Smokeless village: No more black roofs and black lungs, say villagers
Until November, Thimmakka used to blow her lungs out even to make a cup of coffee. This had been her ritual for 40 years.Not anymore. Her kitchen is now fitted with an LPG stove, like 274 other households in Vyachakurahalli of Gauribidanur taluk in Chikkaballapur district.