“He is the only one in our family who brings food and money & we are all dependant on him. We are very poor. We don’t have gas or motorbikes. The yield has been very bad this year and we can’t even sell it”, said Sanna Somanna’s wife who is a farmer. Maski is 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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In India 62 million people including 6 million children are estimated to have serious health problems due to consumption of fluoride contaminated water Groundwater contributes about 80% of the drinking water requirements in the rural areas. There are five taluks under the Raichur district with a geographical area of 8383 sq.km, out of which Manvi […]
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The never-ending prevalence of malnourishment looms like a curse on the children of Lingasugur. Yaseen, a four-month old girl has been in the hospital for four days and her parents are worried about the condition of their child. The doctor has been assessing her regularly but there has been no improvement yet. Sainaat and Hussain […]
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Room number three in the Lingasugur Government General Hospital is where Lingappa, the general OPD doctor attends patients. A huge crowd can be seen throughout the day outside his room. Hari Prasad (name changed) has been waiting in the queue with his documents from more than an hour. “It is very difficult for me to […]
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