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 …
This book gives a brief outline of the general principles governing the occurrence of groundwater in a predominantly hard-rock terrain of Karnataka and indicates the extent of this resource. It is intended to serve as an introduction to groundwater hydrology of the State and be of assistance to all those …
November 22, 2005, saw the launch of a vocal public campaign against a move by the Karnataka state government to hand over water supply in the suburbs of Bangalore to private operators. Over 40 non-governmental organisations (ngos) and trade unions, working on civic amenities for slum dwellers, called upon the …
BWSSB already wants to close public fountains in Bangalore city as the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asn't paid up its dues of Rs 160 crore.Will GBWASP attend to the water needs of the poor? Right now, even the poor have to pay the minimum beneficiary capital contribution (BCC) of Rs 2,500. …
pongamia buses: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is running its 81 buses in Doddbalapur station (rural Bangalore), on a 10 per cent pongamia blend. These buses consume 6,000 litres of diesel, out of which 600 litres will be replaced with the biofuel. "We will convert all rural depots in …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051231/42_table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=510,height=400,scrollbars=yes") } On October 12, 2005, the Right to Information (rti) Act came into force. rti activists seemed to have won their battle to provide citizens with rights to information about the government's working. But little had they reckoned for what was in store. Barely …
deepa kozhisseri Bangalore though the menace of the forest brigand Veerappan has ended in Kollegal district of Karnataka, it has exposed the area to another problem, mining, an activity previously checked. The state government had banned mining of black granite in Kollegal in August 1992. It feared the outlaw might …
a debate is going on in Bangalore over distribution of water to its adjoining eight municipal councils. The popular understanding of the debate focuses on
Jatropha is not the only option for producing biodiesel. The Botanical Survey of India has identified over 300 species with non-edible, oil-rich seeds. As India has a chronic shortage of edible oils and imports it, non-edible oils are recommended for using in transport and other sectors. Species with biodiesel potential …
• Japan's environment ministry is drafting a law that would require owners of "potentially dangerous animals, such as crocodiles and pythons,' to have microchips implanted in their pets. The cylindrical chips, about a centimetre-long, would carry information that would enable the authorities to trace the owners if the pets go …
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) has tied up with a Canadian government agency to try out a new gas kit expected to give greater mileage, increase fuel efficiency and reduce pollution through emissions. Since two weeks 25 autos in the city have been fitted with these. "We are …
The red earth of Karnataka's Bellary district has become a symbol of the region's red-hot iron ore market, witnessing an unprecedented boom. Bellary has been supplying iron ore to China for the last few years and the Chinese demand for the ore has spiralled like never before, ever since Beijing …
the latest groundwater report of Karnataka, brought out by the Department of Mines and Geology (dmg) , shows that entire Bangalore is an overexploited zone. The 2004 study puts 55 taluka s in the overexploited category. The situation is worst in Kolar and Tumkur, apart from Bangalore's rural and urban …
Release of water from Maharashtra's reservoirs following heavy rain flooded Karnataka, especially Bijapur, Raichur, Gulbarga and Belgaum districts. Seven other districts were also affected. The death toll touched 111 on August 6, 2005. Villages along the Krishna, Bhima and Ghataprabha rivers were the worst hit. Crops worth Rs 160 crore …
Residents of Yellur, Padubidri, Nandikur, Padebettu, Tenka, Phalimar and Hejmadi villages in Karnataka's Udupi district are on the warpath against the Nagarjuna Power Corporation Limited (npcl). The Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh-based company has plans to construct a 1,015-megawatt (mw) coal-based thermal power plant (tpp) in Yellur; villagers fear that this would …
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) has issued a show cause notice to Kundil Sponge Iron Limited for beginning work on its plant at Londa in Belgaum district without obtaining an environmental clearance from the state government's ministry of environment, forest and ecology. Following the kspcb notice, Belgaum deputy …
Tests carried out by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) after this year's third incident of large-scale fish death in Bangalore's lakes have prompted official agencies to attribute them to sewage ingress. But researchers believe this doesn't explain tonnes of fish dying at one stroke. Five tonnes of fish …
With only 1,150 manually operated rain gauges spread across a state that has 5,600 panchayats, measuring rain in Karnataka was always a gamble. But this scenario will now change: Varsha-gd, an indigenously designed telemetric rain guage, is to be installed in 27 district headquarters. The government will install the device …
Dating back to 1250 AD, kadatas or kaditas are a rich resource on medieval and early modern Karnataka. Kept by village accountants and Mysore's mercantile community, they contain records of transactions between landowners and cultivators, sometimes a Mutt and its devotees. Most are in Kannada, but some have been found …
The purpose of the project activity is to set up 5,500 biogas plants (digesters) of 2m3 capacity each for single households. Each household will utilize the dung of its cows to feed the digester for the production of biogas for cooking purpose and heating of hot water. The aim of …
