Beat the heat with sugarcane juice and tender coconuts this season in Bhatkal

Bhatkal 13 November 2018: (Bhatkallys News Bureau) Amidst increasing temperature in coastal Karnataka after monsoon season, in Bhatkal, locals are witnessing a simultaneous increase in the number of sugarcane, tender coconut stalls that are soaking the summer heat for them. A ride through the NH 66 of Bhatkal, and one can count a number of sugarcane stalls, few of which are in place from a few years and a few of which have been installed new, to help people counter the heat. Watch our video report: https://youtu.be/X9hkic-yOgg The rise in temperature in the region in last couple of years has been mainly credited to the deforestation drive in the coastal districts due to the National Highway widening process, which had also called for protests from several quarters of the district. However, for a town with a 7 km's highway stretch, so many numbers of the sugarcane juice stalls has a story of the summer to tell in itself, about the impact of 'development' on the nature and environment. (Bhatkallys Special Report Bureau/ Ismail Zaorez)