Craftspeople and handicraft shop owners struggle to make ends meet as the Covid pandemic keeps tourists and other customers away. Bengaluru: For the past 28 years, N. Kumar and his family have been making wooden handicraft products from their home in Mysore and exporting them to nearby states. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed him to […]
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A loophole in PHC (Public Health Centre) COVID testing machinery breaches the privacy of Bangalore citizens. The auto-generated message you receive on your registered mobile number after getting tested for COVID 19 in a PHC (Public Health Centre) in Bangalore provides you with two 13 digit SRF (Specimen Referral Form) Ids, one that belongs to […]
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After the government announced a 50 percent capacity in gyms, the gym owners have experienced losses, while people are uncertain of their membership fees. Bengaluru: Soumya Rao, the owner of Socio Fitness, had been successfully running her business for the past 12 years, till the two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic handicapped her earning […]
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The crematorium operators work non-stop, but the queue of ambulances outside these crematoriums does not cease. Bengaluru: The rising number of Covid-19 cases have burdened the crematorium workers in the city. They have seen six times the number of bodies than they used to before. Bengaluru has recorded 4,636 deaths (as of April 22, 2021) […]
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Vehicles with over 15 years of usage will have to be scrapped leading to an increase in the city’s metal waste. Bengaluru: The new vehicle scrappage tries to hit a home run from the environmental perspective, but gets caught next to a pile of waste. With the Voluntary Vehicle Scrappage Policy introduction in Union Budget […]
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With the recent emergence of new and varied online thrift stores, people have started to look at fashion that’s sustainable. Bengaluru: It’s time to combat fast fashion. Fashion is one of the most polluting industries in the world. “The fashion industry produces 10 percent of all humanity’s carbon emissions”, states a World Economic Forum report. […]
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Silk sarees degrade due to lower sales in the pandemic. Bangalore: Expensive silk sarees have piled up in stores for a year in the lock down. This has led to the deteriorated quality and color of these sarees. Saree shop owners said that sarees worth rupees Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 12,000 are being sold at […]
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Street food vendors say business has not picked back up, as their regular customers have not returned from their hometowns for fear of the second wave of the virus. Bangalore: Before the street food vendors could recover losses induced by the lockdown, another wave of Covid-19 became an obstacle to their business. Street food vendors say that they […]
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Ragpickers living near Vrishabhavathi River have not been recognized by BBMP yet. Bengaluru: Ragpickers living in tents near Vrishabhavathi River have lost hope in getting recognized by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Krishna, a rag picker, said that BBMP officials visited them, took pictures and videos pertaining to their problems. However, no help reached them. This […]
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Food wastage continues in Bangalore after the Pandemic but fails to reach those in need. Food, enough for around 20 lakh people goes into the bin in Bangalore every Sunday . The amount of food lost or wasted costs 2.6 trillion USD annually and is enough to feed all 815 million hungry people in the […]
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