Bangalore: Mr Suresh Mevrva who runs a shop called Mateshwari electricals said 250sq feet land was taken and the government had given compensation of around 4500 Rs per sq feet but no compensation has been given for other losses on the asserts of his shop that he incurred. To work on the road infrastructure development, […]
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As the gloomy state of houses, government buildings and schools post Karnataka floods in August last year continue to embezzle, they put a question on the required subsidy and whether they have reached the masses.
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Kshipra Petkar Nine months after floods damaged their homes, around 40%of the families in Satti village have still not received compensation. In contrast, ineligible people in Tirth village have been paid compensation. In August 2019, floods hit the northern parts of Karnataka. Belagavi, Bagalkot, Yadgiri, and Bijapur were some of the major districts which were […]
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Those who lost their homes in the heavy monsoons of Karnataka last year are between a rock and a hard place, literally between the ruins of their houses. By Riya Sharma The heavy rainfalls of August 2019 left Mallavar Bassva Yeti in dire straits overnight when she lost a significant part of her house to […]
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The Hursgundagi villagers continue to live along the banks of the Sonthi Barrage, in spite of being provided with compensation to build houses in a new village. By Yashasvini Razdan Kantappa Pujari spends his afternoons in the courtyard of the Hursgundagi village temple where he talks about how he married off his sons with the […]
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Soybean farmers face loss as Malaprabha floods; fields still drowned months after the floods Surbhi Shah As the grey clouds loomed over the sowed fields of Bailhongal on the onset of the monsoon last year, farmers dreamed of full and profitable crops. Little did they know that the river they worship was going to flood […]
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