Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/05/2025. Pursuant to the tribunal order dated April 24, 2025, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) informed the court that as per …
Life may soon return to the dusty 19th century palace grounds of the Raja of Sandur in the Ramandurga hills near Hospet in Karnataka. A well-known private company is likely to buy the property and possibly restore the old buildings for offices. It will do this not for the site's …
the department of atomic energy (dae) has found a site with rich uranium deposits near Belgaum in Karnataka. The mineral has been located in a 25 km radius of Deshnur village, about 50 km from Belgaum. RELATED STORY • Mining [April. 15, 2005] Following the find, the state government has …
The present study deals with the physico-chemical parameters of ground water quality in Mundargi taluk of Gadag district, Karnataka state, the study has been carried out during September 2003. Research findings for fluoride content in drinking water reveals that more than 90% of the total sample analysed were found to …
hazardous wastes from sponge iron plants in Goa, dumped in wildlife reserves of the Western Ghats, have put national parks in Goa and the reserve forests of Karnataka along the national highway 4, at risk. The matter came to light, after Paryavarni, a Belgaum-based ngo in Karnataka, spotted over 700 …
In January 2006, two farmers of Alur village in Chamaranjanagar of Karnataka won an unprecedented consumer case, in which water supply authorities were held guilty of negligent services in providing dam water to consumers. The duo was awarded very meager compensation for their losses , but it proved to be …
Organic is happening in the wetlands of Hollagaru village in Shimoga district of Karnataka. The high production of arecanut, paddy, vanilla and coffee has changed the fortunes of the local farming community. There are about 200-300 farmers in the village. Each owns between one and two acres of land. The …
the district administration of Chickmagalur district, Karnataka, is set to initiate an eviction drive to free the land encroached by coffee growers. By March 31, 2006, it will reclaim 23 hactares (ha) of the 6,700 ha of government and forest land encroached by coffee growers in the Sargado reserve forest …
The Wildlife Protection Act, 1976, is under the scanner again. The mainstay of biodiversity protection in India, the act has undergone only one major amendment
Whereas a sense of jubilation is palpable in Goa, tension is rising in neighbouring Belgaum district of Karnataka. The responses are divergent but their source is one: sponge iron plants. The Goa government recently decided not to sanction any more sponge iron plants in the state. The units are extremely …
lawsuit filed: About 100 companies involved in snow-crab fishing in Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada, have filed a us $ 135 million lawsuit against the federal government. Filed in the Court of Queen's Bench in New Brunswick, the lawsuit contests the snow-crab management plan of the department of fisheries …
Illegal and excessive sand mining in the riverbed of the Papagani catchment area in Karnataka has led to the depletion of groundwater levels and environmental degradation in the villages on the banks of the river in both Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
The work in the B R Hills of Karnataka by H Sudarshan, a medical doctor, on the primary healthcare of the Soliga tribes is a rare example of the role of equity, social justice, maximum community participation and empowerment of the people, in addition to the encouragement of indigenous and …
Stunted stunt Driven by IT, plagued by it Bangalore's growth has been exponential, both in terms of population and its urban sprawl. The problem is that its urban infrastructure hasn't grown at anything like the same rate, and development priorities have been skewed by the city's excessive reliance on it. …
pollution fine: A Chinese water firm has won US $285,100 in a lawsuit against three firms in the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou for polluting more than 400 km of the Yellow river. Initially, the firm had been awarded US $358,000, but after an appeal the three companies and the …
bangalore has grown exponentialy in the past three decades. The growth, fuelled by it and bpo industries has brought in foreign exchange, an influx of skilled and high-priced labour, growth in hospitality, catering, rent-a-car and housing industries. This has been touted all over as an Indian success story. This success …
kiocl's fate sealed: The Supreme Court on November 29, 2005, dismissed a petition by the Kudremukh Shram Shakti Sangathan (KSSS) seeking a review of the court's judgement, which ordered the permanent closure of the mines by the Karnataka government from December 31, 2005. The KSSS demanded changing the verdict as …
exhausting all means to stop the proposed coal-based thermal power plant in Udupi district of Karnataka, the Janajagrithi Samiti, a Nandikur-based voluntary organisation, has filed a public interest petition in the Karnataka High Court. The petition cites illegalities on part of authorities like Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in clearing …
Secondary data as well as the monsoon study presented in this report confirm that not only has the sediment load in the Bhadra River dramatically increased as a result of the mining, but also that a very small fraction of the watershed area, comprising the KIOCL mining site, is by …
Conflicts over water are a grim reality today, and this volume traces the reasons for these conflicts from the micro to the global level. The essays look at how the cumulative effect of gross negligence and mismanagement of water resources over the years have created water scarcity. They point out …
