Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Netravati Waterfront Promenade Project is Hurting Lives of Common people Stakeholders" appearing in Manglorean dated 26.01.2024. The original application is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Netravati Waterfront Promenade Project is hurting …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "Netravati Waterfront Promenade Project is Hurting Lives of Common people Stakeholders" appearing in Manglorean dated 26.01.2024. The original application is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled "Netravati Waterfront Promenade Project is hurting …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled “Effluent seepage from dump yard pollutes drinking water sources" appearing in the Times of India dated 19.12.2023 dated 02/02/2024. The original application is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled “Effluent seepage from …
The NGT, November 24 directed notices to be issued to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore and Mining Department, Karnataka on the issue of illegal stone quarry mining going on in the outskirts of Neerumarga Gram Panchayat, Mangalore for the last three years. Counsel for …
Authorities told to act swiftly to contain its spread As many as 27 fresh cases of dengue were reported in Dakshina Kannada on Tuesday. With this, the total number of dengue cases reported in the district in this month rose to 468. In all, four persons, including the cameraman of …
People urged to cooperate in stopping breeding of mosquito With the number of people infected with dengue crossing the 350-mark in Dakshina Kannada this month and with two suspected dengue deaths, the district administration has intensified vector control measures in the city and in parts of Kadaba, Bantwal and Sullia …
MANGALURU: KIOCL Ltd which requires around 30MW power for its on-going operations in this coastal city is betting big on solar power. The company that has already set up a 380 Kwp rooftop solar power plant and commissioned a 1.3MW land based solar power plant in January here, is now …
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 …
DHARMASTHALA: The fourth Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Bahubali that gets under way at Ratnagiri from February 9 will see t he launch of new ‘jana kalyana’ programmes, said D Veerendra Heggade, dharmadhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala. This practice was started with the first anointment ritual in 1982 with the launch of Sri …
MANGALURU: Greens, led by Sahyadri Sanchaya and the National Environment Care Federation (NECF), have decided to start a campaign to oppose the stand of political parties with regards to environmental issues, pertaining to coastal districts and the Western Ghats. To oppose illegal sand mining, the felling of trees, construction activities …
MANGALURU: City based Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has been recognized with excellence award by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPBC) in the category 'NGO for Contribution towards Environmental Awareness in D. K. District.' APD Team comprising organization's founder Abdullah A Rehman, director Arjun Rai, co-coordinators Kruthika Shenoy, Ruhia Hussain, Naveen …
Although the number of H1N1 positive cases is on the rise this year and two deaths have been reported in Dakshina Kannada district so far, DHO Dr Ramakrishna Rao said that the patients need not panic. Briefing mediapersons here on Tuesday, he said that throat swab samples have been collected …
Bharat State VI standards prescribe vehicular emission norms that are “fuel neutral” wherein the gap between emission from diesel and petrol vehicles considerably narrows. Though the Auto Fuel Policy suggested by expert committee headed by R.A. Mashelkar had earlier set an April 2024 deadline for BS VI norms, the Ministry …
NABARD has launched a water campaign to cover around one lakh villages in vulnerable and water-stressed areas where groundwater is over exploited, Bankers’ Institute of Rural Development joint director K S Pai said. Speaking at the 36th Foundation Day of NABARD on BIRD campus here recently, she said NABARD is …
MANGALURU: While June saw the district record its first dengue death, July has recorded first H1N1 death this year. Health officials rue that though the district has high awareness about vector borne and other diseases, the deaths are avoidable if patients approach healthcare facilities when fever symptoms are noticed. Even …
MANGALURU: With a death suspected due to dengue in the district, the vector-borne diseases have arrived along with monsoons. But there seems to be a serious problem at hand with district health officials suspecting whether a different serotype of the virus had caused this death. In Dakshina Kannada, out of …
'City on brink of danger; timely action need of the hour' According to an independent study of air quality in Mangaluru, the air in the city is high in lead content and bears borderline indications of approaching danger on other parameters. The study was conducted by APD Foundation under its …
MANGALURU: We all knew that Mangaluru's ambient air quality was not in the pink of health — if not at all places, but at some major stress points in the city. This has been proved right by the study done by Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation 'Shudda Gaali' in their #StopSmokyVehicles …
Eight months after the State government issued orders prohibiting the use of many kinds of plastic, including bags to protect environment, banned plastic material continue to rule the normal life, at least in Dakshina Kannada and Mangaluru. Except retail chains such as Big Bazaar, More, Spar, and some others, every …
City declared free from open defecation Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Wednesday added another feather to its cap. The Quality Council of India (QCI), a third party agency identified by the union ministry of urban development, awarded the ‘Swachhata Certificate’ to Mangaluru for being an open defecation-free (ODF) city. The …
The message was loud and clear that it is the need of the hour to promote non-motorised transport to save the Earth for the future generations. A galaxy of eminent citizens of Mangaluru led the way to take a vow for a Green Earth on the occasion of the World …
