Govt’s generic medicine scheme falls sick in Khustagi

Patients of Khustagi are not getting the full benefit of Janaushadhi stores, pressurizes the poor to buy expensive medicines. Ishika Dangayach Sana Sheikh, a 20-year-old girl from Nidasheshi village in Khustagi taluk, spends her day inside her small house with four other members of her family. For the last 15 years, she is suffering from […]

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Kushtagi Taluk still coughs in the smoke of chulhas

Around 57 percent households are still using chulhas. Low consumption of refill of cylinders is also found in the taluk. Shubhangi Mathur Women in Kushtagi taluk can be often seen coughing and squinting due to the smoke coming out of the chulhas while they are cooking food. Manju shares the problem his wife goes through […]

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From Harmony to Dissonance- The descent of Koppal’s kinship with it’s wildlife

Koppal, one of the richest districts of Karnataka in terms of both fauna and agricultural prosperity, slowly slides into tumultuous times as farmers lock horn with wild animals. Riddhiman Roy The frail carcass of a blackbuck lying on the ground, while blood seeps out and draws vein like patterns on the dust.  Its’ lower jaw […]

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A school without a Life

Government schools in Kushtagi struggles with poor facilities, unskilled teachers and high dropout rates Despite immense shortage of infrastructure and staffs/teachers, the people in Kushtagi Taluk of Koppal district continue to send their children to government schools. This is the state of a poorly constructed education system in Kushtagi. Pawan K is a twelve year […]

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