Cotton farming in the villages in Sirwar has taken a hit due to irregular and unpredictable rainfall. The yield has reduced drastically. Farmers growing this crop are facing heavy losses. They are forced to live in poor conditions or migrate to the town for better job opportunities. April 5, 2020 Flanked by swathes of cotton […]
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Economically weaker sections and underprivileged people of Sandur Taluk fail to benefit from the Janaushadhi stores under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP). By Batchu Rushali As the day kicks off, Mariamma, a 40-year-old vegetable vendor walks out of her home and sits at her usual place with a basket full of vegetables. After days of […]
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Weavers in North-Karnataka still weave in hope of getting fair remuneration for their hardwork. The weavers face hardship because of the unregulated sector and lack of government policies to preserve this traditional art. Neetu Saini Sitting under the cracked roof of his tin house with rays of sunlight seeping in during the day Mubarak Nabi […]
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There is a lack doctors in the hospitals and PHCs Every morning Ramkumar, a villager from Chornur village in Sandur Taluk goes to Sandur for the medicine under DOTS programme for the deadly infection or disease like Tuberculosis. Ramkumar is a father of two children and a very poor man. He has to spend two […]
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Shahapur Taluk has experienced a rapid downfall in the number of cattle in the last seven years due to a change in livelihood after the Upper Karnataka Irrigation Project. By Archita Chakraborty Shahapur: “A cow is God but she doesn’t help us make money,” said Sangeeta, a housewife from Shahapur whose husband is a farmer. […]
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The elderly of Maski taluk have been going through a financial catastrophe as pensions fail to come from the district offices due to misplacement of records during establishment of the taluk. By Yamini Chincholi They say old age is the second childhood, but in reality, it is the most stressful and worrying for those who […]
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The Hursgundagi villagers continue to live along the banks of the Sonthi Barrage, in spite of being provided with compensation to build houses in a new village. By Yashasvini Razdan Kantappa Pujari spends his afternoons in the courtyard of the Hursgundagi village temple where he talks about how he married off his sons with the […]
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Most farmers in Gangavathi are under disguised unemployment and are stuck with the dearth of inexperience By Apoorva GS Gangavathi, a place with a very rich history of temples. The fairly compact town is filled with a maze of narrow winding streets and bordered by barren mountains. As you enter the land of enormous and […]
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Yelburga registered 392 TB cases and 23 deaths in 2019. The number of TB notification from Koppal District is 217 cases per one lakh population. Late detection is one of the major causes of a vulnerable tb patient’s death. Tuberculosis affects thousands’ life in several parts of North Karnataka. Mortality rate of Yelburga is more […]
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People living in Jalpur, a village in North Karnataka still suffer from health issues due to the high level of TDS in drinking water despite the state government’s Multi Village Drinking Water Supply Scheme By Tamanna Yasmin Struggling to walk even with a stick, an elderly villager, Sanganagouda Biradar, approaches the water purifier to drink […]
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