16 September 2026, highlighting strong grassroots demand for the welfare programme. (Photo: NationPress)
Crowds of women thronged government offices in Patna, Bihar on 16 September 2026 to file applications for three decimals of land — part of a Bihar state scheme extending land rights to Mahadalit families across the region. (Photo: NationPress)
Scenes of Patna, Bihar on 16 September 2026 showed women assembling in large queues to submit applications for three decimals of land offered by the Bihar government to Mahadalit families — underlining the scale of participation in the state's land distribution drive. (Photo: NationPress)