It has been 4 hours since Basawaraja has been cooking lunch on her traditional hearth for her family. Basawarja is a homemaker from Sirwar village of Raichur district of Karnataka. Households in the Sirwar village, continue to use traditional methods like firewood and hearth in the absence of cleaner fuel for cooking. Basawaraja travels a […]
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Mudhol taluk has witnessed an increase in the number of HIV patients in the past five years. While on paper, only 10 per cent are registered with the taluk hospital, doctors estimate that about 30 per cent of the population suffers from this deadly disease that not only affects them physically but also mentally and […]
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There are no LPG connections for people in Bailhongal taluk. Madhavari.L, a resident of Anigol village in Bailhongal taluk in Belgaum district, doesn’t have an LPG connection from the past 30 to 40 years. She applied, under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, for an LPG connection but she didn’t get a connection, Hence, she has to […]
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Soybean farmers face loss as Malaprabha floods; fields still drowned months after the floods Surbhi Shah As the grey clouds loomed over the sowed fields of Bailhongal on the onset of the monsoon last year, farmers dreamed of full and profitable crops. Little did they know that the river they worship was going to flood […]
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North Karnataka’s Sindagi Taluk of Bijapur district is swiftly losing its small local communities, as many over the period of time have shifted to neighbouring districts and states owing to the drought prone unfertilized lands. Kurian Joe Seasonal migration has become a trend among the socio-economic backward communities of Sindagi Taluk. With lack of remuneration […]
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Sindigi taluk is long way from completely adopting LPG due to untimely refilling of gas cylinders and safety measures undertaken. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna was launched on 1st May , 2016 with a target of providing 5 crore gas connections to the household sectors that later raised upto 8 crore this year. It has although […]
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The unpredictable weather over the past years confuses villagers in Bagalkot district as they face either excessive rainfall or enormous drought during different seasons. By Vivek Madhu Climate change, which influences the change in patterns of monsoon and weather events such as droughts and floods, has an impact on water in the rural areas of […]
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Out of 52 government schools in Athani taluk of Karnataka. Only one school equipped with computer to teach. By Abhinav Kumar Murgundi village is the only school 12 km away from Athani city, where a computer is used by the teacher to take classes, where students learn basic concepts like about computer, can operate basic […]
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Villages in Sindagi taluk do not have solid or liquid waste management which results in clogged drains. While villagers complain of lack of proper waste disposal and accumulated waste which brings hosts of mosquito-borne diseases, the authorities blame them for the problem. By Shalu Chowrasia, April 06, 2020, Every morning, with the rising sun in […]
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Heavy rainfall and an inaccessible veterinary hospital forced the cattle raiser community of Sirwar to incur a loss of lakhs of rupees due to bovine malaria. By Arghyadeep Dutta Every day at about two in the afternoon, when the sun is overhead, a thin woman, in her thirties, can be seen running uphill, to her […]
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