A special meeting of the ground water experts will be held in 15 days to discuss the steps to be taken to conserve water table in Chikkaballapur and Kolar districts.

K H MuniyappaIt will be followed by a three-day workshop, announced Union Minister K H Muniyappa.

Very few works have been taken up under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the taluk and there is a need to consider it seriously, said Taluk Panchayat executive officer Amaranath.

The loss environment is the main reason for the depletion of groundwater in the district, noted Taluk Panchayat President K R Reddy.

He was speaking after inaugurating

The State government has decided to include Chikkaballapur, Bangalore rural, Gadag and Haveri districts under the National Horticulture Mission. With this, all districts of the State have been covered under the Mission.

District JD(S) student unit has urged the government to declare the district as drought- hit district, as it has not received rain.

Steps have been taken to ensure drinking water to Chikkaballapur constituency in the next two years, disclosed Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily.

Villagers from Manchanabele and Harobande in Chikkaballapur taluk have alleged that the Fisheries Department officials permitted pisciculture of the cannibalistic and poisonous fish, African black cat, in the tanks near Harobande.

Members of Zilla Panchayat in Chikkaballapur have demanded that the district should be declared drought-hit.

District and sessions judge Mohan Sreepada Sankolli pined that global warming has considerably risen due to the destruction of nature.

District and sessions judge Mohan Sreepada Sankolli opined that global warming has considerably risen due to the destruction of nature.

He was speaking after planting a sapling at the premises of government pre-university college, here on Saturday.

Bharat Nirman Mahiti Andolana, a programme to create awareness about the government programmes will be held in Gauribidnur from August 1 to 5.

Addressing the meeting of various department