The soil in Shahpur taluk is losing its nutrition due to a large number of paddy growers. By Archita Chakraborty Yadgir: The excessive farming of paddy is affecting the black soil of Shahpur taluk and deteriorating its quality. Superintendent of farming at the research station of college of Agricultural Sciences, Dr Dayanand Sainaad said, “Once […]
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Tourists prefer Hampi over all other tourist attraction sites in Koppal district. By Apoorva GS Hampi gets six lakh more tourists every year than the combined foot-fall of all the other prominent tourist attraction sites in Koppal district. One of the main reasons is the poor maintenance of these monuments. The Department of Tourism in […]
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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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No road from Sandur Taluk to Devagiri and Kamthur village, makes accessing even basic facilities like medical aid a mammoth task. By Astha Oriel Muddy and non-graveled roads with improper infrastructure, , and no proper connectivity has become a constant state of worry for the residents of the Devagiri andKamthur village. It has become tough […]
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With a population of 1.3 billion and very less employment ratio, contraceptives are necessary and the Sagar Primary Health Center is failing at this job. By Yashasvini Razdan The Primary Health Center (PHC) in Sagar village of Shahapur taluk, which conducts 20 childbirths every month on an average, does not have any contraceptives available. Shabana […]
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Several government school compounds in Sindagi taluk, Vijaypura are being misused by the trespassers due to lack of boundary walls. Stray animals and two-wheeler riders cause menace in the lives of the students. By Shalu Chowrasia Stray cows and pigs roam freely in government school premises due to lack of boundary walls. Unavailability of funds […]
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Basic healthcare facilities remain a dream for the villagers of Kamthur. By Batchu Rushali Three villages in Devagiri Gram Panchayat including Kamthur have no hospitals, medical stores or Primary Health Centers (PHC). Villagers who do not work in the mining area have to travel to the Sandur taluk Government hospital which is about 20 kilometers […]
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Karnataka government’s menstrual hygiene initiative is yet to attain its objective of providing free sanitary napkins to girls at schools. Neetu Saini Schools in Mudhol have raised concerns about the shortage of Suchi kits provided to them by the Educational block. Out of the 13 packets of sanitary napkins each female student should be receiving […]
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Only 3 percent households own toilets in Muddebihal Taluk, funds still not reaching the beneficiaries By Shivani Verma Muddebihal: As per Taluk wise data report on NBA survey by Grama Panchayats, 96 percent households do not have toilets. Out of 45,135 households in Muddebihal Taluk, only 1,525 households have toilets. “It’s been around 20 to […]
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Construction of houses for nearly 25 percent beneficiaries under the PMAY-G scheme has been stalled indefinitely. Ritam Chatterjee Construction of 210 out of 869 houses for the shortlisted beneficiaries in Gangavathi taluk under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) scheme has not commenced yet, as per the data released by the Rajiv Gandhi […]
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