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 …
Chikmagalur: District in-charge Minister Suresh Kumar has said that Chikmagalur will be included in the II Phase of Kannada Ganga Project. Addressing the reporters after attending the Kannada Rajyotsava programme in Chikmagalur on Tuesday, he said that already 16 towns and cities have been included in the project with the …
It is an attempt to create clean, green DK dist, says CEO To achieve sustainability in cleanliness drive and to have a proper guidelines on waste management, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has issued 25 point waste management guidelines to all the 203 Gram Panchayats in the district. Under the Karnataka …
Model gram panchayats will be shaped at Puduvettu, Muchoor, Neermarga, Ulaibettu, Bannur GPs under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) soon. This decision was taken during a meeting held under the presidentship of MGNREGS Ombudsman Sheena Shetty recently. In this process, Zilla Panchayat will seek assistance from non …
Rain continued to pummel several parts of the State, claiming two lives and flooding houses and farmlands on Monday. In the last three days, the coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada have recorded an average rainfall of 267 mm against the average rainfall of 108.9 mm recorded …
Karwar: Until now, endosulfan was the scourge of Dakshina Kannada. Now, even as a debate rages over a ban on this chemical pesticide, fresh cases are surfacing in Uttara Kannada district. At least 10 cases have emerged in Bhatkal. Many organizations are demanding case studies to check whether the people …
The ill-effects of endosulfan are beginning to unravel in Bhatkal taluk, close on the heels of similar instances in Kasargod of Kerala and many parts of Dakshina Kannada. The ill-effects of the pesticide sprayed in cashew plantations have disabled a number of people in several villages of the taluk. Endosulfan …
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday observed that it was not right to make public comments on the endosulfan ban. Four companies which have challenged the ban had contended that public comments were having an adverse effect. The court held that the matter was sub judice and nothing could …
The controversial Endosulfan is back to haunt coastal villages in Karnataka. Information obtained through the Right to Information has revealed that the chemical spray of Endosulfan in 96 villages in Dakshina Kannada district of the State has affected thousands of people, many critically. According to information available, during 1980s Endosulfan …
The state government on Tuesday submitted its objections in the matter related to the ban on the insecticide Endosulfan. The state government said it banned the insecticide based on the report of the committee which it had formed. This committee which submitted its report in 2004 was of the opinion …
The Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
THE Karnataka government has banned use of pesticide endosulfan with immediate effect for a period of 60 days. The state Cabinet, chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, announced the decision on February 17. It took note of reports of severe health problems, like physical deformities, caused by aerial spraying …
As the demand for a ban on endosulfan in India is gaining pitch, the pesticide associations are leaving no opportunity to vilify CSE for saving their US $ 100m market. CSE responds with the facts and a detailed chronology of events. As the demand for a ban on Endosulfan in …
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition.
Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in December announced that his government would consider banning endosulfan. The highly toxic pesticide is banned in over 70 countries. The assurance has come too late and is too little for the hundreds of people in Dakshina Kannada district, like Santosh Menzes, who are …
Untimely rains have left farmers in dire straits. It is imperative for farmers to take up alternative jobs, along with farming to increase their income, said Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) Administrative Board Member Monappa Karkera inaugurating the
The DK district, which caused many eyebrows to raise by implementing projects worth Rs 12 crore in one month, last year, under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is slowly revealing the real story behind the entire mirage of
In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year. Ronald Anil Fernandes takes a look at the novel …
In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year. Ronald Anil Fernandes takes a look at the novel …
Nagarika Seva Trust and Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktara Okkuta urged the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel led by Madhav Gadgil not to recommend Gundia power project as well as other mini hydel power projects in the Western Ghat region. In a memorandum submitted to the Madhav Gadgil during his visit to …
