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 …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has only tweaked its action plan to tackle air pollution in Bengaluru. While the action points are the same as the older plan, the difference is that the revised plan has set a different deadline for implementation and the progress made. For instance, …
Authorities told to act swiftly to contain its spread As many as 27 fresh cases of dengue were reported in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday. With this, the total number of dengue cases reported in the district in this month rose to 468. In all, four persons, including the cameraman of …
There should be 100% implementation of the plastic ban from September 1. This was the direction of Subhash B. Adi, who heads the Karnataka chapter of the National Green Tribunal, to Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun. He also suggested amending the bylaws of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 to increase the …
BENGALURU: Come September, bikers will ride a route tracing the flow of the Cauvery from Talacauvery in the state to Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu, creating awareness about a sustainable solution to prevent it from drying up. Twenty-five bikers will be part of the ‘Cauvery Calling’ campaign which was launched by …
Bengaluru Urban district administration recently identified 93 villages, where residents are suffering from fluorosis, once again bringing to the fore the issue of unsafe drinking water. Fluorosis is a chronic condition where teeth and bones get affected, at times even leading to permanent damage. People who consume water with fluoride …
BENGALURU: Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun on Wednesday held a detailed discussion with heads of various schools and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials from Bengaluru west to spread awareness on plastic ban and usage of clay Ganesha. After the interaction, Gangambike told reporters that a roadshow will be soon organised to …
The mine was closed by NMDC for the past nine months, after a state government order to impose an 80 per cent premium levy of the average sale price from there India had produced more than 200 mt of iron ore in 2010-11 The high court of Karnataka has cleared …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. P. Rajanna Vs Union of india & Others dated 19/07/2019 regarding construction of highrise residential apartment project in municipal khata number 4131 comprised in Survey Nos. 61/2, 62 and 63/2, Kasavanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru District …
Rotavirus causes severe diarrhoea and death among children under the age of five. Targeting universal immunisation, the Health Department is all set to introduce Rotavirus vaccine (RVV) as part of the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) from the third week of August. With this, the vaccine that costs around ₹600 a …
People urged to cooperate in stopping breeding of mosquito With the number of people infected with dengue crossing the 350-mark in Dakshina Kannada this month and with two suspected dengue deaths, the district administration has intensified vector control measures in the city and in parts of Kadaba, Bantwal and Sullia …
Subhash B. Adi, who heads the State chapter of the National Green Tribunal, inspected the solid waste management (SWM) plant at Chikkanagamangala, on Sunday. Residents living around the plant have for long been complaining about foul odour and alleged improper management of the plat as the reason for it. Accompanied …
Bengaluru: The high court on Wednesday directed the government to submit a status report on categorisation of areas on the basis of permitted sound levels for effective implementation of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000. A division bench headed by chief justice Abhya Shreeniwas Oka also directed the …
Scientists of the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) have sounded an alert for the possibility of an attack of pink bollworm on Bt cotton in Haryana this year in view of the detection of the worm last year in a village in Jind district. The cotton scientists have maintained …
Congratulations to all... we have achieved 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees to achieve 60 degrees the next year,’ a sarcastic tweet the other day came as a jolt. It was, however, hard to tell whether the quiet sarcasm was lost on a majority of the readers …
The decision will bring immediate relief to 9.8 lakh farmers across the State In a surprise move, the Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that money towards farm loan accounts, which qualify under the ambitious farm loan waiver scheme in commercial banks, would be released in one go, thus completing the …
Gender analysis along the agricultural value chain enhances our understanding about the roles performed by men and women in the value chain and in forward and backward linkages, their access to productive resources, opportunities available for valueaddition and benefit sharing, both as individuals and group enterprises. The gender roles in …
With one crematorium for animals, road kills pose a problem Even as the city’s handling of solid waste comes under scrutiny, a “major”, hitherto unaddressed problem, has come to the surface: handling of animal waste and road kill. During a recent meeting with the former High Court judge Subhash B. …
MYSURU: In a move which is likely to prevent drying up of lakes around Mysuru, Minor Irrigation and Groundwater Improvement department is planning to fill the lakes with Cauvery water drawn from the KRS dam. The work on the project, which will cover 16 lakes including iconic Lingambudhi lake in …
Dharmasthala, one of the well known pilgrimage centres on the foothills of the Western Ghats, is now reeling under water crisis. So much so that the temple might not have water even for abhisheka if it does not rain in a fortnight, according to D. Veerendra Heggade, the Pattadhikari of …
The National Green Tribunal has come to the rescue of residents of Electronics City Phase-II. BENGALURU: The National Green Tribunal has come to the rescue of residents of Electronics City Phase-II. Residents have been staging protests demanding the shutting down of the solid waste management (SWM) plant near Chikkanamangala, as …
