Surviving for months in a month’s salary

Lab-technicians at Primary Health Centers (PHC) in rural Karnataka are not getting salaries on a regular basis. By Swati Ekka Prakash, a lab technician in Sirwar complains of not receiving his salary on time. He said, “From the past three to four-year I am not getting monthly salary at the beginning of each month. Sometimes […]

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City government schools lack standard safety facilities

Security in government schools of Bengaluru has been neglected since long. By Swati Ekka  Bengaluru: The government has failed to provide the basic safety facilities in government schools in the city. Many government schools lack fire alarms, ‘School Ahead’ safety sign boards, watchman to control the traffic and CCTV cameras. NIMHANS School Safety Appraisal revealed […]

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Glitches in the online attendance system

Real time attendance and biometric attendance system, implemented in June 2016 suffers from a technical glitch.   By Swati Ekka Bangalore:  The State government has failed to fix the technical difficulties plaguing Students Achievement tracking System (SATS KARNATAKA), which was implemented to monitor the attendance of the government school teachers and overall performance of the students. […]

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Work in Progress since one year Chickpet—Work In Progress?

Roads dug to clean the drainage pipes choked with indiscriminate waste. By Swati Ekka The overcrowded roads in Chickpet Market hase been a work in progress for past one year, as Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) continues to dig roads to clean the choked sewage lines under the roads. Commuters and pedestrians face […]

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Twenty Thirty complains per month Under PMMVY

Many people are unable to reap the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) as they do not get the promised monetary benefits. By Swati Ekka Many pregnant women who have applied for PMMVY scheme in Sirwar taluka, Raichur have not received a single installment under the scheme. The Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana […]

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Indiscriminate garbage dumping attracts snakes

Human-snake conflicts are on the rise in Bangalore due to garbage dumping which is attracting rodents and ultimately snakes. By Swati Ekka More snakes have been showing up in the city lately due to indiscriminate dumping of garbage, according to experts. People for Animals (PFA) say that in 2018-19, 457 snakes have been rescued by […]

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