The cattle deaths in Lingasugur increased last year as more than 350 cattle lost their lives which is 55 percent more than the previous year. Lingasugur, a taluk in Raichur district is heavily dependent on its agriculture and dairy farming. But as of now, this taluk is currently battling an issue which is unaddressed and […]
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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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Unawareness and negligence stalls the progress of pilot micro irrigation project set up in Hungund taluk. 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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The farmers of Manvi are under distress because of their heavy loss of crops due to shortage of rain. Manvi taluk is declared drought hit by the government among the other 216 taluks in Karnataka. Chandrappa Amaravati, a farmer in Manvi said, “I had sown rice, but because of lack of irrigation facilities, there was […]
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Farmers have to choose between health and pestilence to sustain themselves and their families. Devappa was not feeling well, the chilli farmer had returned home after a long day’s work. He compulsively picked at the red splotches on his arms, they were recurring irritants. Rashes were accepted as an unavoidable consequence of farming. But this […]
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With taps running dry, Sindhanur residents face daily struggles for clean water. As the crisis deepens, calls for urgent action echo through the parched streets. In the arid heartland, the once richest district of Karnataka, Sindhanur, where the earth cracks like parched lips and the sun beats down relentlessly, lies a landscape stripped bare by […]
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Tungabhadra is classified as one of the most highly polluted rivers in India by the Central Pollution Control Board. The sun was about to set, and Praveen was standing on the bank of Tungabhadra which flows to the northwest. Praveen went back to the time when he used to swim in the river, racing his […]
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Forest fires in Lingasugur Taluk have caused issues for not only the wild animals living in the range, but the people living nearby and the authorities as well. Munna gets the fodder for his cows from the forests. Along with that, he also gets wood to light fire in the night, on which his wife […]
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The unsuitable working conditions in the silk reeling industries led to increasing health issues like allergies and respiratory problem among the reelers. Shivam, 50 – years – old is a silk reeler in Ramanagara for almost 30 years now. He lives with his wife and four children in a house that is not completely built. […]
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“We are farmers, we are not beggars,” say farmers in Gangavathi, frustrated by the disregard for farmers’ issues and unfulfilled drought relief promises. The haystack turned golden red, reflecting the light of the setting sun. Srinivas took a handful of hay near the barren paddy field and fed the buffalos. Those buffaloes are currently the only […]
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