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 …
The State government has released a sum of Rs 30 lakh for solving drinking water problem in Kodagu district. The two assembly constituencies will get Rs 15 lakh each. The State government has given the direction to take measure to solve drinking water woes in the district and dig borewells …
Only when farming is based upon "natural principles" can it be truly sustainable. Ecological farming is based on nurturing and nourishing the soils. Emphasizing soil conservation and building up organic matter are key to maintain these natural ecological balances in crop ecosystems. Mojo plantation is one such attempt.
Kodagu district produces 2% of the world’s coffee, in complex, multistoried agroforestry systems. The forests of the district harbour a large population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The combined effects of high elephant density and major landscape changes due to the expansion of coffee cultivation are the cause of …
Karnataka has banned cultivation of eucalyptus in malnad (hill area) and semi-malnad areas. Malnad areas constitute districts of Shimoga, Chikmaglur, Hassan, Uttara Kannada and Kodagu districts covering forests of western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats since it poses a danger to soil fertility. According to a notification issued …
The government has released an additional sum of Rs 3.35 crore for the ambitious Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). With this, a sum of Rs 22 crore was available for the district during 2010-11. The State government has released the funds to Gram Panchayats online. Of the …
In a drinking water catastrophe, two people have been dead and 17 are ill due to drinking the polluted water in Valagunda Scheduled Tribes Haadi. Aftermath of the situation has brought a mourning atmosphere in the Haadi with 22 houses in the region having a deserted look. The condition has …
The Kodagu Zilla Panchayat has submitted a proposal to the government seeking Rs five crore additional sanction for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), despite the fact that the district is lagging behind in its implementation. A total of Rs 9.04 crore was sanctioned for …
Urging the government to contain wild elephant menace and to announce compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of those who were killed in wild elephant attack, estate labourers under the aegis of United Plantation Workers Union staged a protest in Fort premises on Tuesday. The plantation workers took …
The State Government has asked the district administration to identify 70 acre of levelled, private land for establishing mini airport in Kodagu district. The order comes in wake of rejection of four to five government land shown to Airport Authority of India to establish the proposed airport. With this development, …
City Municipal Council (CMC) approved the 'Kundamestri' drinking water project during the Council special meet on Tuesday, amidst fierce opposition from opposition members. Council has decided to send a report in this regard to the State government. The meet held to make final decision on Bethri or Kundamestri project was …
Madikeri CMC general meeting decided to allow MP and MLAs to take a decision on Kundamestri or Betri drinking water project within a week. The CMC in association with MP and MLAs will decide whether Kundamestri or Betri project should be implemented in the district. The CMC general body meeting …
The world is making progress in all fields. The vision 2020 of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam is a guide for all. We have to march forward in this direction, said Minister for Agricultural Marketing and Sugar Shivaraj S Thangadagi. Speaking after hoisting the flag at the 64th Independence …
The decision on the proposal of Rs 12.96 crore which was submitted to the government to undertake drinking water projects in the district will be taken within 10 to 15 days and all efforts will be made to get additional funds from the government, said ZP President V M Vijaya …
Though the rains had subsided in Kodagu on Thursday morning, it caught up by afternoon. Water in Triveni Sangama at Bhagamandala is overflowing. Water has clogged on Bhagamandala-Napoklu-Ayyangeri road upto 2 feet. Holiday has been declared to all the primary, high school and PU Colleges on Friday and Saturday. Meanwhile, …
''Let the government decide the value for the death of those rogue elephants which indulge in destruction. The villagers are ready to pay for the death of the elephants''
Kodagu Zilla Panchayat KDP meeting resolved to constitute a committee to probe into the alleged misappropriation in the purchase of banners and information boards which were installed in three taluks under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) here on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting held …
To provide employment to the BPL families and to improve the economic condition of the poor, a sum of Rs 102.37 lakh will be utilised in Kodagu district under Swarnajayanthi Grama Swarojgar Yojane (SGSY). Speaking to Deccan Herald, Zilla Panchayat Project Director Motappa said Rs 23 lakh has been earmarked …
