Due to the non- availability of female doctors in the Sindhanur Taluk General hospital, women have to spend more on treatment in private hospitals. Since morning Ratnamma had been waiting in a queue of patients, for her turn to get diagnosed by the gynaecologist. Although her turn had come, she asked the other patients in […]
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Due to the poor bus service in the area, people in Yeldoddi Thanda who do not have their own vehicles wait for autos which are not frequent. People of Yeldoddi Thanda, a village which comes under the Kottadoddi Panchayat in Devadurga taluk, do not have access to public transport services. They have to make do […]
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Budding athletes lack training as there are no sports coaches in the taluk. Hussain, a high school student, used to go for handball training every morning before school to the only stadium, the CBS stadium in Gangavathi. Hussain is a handball enthusiast. He wanted to take part in school games. But his team backed out […]
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In 2019 it was declared that India is Open Defecation Free (ODF).Yet many Indians do not have access to working toilets. Mahadevi, the head cook at Government Lower Primary School , Malegaddi, pointed at the large field of dry grass and bushes behind the school and said, “This field is our toilet. It is divided into two […]
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Reparation of school in Hungund keeps getting delayed; students and teachers suffer the consequences. Academics, marks, and nutrition are not the main issues which haunt the students of this school. Broken walls, hanging wires, over packed classrooms, falling ceiling, etc. These are some of the everyday problems faced by the teachers and students of NRS […]
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Expert says shortage of staff leads to long waiting lines of patients and lower quality treatments. Pregnant women unattended, children coughing and injured patients waiting for treatment. This is the scene one witnesses in the sole government hospital of Devadurga taluk. This problem arose due to shortage of staff and budget constraints. Dr. Banadesh, Taluk […]
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Limited water access pushes financially unstable residents of Lingsugur to buy expensive bottled water, defying Sustainable Development Goal 6. The residents of Lingsugur, Raichur are grappling with a severe water scarcity issue, as the erratic water supply system provides them with water only once every five days. This scarcity has forced them to resort to […]
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Government schools in Manvi have fewer toilets overall, and the ones that exist are in such poor shape that they are unusable. Shattered doors, cracked ceilings, dirty commodes, neither water nor soap—that’s how the toilets in government schools of Manvi look. Most schools in Manvi taluk of Raichur have no clean or usable toilets. These […]
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Residents in the Mehbooba Slum lack proper sanitation facilities, as none of the houses have toilets, and the community toilet in the area is either locked or in an unclean condition. Lakshmamma gets up as early as 4 a.m. in order to stand in a queue before the community toilet in Mehbooba Slum in Sindhanur. […]
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People in the taluk prefer to ride bare-headed, despite the risks. Fatal accidents in Gangavathi are increasing every year. Traffic police blame the citizens for not wearing helmets. Prakash Male, traffic police inspector said that in all recorded accidents, not even a single person was wearing a helmet. “Fatality of accidents increases when people do not […]
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