Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The State government has issued an order banning drilling of borewells in 35 taluks of the State, following over-exploitation of the water table in these places. The Karnataka Groundwater Development: Control and Management Act, 2010, came into effect last month and sinking borewells has been banned in the following taluks: …
The 1,000-km pipeline will feed industries at Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Bellary, Davanagere, Chitradurga, Tumkuyr, Ramanagaram & Bengaluru State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd today commissioned a Rs 4,500 crore pipeline carrying gas from the just operationalised Dabhol LNG terminal into Bengaluru that promises to change the energy landscape of the …
“Where there is a will, there is a way”, goes the adage. It has come true in case of farmers of Krishna belt in Bagalkot district. The farmers in Jamkhandi taluk, suffering huge losses due to the shortage of water to the sugarcane crop, have come together and completed within …
District principal and sessions judge K. Ninge Gowda has said that as health of the mother plays a critical role in determining the health of the newborn, utmost care should be given to her to prevent malnourishment among infants. He was speaking after launching the Belgaum divisional-level multimedia campaign to …
BELGAUM: Undeterred by Goa government’s efforts to seek a stay on the Kalsa-Bandura project, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar on Wednesday said his government will make every effort to complete and implement the water diversion project at the earliest. He was reacting to a question on the water levels in …
The solar power sector is gaining momentum in Karnataka ever since the government introduced a solar energy policy (2011-16). The government has recently concluded a bid process, in which 80 Mw (60 Mw for solar PV and 20 Mw for solar thermal) was allotted to developers at tariffs between Rs …
The State government has conceived a plan to help children of parents with HIV/AIDS. The new programme aims to give the children access to financial assistance for education and other expenses till the age of 18, regardless of their economic background. One condition to obtain the benefits, however, is that …
The Union Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned two projects worth Rs 21.5 crore, under the National Rural Livelihood Mission, for Karnataka. Both projects are aimed at empowering rural women and will be implemented through NGOs, with active involvement of the state government. The State Genetic Resources Ecology and Nutrition …
BELGAUM: After strong resent to the proposed by-pass connecting Panjim-Belgaum NH4A to Halga, it is now the turn of proposed Hyderabad-Panjim bypass. After getting news of the implementation of this new by-pass connecting the NH4A to Hyderabad road, farmers in the region have organised themselves against the proposed by-pass citing …
As many as 80 residents of Sambra village in Belgaum taluk were taken ill after they drank contaminated water on Saturday. It is said that the water in the borewell and overhead tank in the village, the main sources of drinking water, were contaminated resulting in people falling ill. Of …
Implementation of the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package for farmers in suicide-prone districts in the State has come a cropper. The government has failed to spend allocations made for the payment of ex gratia amount to distressed families of farmers and distribution of certified seeds, according to an evaluation study. The …
The area under forest cover in Karnataka has increased by four square kilometres, according to a latest report of the Forest Survey of India. It says the change has been noticed in the assessment year of 2009, compared to the survey carried out in 2008. The report was put in …
A Karnataka High Court-appointed committee has said the State Government should take up as top priority medical treatment of 68,000 children suffering from malnutrition. The panel's Chairman and High Court Judge, Mr Justice N.K. Patil, said that many of these kids were in “end-stage” and told the Government to extend …
Karnataka will implement modified National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in 20 taluks in five districts. NRLM is a poverty-alleviating scheme formulated by the Union Government. The state government has renamed it as ‘Sanjeevini'. “Karnataka has tweaked the mission to include social, financial and economic inclusion while rolling out the scheme …
Will release as much as 2 thousand millon cubic metres to southern neighbour, as states set aside long-drawn dispute over Belgaum Notwithstanding a long-drawn dispute over Belgaum issue, Maharashtra and Karnataka have unanimously agreed to share water for the people in the scarcity hit districts of both the states. Both …
The onset of summer has brought with it the fear of spread of H1N1 influenza. As many as 200 cases have been reported in the neighbouring city of Pune and so far nine people have reportedly succumbed to the virus. These numbers and the lack of screening of passengers from …
‘Outsourcing supply will see tariffs skyrocketing’ Day Two of the Bangalore World Water Summit saw a parallel summit being organised by Peoples Campaign for Right to Water, which sees a move to privatise water supply in the agenda of such meets. Activists from a cross section of society - including …
In Karnataka, 2,500 farmers took their lives last year. But the BJP government is turning a blind eye to their plight, reports Imran Khan Bitter harvest Boregowda’s son and daughter-in-law committed suicide due to a debt crisis THE BJP stormed to power in Karnataka in 2008 by promising to change …
Government blamed for poor planning in implementing drinking water schemes Mismanagement and lack of proper planning led to unfruitful expenditure of Rs 37 crore sanctioned under Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, besides denial of safe drinking water to the rural population, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on …
In search of good governance that can make the running of their businesses smooth, over 500 industrialists and business aspirants from Maharashtra’s border district of Sangli are set to expand or start businesses in northern Karnataka. Reportedly, 600 acres of land has been identified in Kagwad, Lokur, Shedbal and Athani …
