Farmers fail to irrigate their fields as water canals run dry in Basavana Bagewadi taluk. Every morning while leaving for his field, Jayirder, a farmer from Nandyal village in Bagewadi taluk, passes by the dry canals cutting across his village. “The sight makes me anxious, like any other farmer,” he says. He cultivates corn for […]
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BBMP says it is working on provisions While mobile Indira Canteens have gained popularity in Bengaluru, other food trucks are finding it tough to do business. Police force the private vehicles to move away, operators say. Neither government officers nor the private operators have any clarity on the licence required for the food trucks to […]
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Cables pose a threat to scooterists and walkers They travel from tree to tree, forming U-like shapes wherever they slump. To an approaching motorcyclist, they might appear like a hangman’s rope that is black and thinner. They are almost as dangerous. On solitary trees, they form numerous coils. It’s hard to tell where a coil, […]
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