Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Centre on Tuesday sought to quell protests by locals in Kolar, Karnataka, against reports of earmarking abandoned gold mines of the district for dumping nuclear waste. The government clarified before the Supreme Court that it was not considering the spot for such purposes. “The NPCIL is filing the present …
Allaying the apprehensions of the people of Kolar in Karnataka, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) on Tuesday submitted in the Supreme Court that no decision had been taken to dump nuclear waste in the defunct Kolar Gold Mines of Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. During the hearing of …
A former employee of the Bharath Gold Mines Limited (BGML), Panir Selvan, 57, was the latest to succumb to the deadly disease, silicosis, when he died on Friday at the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF). The disease has already killed hundreds who worked in the deep pits of KGF to extract …
Rumours that waste from Koodankulam nuclear power plant near Chennai will be dumped at the gold mine pits here has sent shock waves in this town. It is said that Solicitor General R Nariman submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Central government has decided to …
KRISHNAGIRI: Farmers attached to the Tamizhaga Vivsaiygal Sangam (TVS) on Wednesday urged the state government to prevent Karnataka from diverting water from the Thenpenniyar river alleging that the move would cause severe water shortage in five districts of TN. In an emergency meeting on Wednesday in Savalur village, TVS state …
State government loosing huge amount of royalty If Bellary district gained notoriety for illegal iron ore mining, Chikmagalur district seems to be following it’s foot steps for unabated illegal sand mining. Sand mining going on blatantly on the banks of river in Chikmagalur district.This surely does not require any proof …
Struggle continues: In KGF, no efforts are made to augment water supply The city, which saw no paucity of water as long as Bharat Gold Mines Limited was functioning, is now facing severe water crisis following the closure of the mines. The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) …
Kolar Gold Fields : During the begining of the monsoon heavy winds cause dust to fly from huge mounds which comprise waste from the gold mines which has been accumulated over a number of years. This dust, which is a waste product from the now dysfunctional Bharat Gold Mines Limited, …
Various works at a cost of Rs four crore will be undertaken in the town to over come water problems during summer, said S N Krishnaiah Setty, Chairman of Water Board. Water Board chairman S N Krishnaiah Setty paid a visit to the Bethamangala reservoir that supplies water to KGF. …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 30, 2010, 0:25 IST For former employees, there is still a pot of gold at the end of the Kolar rainbow - if only the govt allows them to look for it For most of the past decade, there has been precious little glitter for …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 30, 2010, 0:25 IST For former employees, there is still a pot of gold at the end of the Kolar rainbow - if only the govt allows them to look for it For most of the past decade, there has been precious little glitter for …
The authors report here the preliminary results of the study using monitored natural attenuation (MNA), referred to as intrinsic remediation, as an in situ treatment method in an abandoned gold mining site in Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka. The area is called the Kolar schist belt of south India, well-known for …
The Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) have long been declared a ghost town. Ever since the public sector Bharat Gold Mines Ltd (BGML) shut down operations in 2001, the whole area has worn a deserted look. That haunted aspect is getting more pronounced now with the mysterious and mass death of …
Following incidents of stomach pain, vomiting and fatigue among students after consuming tablets to prevent malaria, residents in the rural areas around KGF are apprehensive about consuming the pills. Students of Government Higher Primary School in Kammasandra were administered the tablets last Tuesday after cases of malaria were reported. One …
More than 70 students of Higher Primary School in Kammasandra took ill after they swallowed anti-malaria tablets on Tuesday. The Health Department staff had been distributing anti-malaria tablets in the village as the disease surfaced in the area recently. The tablets were distributed to students of fifth standard to seventh …
The Kolar Gold Fields is already gripped by water scarcity even before the onslaught of summer. Thanks to ineffecient supply of water to the town, the residents are feeling the heat of crisis. Summer is just a few weeks away and the citizens are already a worried lot. However, the …
DH News Service,KGF: The KGF gold mines, which is under the jurisdiction of the central government, should be handed over, like the Hutti mines. In this regard, we will hold a discussion with the chief minister, and a decision will be taken soon, legislator Y Sampangi said here. Speaking to …
Hurdles cropping up one by one are hindering the reopening of Kolar Gold mines. Few leaders of the Federation of BGML labour unions have identified loopholes in some conditions in the tender procedures and have submitted a writ petition in the court. It is more than a year since the …
From K M Balavenkatesh,KGF: Are the residents of KGF afraid of the Aashada wind? It appears so, for at the onset of the season, traders, farmers, and other residents residents look forward to this season with some amount of dread. Nearly seven years after the closure of the gold mines, …
respiratory ailments, soil and water contamination, thick blanket of dust, withering of cocunut trees and changes in land pattern use are some of the common features of the urban area around Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka. This is because of the mining going on since 1802, stated a study titled
