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 …
First district in the State to take steps to regulate groundwater usage Though Dakshina Kannada district has a healthy groundwater level, average 11.81 m, the administration has prohibited sinking of private wells, open wells and borewells, within a 500 m radius of public sources of drinking water. For this purpose, …
Fifty-year-old Sundari is under medication for the last 10 years for psychiatric problem. Last week, she had come for medicines to the primary health centre in Kokkada — one of the villages in Dakshina Kannada about 75 km from Mangaluru — where endosulfan victims are big in number. “Of the …
The High Court on Thursday asked the State government to spell out its stand on the ban imposed on Kambala (buffalo race) as there were conflicting statements given by different ministers in the Assembly. The counsel representing the government said that they did not have any explanation on the statements …
HLWG has identified 46 villages in Dakshina Kannada district The state-level expert committee to identity Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in Western Ghats has directed the district-level committee chaired by Deputy Commissioner to submit a report within one month. A meeting held on Thursday chaired by Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim …
Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Foundation, said on Monday that the State government had taken up the Yettinahole project, which aimed at providing water from the Nethravati to the parched districts of south Karnataka, without studying its environmental impact. He was delivering a lecture on ‘Yettinahole Project – its …
Minister for environment, forest, and ecology B Ramanath Rai on Tuesday directed the three coastal district administrations to adopt a uniform sand mining and distribution policy. Chairing a meeting here on Tuesday in which deputy commissioners of Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts were present, Rai said the policy …
The committee may visit Mysore, Kodagu and other places soon The State government has constituted a State level expert committee to identity Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in Western Ghats, as recommended by the High level Working Group of Western Ghats (HLWG). The committee has been asked to submit its report …
MANGALORE: Amicus curiae Vaishali Hegde who had visited Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts a couple of days back to oversee the relief and rehabilitation of endosulfan victims has observed that pension disbursement to victims' was not satisfactory. Udupi Human Rights Foundation president Ravindranath Shanbhag, a member of the committee headed …
Farmers in Dakshina Kannada district have urged the Government not to implement the Yettinaholey project, as they fear it will have adverse impact on agriculture in the district. Under the Yettinaholey project, the Karnataka Government is planning to divert Yettinaholey (a tributary of River Nethravathi that is the lifeline of …
The City has seen a mushrooming of housing complexes in the City over the last three years with 525 of them constructed between 2011 and 2014. Responding to a question by BJP MLC V Somanna, Minister for forest, environment and ecology Ramanath Rai has said that as per the details …
The sand mining issue has been posing a huge threat in the district and continues to exist even after the district administration started stringent measures to curb the irregularity. Deputy Commissioner Muddu Mohan told Deccan Herald that illegal sand mining is totally under control with strict action taken up by …
District has received only 446.71 mm rainfall till now TAKING CHANCE? Farmers have begun cultivating their lands despite deficit rains in Dakshina Kannada this year. Dakshina Kannada district has seen 50 per cent less rainfall compared to last year. In June last year, the district had received average of 885.92 …
Affected to get Rs 1,500 and Rs 3,000 a month based on their disability The High Court on Monday passed an interim order directing the State government to pay a monthly stipend to the identified 6,140 victims affected by the insecticide endosulfan in three districts – Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and …
Observing that measures taken by the State government are insufficient to help the victims of endosulfan in three coastal districts, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the government to pay an interim stipend of Rs.1,500 per month for each of those who suffered disability of 25-60 per cent and …
The Dakshina Kannada district administration will kick-start the process of issuing identity cards to victims affected by alleged endosulfan poisoning from Saturday. Deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said on Wednesday that the process will continue till all the victims get the ID cards. He also said that the district administration will …
Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar submitted to the High Court on Monday that a provision would be made in the next budget to create a ‘relief fund’ for the victims affected by pesticide endosulfan. During the hearing of a suo motu PIL on the plight of people suffering from the ill …
Though the government is promoting micro hydel power plants near Kukke Subrahmanya with subsidies for those that are above 25 mega watts and waiving the requirement of environmental clearance, they are against environmental protection laws, said T. V. Ramachandra, Senior Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He was …
KPCL uncertain about eco-clearance from Centre The Gundia project was proposed with an ultimate installed capacity of generating no less than 1,002 Million Units of energy every year. After much debate, protests and appeals, the fate of Gundia hydroelectric project, proposed in Hassan/Dakshina Kannada districts and expected to generate 400 …
Houses across 20 villages will benefit from the end of next month Dakshina Kannada’s first multi-village water supply project which will supply drinking water to 20 villages across eight gram panchayats in Mangalore taluk is expected to be operational by the year-end. The project envisages lifting of water from Shambhavi …
The Union government has approved a Rs. 42-crore drinking water supply project to Bantwal Town Municipality under the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns, according to a top official. The project will increase water supply to the town threefold: from the present 4.5 million litres per day …
