Despite bridge proposal from many years, no sign of bridge construction in Banahatti. Hanumantha Jhare is a student in Banahatti. He lives in Maheshwadgi and every day he waits for an hour or two to get to Banahatti side from boat which is on the other side of Krishna river. It takes one hour to […]
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Cashews and Arecanuts from Dakshin Kanna can send you into a coma Dakshin Kannada, a district south of Karnataka is famous for its areca-nut and cashew plantations apart from other crops which include pepper, cocoa and rubber. However, 70 per cent of the farming done in Dakshin Kannada is chemical based, which means the farmers […]
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Puttur Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district has around 12 lakh Beedi workers, according to the Beedi Welfare Association. But all of these workers do not get the benefits provided by the Beedi Welfare Committee. Balakrishna has been working as a sigri worker from last 30 years in Southern India Bidi Works Pvt. Ltd. in Bolwar, […]
Continue ReadingManual coconut picking is the traditional way of harvesting coconuts in Puttur taluk of Karnataka but the occupational hazards related to the profession have led to an acute shortage of skilled climbers. The Coconut Crisis Mounts In Puttur Manual coconut picking is the traditional way of harvesting coconuts in Puttur taluk of Karnataka but the […]
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Kalaghatagi have been facing severe water crisis since last few years. This has lead to the failure of the crops in the villages. Mallangowda Patil, a young, determined boy of Kalaghatagi taluka,gave up on his education to assist his father in farming. He is19 years old. Mallan has four siblings who also help in the […]
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One of the greatest and oldest sports still thrives in the parts of Karnataka and is attracting more and more people to be part of it. Puttur, is a small town in the district of Dakshin Kannada famous for the Birumala Gudde hills and the 800-year-old Mahalingeshwara temple. From the outside the town is small […]
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Health Ministry wants to ban Areca nut cultivation, other crops to suffer if ban is processed Bangalore, May 2, 2018: The shrubs beside the Areca palm trees, water pouring out from the tiny pipelines crisscrossing the entire plantation. The fragrance of the earthy, muddy, wet-soil, being perfected for the cultivation floats in the air. Then […]
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