FLUOROSIS – A Growing Epidemic

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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Employment Looms like a Mirage for the People of Hoovina Hadagali

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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Farmers from Siddapura Taluk face severe water crisis

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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Safe and locally-sourced clean energy eludes Siddapur taluk due to government apathy

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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