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 …
Jaimala, Minister for Women and Child Development, said on Wednesday that drinking water works would be given priority in the district as peak summer was approaching. Addressing presspersons after the tri-monthly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting, Ms. Jaimala said the District-level Task Force and Taluk-level Task Forces on drinking water …
Mysuru city was ranked third cleanest city in the overall national ranking with a five-star rating in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 the results of which was announced in New Delhi on Wednesday. While Indore in Madhya Pradesh was ranked the cleanest city in the country for the third consecutive time, …
BENGALURU: The government’s decision to forge ahead with the elevated corridor project has moved experts, environmentalists and citizens to argue against an undertaking that they believe will exacerbate and not solve the city’s most pressing problems. “Going by experience with such experiments in the rest of the world, this will …
Bengaluru: Six dying lakes in the city are all set to witness a revival with five corporates and private companies officially adopting them for rejuvenation, said government officials. The government on Wednesday inked memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the firms on the sidelines of an event held in the city. …
BENGALURU: Forest fires have reduced 35,891 acres to cinders in Karnataka in the past five years, and the year 2019 has taken the lead with the blaze in Bandipur National Park razing 15,000 acres. The worst-hit districts are Belagavi, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga. “Karnataka forest …
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With the Wayanad forest turning into a virtual tinderbox, Forest Department officials in Kerala have joined hands with their Karnataka and Tamil Nadu counterparts to chalk out various strategies to curb forest fire. B.N. Anjan Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forest, Wildlife, Palakkad, along with senior personnel visited the Mudumalai and …
The immensity of the fire that has ravaged Bandipur is becoming clearer with two satellite data analyses indicating that the extent of forests burnt could be over 15,000 acres. Though the authorities had estimated the damage to be between 6,000 and 8,000 acres on Monday, a summary report by the …
The devastating fire that ravaged more than 90 hectares of forest land in the buffer and core zones of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) has been brought under control, said Deepak Srivastava, Chief Conservator of Forests-Coimbatore, holding additional charge as Field Director, MTR. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. Srivastava …
BENGALURU: Bengaluru doesn’t have a beach or desert nearby. Yet, sand constitutes most of the road dust, contributing prominently to air pollution in the city. An analysis of road dust samples collected from 11 locations in south and east Bengaluru has shown sand — both medium and fine — constituted …
In Bellandur’s buffer zone, amount of built-up area shot up from 0.5% to 45% in 2016. As the State government challenges the 75 metre buffer limit around lakes set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a geo-spatial analysis by researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) of Bellandur and Varthur …
NIMLI (RAJASTHAN): Toxicity level in Bengaluru’s air is increasing at an alarming rate. A recent analysis of air quality data from the city shows that its PM10 level has gone up by 46% in the past 10 years. PM10 are particulate matter with less than or equal to 10 micrometres …
Residents have accused the 50-year-old plant of violations A decade-long legal struggle by Whitefield residents against Graphite India Limited has taken a significant step forward after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) restored a 2012 pollution control board order to close the 50-year-old plant for violations. While NGT’s Principal Bench in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri Vijayaraghava Reddy & Others Versus Graphite India Limited & Others dated 28/01/2019 regarding high level of air pollution caused by the graphite dust emitted by Graphite India Limited located at ITPL main road, Bangalore, Karnataka. The Court finds that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. DLF Ltd. Bangalore Vs The Chairman, KSPCB & Others dated 25/01/2019 regarding grant of consent to establish to DLF for a housing colony on the banks of Arkavati River near Tippagondanahalli Water Reservoir, Bangalore, Karnataka. The KSPCB under the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Others Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 24/01/2019. The issue in these applications is whether the leased areas of the lessees in question fall within the Revenue land or Forest land. The High Court …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Others Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 24/01/2019 regarding Comprehensive Environmental Plan for Mining Impact Zone (CEPMIZ), Karnataka. SC asks Shyam Divan, Amicus Curiae to examine the feasibility of the approval of proposals submitted …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jeyenth Vijayaraghavanam Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/01/2019 regarding establishment of a Zoological Park in forest land in violation of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 at Kamlapura in Bellary District of Karnataka. NGT directs the Ministry of Environment, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sevamrutha Aradhya Vs State of Karnataka dated 16/01/2019 regarding illegal construction in the buffer zone on Kudlu Chikka Kere lake in Banglore South, Karnataka. NGT directs District Magistrate, Banglore South and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to look into …
BENGALURU: Key posts pertaining to prevention and awareness of monkey fever have remained vacant in Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada districts, where field stations have been set up to track prevalence of the disease and follow up on identified cases. The vacant posts include that of three medical officers …
