By Virendra Singh Rabkavi Banhatti, 20 April 2019. Rabkavi Banhatti is a village of Jamkhandi Taluk in Bagalkot District where two things are very common to see. Turmeric and sugarcane are two main source of income of farmers and there is an increase in price of turmeric and decrease in the production. Here, farmers grow […]
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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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Savitha Basavaraj Angadi, 41, sits crossed-legged on her couch in the living room of her one-bedroom house. Her face was pale and stained with dried tears, yet, she smiles to greet the unexpected guests. She hides her sobby face while she shows the picture of Mallawa Chanwasappa Angadi, her mother-in-law who died seven months ago […]
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Schemes like NREGA, Rajeev Gandhi Scheme and Sanjeevni don’t ensure employment and wages to the people, the subpar labour conditions are ignored by the officials In a small village of Sougi, Savita and her husband Devraj work under the hot sun near their farmland. They start their shift early in the morning at 8 am […]
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Malappa Allappa Hanumanawar has been farming ever since he can remember. Farming has been their only source of income. His land is located right next to the river Krishna. About 6 to 7 years ago, the river flooded, completely submerging his land and destroying all the crops. Since this incident, the yield has decreased substantially, […]
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In the interaction between nature and humans in terms of resources and habitat, humans are claiming a ‘lion’s share’ With an outburst of human population forcing itself to occupy the habitats that are homes to numerous wildlife species, the conflict between man and animal is stiffening. Western Ghats which has an exceptionally high number of […]
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While the world races forward towards a more modernized approached to living, there are still pockets of settlements who abide by the traditional way of living, involving a more private relationship shared between Human and Nature. The practice of worshiping nature, in its various shapes and forms has been an authentic aspect of it. This […]
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Farmers in Siddapura taluk rely entirely on natural rainfall for drinking water and farming purposes, our reporter Piyush Shukla finds out the diffuclties faced by farmers on every day basis and lists out suggestions to address this issue of water crisis. Siddapura Taluk in Uttara Kannada district is facing acute water shortage problem. The farmers […]
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The people of Siddapur taluk—while living in a region with an abundant supply of renewable resources like wood—continue to use old-fashioned chulhas putting their health on the line and inadvertently causing ambient air pollution thanks to to the administration’s failure in providing a clean energy solution using local resources. A smoky situation Indira was making […]
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