AURANGABAD: In a bid to increase the state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, the social forestry department (Marathwada) will launch the fortnight-long 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' on Friday to spread awareness about the issue. Praveen Srivastava, chief conservator of forests and deputy director general, social …
Report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board to the National Green Tribunal dated March 9, 2023. Report of the Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Original Application No. 592/2022 with respect to the petition filed by All Traditional River Fishermen Association, Karnataka. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in the Newspaper named, DHNS, Mangaluru dated: 15th May, 2022, titled “Officials term discolouring of water in beaches as algal bloom” dated 18/11/2022. Proceedings have been initiated in the matter in the light of …
Report of the Joint Committee appointed in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order, April 29, 2022 regarding flow of industrial effluents into Phalguni river resulting in fish kill. A media report said that hundreds of fishes were found dead and floating in Phalguni (Gurupura) river, downstream of Maravooru vented …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in The Hindu dated 26.04.2022 titled “Flow of industrial effluents into Phalguni results in fish kill” dated 29/04/2022. The matter has been put up in the light of captioned media report to the effect …
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 …
Something seems dangerously off about the state government's understanding of conservation. While most Bengalureans are still worrying about the consequences of losing 800-odd trees to a steel flyover, the government now wants to hack through the fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats to build a road. And this time, at …
MANGALURU: The Dakshina Kannada district administration and food and civil supplies minister UT Khader sent a stern warning to the fish exporters and eateries that they would be held responsible if more fish poisoning cases were reported. This warning came in the backdrop of more than a hundred persons including …
MANGALURU: The Cauvery Horata Samiti, Dakshina Kannada district, on Tuesday held a protest march to draw attention of the government to various facets of Cauvery water row. They have demanded a National Water Policy to put an end to the vexed water-sharing issues between states. SP Chengappa, convener of the …
Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission Chairman T N Prakash Kammardi said 5.97 lakh hectares of agricultural land in Karnataka has been converted to non-agricultural purposes in the last one decade. He was speaking to mediapersons after holding a meeting with the officials from Agriculture, Horticulture Departments and scientists of research centres, …
MANGALURU: As the monsoon ban on sand mining ended on Monday, Dakshina Kannada department of mines and geology is now gearing up to monitor illegal extraction and transportation of sand. Since the sale of sand is restricted only to the local market catering to the construction industry of the region, …
Dakshina Kannada district in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai on Monday said that Dakshina Kannada will be declared open defecation-free shortly as most of the households have come to have toilets. Speaking after unfurling the tricolour at the Nehru Maidan here, Mr. Rai said that as per a survey done under …
National Environment Care Federation (NECF), an NGO, released on Monday a 300 page document with sting video clippings on illegal sand mining allegedly taking place in Unidivided Dakshina Kannada district. NECF convener Shashidhar Shetty said the illegal sand mining in coastal Karnataka is a multi-crore scandal of more than Rs …
The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has planned to set up 49 solid waste managements units in the jurisdiction of the gram panchayats during 2016-17. Ten gram panchayats have already identified land for the purpose, CEO P I Sreevidya said. Speaking at a district-level water and sanitation committee meeting here on …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Mohammed Kabir & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/07/2016 regarding environmental degradation and pollution caused by industries located in Ullal Taluk, Dakshina Kannada District, Mangaluru by engaging in the production of fish oil and …
The schools, all in Dakshina Kannada district, are set to get rooftop solar units, each with a capacity of 3kW Five government and aided schools in each of the eight Assembly segments of Dakshina Kannada district are set to become self-sufficient as far as electricity is concerned, and may even …
Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni has said that 38 sand blocks have been identified, spread across an area of 506.56 acres, in the non-CRZ area of Dakshina Kannada. After a review meeting in Mangaluru on Sunday, the minister told reporters that licences have been sanctioned for 36 blocks in …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently described solar energy as the ‘ultimate solution’ to India’s energy problems. Here in Dakshina Kannada district, a silent campaign is being carried out by Jana Shikshana Trust, Apna Desh, Grama Vikasa Kendra, Sugrama Sangha, Selco Foundation motivating people to go for renewable sources of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. A. Purushottam Chitrapur, Vs. Union of India & Others dated 07/09/2015 regarding projects in the Netravathi basin across river Netravathi and its tributaries / streams in Dakshina Kannada and Hassan Districts in Karnataka.
The state has recorded 353 dengue cases in just 48 hours from July 20. This sharp rise from 1,660 cases to 2,013 has put the doctors on alert. The Health and Family Welfare Department has also confirmed three dengue deaths, all from Dakshina Kannada district, the home district of Health …
MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada Coastal Regulation Zone Management Committee has decided to grant no objection certificate (NOC) to Lakshadweep Administration for the construction of their office and other amenities at Bunder in the city. Committee resolved to grant NOC at a meeting convened by deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim on Monday. …
