Hunsur: After much persuasion from the authorities, villagers of Manchabyanahalli, Gavadagere Hobli in the taluk built toilets as gift to women, instead of offering ‘Baagina’ to them on Gowri-Ganesha festival. The authorities, who conducted a survey, found that 226 out of the 296 families living in the village didn’t have toilets. Later the Taluk Panchayat…
Sharadanagar residents transform dumping yard into playground
August 21, 2017By B.C. Thimmaiah While it is the job of a municipal set up to maintain layouts, create civic amenities including parks and playgrounds and at the same time ensure that open spaces are not used as a dump yard, here is a group of residents, led by a gritty woman, that has taken on the…







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