Life of a silk worker inside the Silk factories of Ramanagaram

In the silk town of Karnataka in Ramanagaram District lies many silk factories working where silk workers continuously work for longer hours to produce quality silk. In this district lives Raghavendri, a silk worker who is working in the silk industry for many years. But since last few months she is dealing with health issues […]

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Cement Factory of Gangasandra

In the village of Gangasandra under K.gollahali panchayat, village dwellers have been protesting since the last 5 years against a cement factory which has become the cause of several dust allergies and respiratory issues. The local phc in K.gollahali sees around 20 cases of respiratory issues like bronchitis, dust allergies and asthma. The village panchayat […]

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Manvi Taluk- MGNREGA fails to deliver on employment

With the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) failing to deliver employment in the taluk, people resort to moving to other cities to do private work. Shankaramma, an old woman in her late 60s from Madlapur expressed with grief that she only got 40 days of work in 2023. The agony is that […]

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Pesticide poisoning plagues Sindhanur’s farmers: Health and livelihoods at risk

Exposure to pesticides has resulted in more than 120 cases of organophosphate (OP) poisoning among farmers every month during the crop season. Water scarcity, a declared drought, and failed crops worsen the problem. Amidst this, the urgency for awareness of farmer welfare schemes, and access to adequate healthcare remains.  In the sweltering heat of May, […]

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New technology unable to solve old problems

The KBJNL officials blamed the unawareness among the farmers for the limited implementation of the project. Hungund taluk of Bagalkot district faces age-old issues among the farmers and the government. Farmers are accusing the government of negligence, the involved company saying that they haven’t received any money for the last two years and the government […]

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Children of Nowhere: Story of Sindhanur Refugees

Due to the lack of citizenship, the children from the camps might not be able to pursue higher education. The issue of lack of citizenship is not confined to one camp but affects all four Bangladeshi refugee camps equally. Sujit Kumar Dhali, a resident of the Bangladeshi refugee camp said, “Even after the struggle I […]

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