Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Successful Scheme: Although the Mysore zoo started the animal adoption scheme in 2001, it is only now that it is seeing some results, with some big names such as BKS Iyengar adopting animals, notes Shyam Sundar Vattam When K T Cariyappa adopted an elephant at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens of …
MYSORE: Wildlife biologist M.D. Madhusudhan has been awarded the Whitley Award in recognition of his work to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the Western Ghats. He is the Director of the Mysore-based Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF). The award, reckoned to be one of the most important international nature conservation awards, includes …
The illegal sand mining is being carried out unabated in Cauvery river thus polluting the water and affecting the aquatic life. Though the Department of Geology and Mining has given permission for sand mining in some places, several people are involved in illegal sand mining in the region. One can …
It appears that there is no way forward for the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) in Gonipura, near Bidadi. Residents of Gonipura and its surrounding villages are now threatening to halt the progress of Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) road construction along their lands. Under the umbrella of NICE Virodha …
Koppa, News Service: The waste produced during coffee pulping is very toxic and releasing this waste directly to the environment without processing it was a cause of concern for many planters. Mysore plantation in Koppa has become successful in setting up a coffee waste processing unit with the use of …
E S Sudheendra Prasad There are people who are taking to planting areca following the success of the industry, despite a slump in the prices of areca. At a time when the price of areca has come crashing down, there are still those who have found ways to make use …
It could have come from plants, thinks Karnataka Four wild elephants, found dead in Nanjangud, 25 km from Mysore, in November 2008, died of cyanide poisoning. Chemical analysis ordered by the Karnataka forest department has confirmed this. The deaths made the high court take notice for the first time of …
Villagers of Kolapura (H D Kote taluk) in Mysore district, had the shock of their lives on Saturday morning, when a wild tusker entered their village. Chaos ensued as panicky people and cattle ran helter-skelter to escape the tusker. A number of cattle that were tied up in a shed …
MYSORE, DHNS: An African female elephant housed at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore died on Monday. She was 44 years and one of the oldest inmates of the zoo. Zoo Executive Director Vijayranjan Singh told Deccan Herald that the zoo had procured a pair of African Elephants ' Jambi' and …
S V Upendra Charya Spread over 90 acres, a sewage filled shrinking tank, Karanji lake was revived by the Mysore Zoo Authority some thirty years ago under Asian Development Bank Project. Once a garbage dumping ground, Karanji Lake is today an eye-catching bird sanctuary surrounded by a lush green Nature …
The Pied Tit or White Naped tit has been spotted after a gap of 25 years in the state by Mysore-based ornithologists K B Sadananda and A Shivaprakash. White Naped Tit, which has been seen by just three avid bird watchers in the state in the last 25 years, has …
Report on mining irregularities in Karnataka is out A mining company in Andhra Pradesh has extended its area and operations into Bellary district in Karnataka, said an investigation of mining irregularities in Karnataka. Karnataka
By Shyam Sundar Vattam,DH News Service,Mysore: Stuck with no leads in the inquiry into mysterious death of four elephants in Nanjangud taluk last month, the Forest Department is mulling over entrusting the case to Corps of Detectives (CoD). Highly placed sources told Deccan Herald that the idea of referring the …
By Subhash Chandra N S,DH News Service,Bangalore: D Rajkumar, member of IFAW-WTI's Emergency Relief Network (ERN) and founder, Wildlife Conservation Foundation, and Karnataka Forest Department had revealed that, Atleast three large animals (of the size of a deer or bigger) are killed every month. So far, the deaths include tigers, …
The Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD) has submitted a comprehensive report in connection with the protection of the Gottigere lake on which the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) planned to build its road. In the submission, UDD stated that following a meeting with the Public Welfare Departments (PWD), Karnataka State …
By Shyam Sundar Vattam, DH News Service, Mysore: Kyata, a nine-year-old tusker, which is presently in a camp at Moorkal in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district for killing its mahout in K Gudi Forests of Chamarajanagar District last month, is in the news again. This time, the tusker broke an …
The halubidda kere is a familiar landmark in most of our villages. It is important that our tanks and lakes are revived, points out S V Upendra Charya Janagere, Arishinakunte, Challakere, Nagarabhavi, Bheemasamudra, Chamarajasagara (TG Halli), all have the lake or tank connection. The state is dotted with hundreds of …
Jusco: New feather in cap Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company Limited (Jusco), a Tata Steel subsidiary that takes care of water supply and other civic amenities of the city, has bagged a Rs 152-crore, six-year-long water management contract for Mysore, the city of the famed Vrindavan Gardens. Said to …
DH News Service,Mysore: To check the growing wild elephant-human conflicts, In-charge Deputy Conservator of Forests Yatish Kumar mooted a plan on the lines of South Africa to prevent wild elephants straying into human habitat in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts. In South Africa, railway tracks have been used as fence and …
