Dr T V Ramachandra, lead scientist at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), who had warned the government in 2015 of the dangers of supplying poorly treated water, to Kolar insists that it is politicians who are to blame for the KC Valley project mess. The annoying part, he says, …
Union oil minister M Veerappa Moily appears to have influenced the decisions of the Karnataka cabinet on Tuesday. With Lok Sabha polls fast approaching, the state cabinet approved revised estimates for the Ettinahole drinking water project at Rs 12,912 crore, and decided to give 283 acres to the Centre to …
New Delhi: Allaying apprehensions of environmentalists over Karnataka’s ambitious water supply project, the Centre on Tuesday said the scheme was meant for providing drinking water to many water-starved and drought-prone districts in the state and it had neither irrigation nor hydro power component. The project meant for supplying drinking water …
The government is considering the possibility of mining sand from lakes in the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts and Ramanagara. The government has begun the tendering process for awarding works for mining sand from river fronts in the State, Minister for Public Works Department H C …
Contaminated ground water has been a major health hazard in Chitradurga, Tumkur and Kolar districts and needs to be addressed on a priority basis, said R B Sinha, Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture. At a press conference at Hanagal village of Molakalmuru taluk, he said people are facing severe health …
Bangalore: Blame it on increase in population, urbanization, rapid industrialization and climate change, Karnataka’s water resources are under severe threat and depleting fast. The overexploited groundwater resources are suffering, pushing the water table down. These facts came to light at a state-level consultative workshop on Iimplications of climate change on …
202 cases of inhuman practice reported from Bangalore Manual scavenging is prevalent in most of the cities, including Bangalore. The State government has decided to strictly enforce the ban on manual scavenging. Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya said on Thursday that officials of the respective urban local bodies (ULBs) will …
Panel favours drawing water from Linganamakki for parched districts Hydel power generation at the Linganamakki dam may take a beating, if the government goes ahead with the plan to draw water from the Sharavati river to meet Bangalore’s needs. Water is proposed to be drawn from a distance of 386 …
An expert committee of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), formed in 2010 to find long - and short - term solutions to the growing water demand in the City, has put forward the very suggestion mooted by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah: to draw water from Linganamakki Dam. The …
Western Ghats may be in danger again. This time from a "drinking water" supply project. Yettinahole diversion project located in the ecologically sensitive zone as per the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel involves 8 dams inside the forests, 250kms long canals, 80kms and 50kms long raising mains, a reservoir that …
The government is likely to seek financial aid from the Centre to tackle drought and floods in the State. Official sources said the government had prepared a memorandum seeking about Rs 475 crore to take up relief works in flood-affected areas, and Rs 744 crore in drought-hit areas. The actual …
Any effort to divert the west-flowing Netravathi River to eastern parts of Karnataka will have economical, cultural and ecological impact, according to an expert. Speaking at a seminar on ‘River water diversion’, organised by the Guruvayanakere-based Nagarika Seva Trust, N.A. Madhyastha, an expert on biodiversity and former principal of the …
The High Court on Monday disposed of a petition against the ongoing Upper Bhadra project to supply water to Kolar and Tumkur districts. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice B V Nagarathna directed that the petition by Bharatiya Kisan Sangh and others be transferred to …
Forest department helpless in checking jumbos straying out Frequent transfer of officers posted to Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and, increasing human habitat has made the Forest department helpless in checking the growing man-animal conflict. This has resulted in elephants straying out of the forests in the region, wildlife experts opine. …
Elephants have been wandering in Kolar and Bangalore Rural districts. The number of people killed by elephants in the villages of the region since Saturday has risen to four. A reporter of a Kannada daily is one among the victims. The journalist, Manjunath, 24, was trampled to death by the …
Karnataka will soon take up the Yettinahole project to provide drinking water to Bangalore Rural, Kolar, Tumkur and Chikkaballapur districts shortly. Replying to a debate on the drinking water crisis in Kolar and adjoining districts, leader of the House in the legislative council on Tuesday said the government would quickly …
An innovation in dryland farming has brought in much-needed relief to Karnataka’s sagging agriculture sector. thanks to Bhoo Chetana (soil enrichment), a cultivation technique initiated by the state government in 2009, productivity has shot up by more than 20 percent in dryland yield. After Rajasthan, Karnataka has the largest dryland …
The sweltering summer heat has aggravated the problem of drinking water supply in most parts of the State, prompting the State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD≺) to seek the permission of Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (OCEO), Karnataka, to implement approved action plans related to drinking water at …
The High Court on Wednesday stayed work on the Upper Bhadra project taken up in the forested areas of the Bhadra tiger reserve without obtaining clearance from the Union government. Hearing a petition filed by the State unit of Bharatiya Kissan Sangha and others, the Division Bench comprising Acting Chief …
Only 50 of the 1.72 lakh borewells in City registered with KGA Two months have passed since the State government issued a notification, making registration of all borewells and permission for sinking of new borewells mandatory in the State. However, so far only 25 drilling agencies in the State and …
Residents of villages near Khaparkheda and Koradi power plants, under the aegis of Kisan Manch, have lodged one more police complaint against officials of the two plants of Mahagenco for excessive air and water pollution. Chief general managers of the two plants Umakant Nikhare and Anil Nandanwar have been made …
