Low awareness keeps them away from camps A large number of people living in villages don’t donate blood as they fear their bodies won’t be left with enough of it. There are farmers who think donating blood will make them weak, rendering them incapable of working in fields. Lack of awareness has kept people from […]
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They reside in houses made from tin sheets Villages in Shahpur taluk, Yadgir district, do not have proper houses. They live in dwellings made from tin sheets. “We borrowed money from a person and built this house for Rs 1 lakh as we did not have a house to live in. Six persons live in […]
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Both schools there do not have enough teachers The Higher Primary Government School-Urdu Medium in Sagar, Shahpur taluk, has run without electricity for the past seven months. Despite a complaint by the headmaster to the gram panchayat, no action has been taken. Laxman Narayankar, headmaster and Kannada teacher at the school, said: “Education is very […]
Continue ReadingMaraldini, Antargange, Banaklal and many other villages in Maski taluk in Raichur district have no pharmacies nearby. Residents have to travel long distances to get medicine and first aid. Residents of the villages informed The Observer that there are local shops that sell tablets for cold and cough. They have to travel to Maski town […]
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Residents are forced to defecate in open Most villages in Maski taluk in Raichur district do not have proper public toilets. People defecate in the open because the few toilets built are incomplete and without water supply. In villages like Digganayakanabhavi, Antargange, Muraladinni Tanda and Banaklal, people have to fetch water to be used in […]
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