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 …
To mitigate the impact of Indoor Air Pollution (IAP), Shell Foundation is initiating a campaign to create awareness on its hazardous effects, reports L Subramani Sauntering through the villages and small towns, it is not uncommon to see smoke emanating from the tiny windows of houses with thatched roofs. In …
From Shyam Sundar Vattam, Mysore: Authorities at the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Park, Mysore, are finding hard to push for the adoption of elephants because of the 'jumbo' cost involved in it. There has been just one instance of a pachyderm being adopted. The zoo has fixed a sum of Rs …
Even as the government confirmed "cyanide poison in ragi balls" as a cause for the elephants' death, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Forest Department to find out the culprits behind the episode in Kappasoge village near Nanjangud and submit a report before December 9. After registering a …
DH News Service, Mysore: A herd of elephants once again appeared near Hediyala Forest area on the border of Nanjangud and Gundlupet taluk of Mysore district on Monday. Just 24 hours after forest personnel drove back the big herd of elephants into Chikkadevaraya Betta forests, it surfaced again. When forest …
Within hours of the High Court issued a suo motu notice to State government on increasing elephant deaths, a meeting has decided to strengthen existing task force, form village committees and infuse additional funds to build up infrastructure to deal with wild elephants. These are some of the major decisions …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The alarming rate of serial deaths of elephants in recent days has prompted the Karnataka High Court to step in and demand an explanation from the public authorities concerned, both in the State and at the Centre. Taking suo motu cognisance of the serial death reports …
The 'serial killing' of elephants is cause for concern. They are known as gentle giants of our forests, but their end is getting increasingly painful and traumatic. The mounting elephant deaths in the State, particularly by electrocution, may make the rare sight of these majestic animals roaming the wild rarer. …
DH News Service, Mysore: In a tragic incident, four elephants including a mother and a calf have died under mysterious circumstances in Nanjangud taluk of Mysore district on Wednesday. While three elephants were found dead in an aqueduct built across Right Bank Canal of Kapila River near Kanenur village, another …
Mysore, dhns: Despite spending Rs 50 lakh to put up solar fence at Sollepura hamlet and other selected cluster villages to check the menace of wild elephants, it seem to be not working, for none has experienced a shock. Although it is
Mysore, dhns: The forest officials of Mysore Division seized three elephants belonging to a circus company in the city on Tuesday. Following complaints by two NGOs about the poor upkeep of the pachyderms at the Great Bombay Circus Company, the officials seized the jumbos and sent to Bannerghatta Biological Park …
S. Rajendran Bangalore: The State Government has introduced a hi-tech rationing system which will ensure the timely supply of foodgrains to people living below the poverty line and simultaneously prevent black-marketing and circulation of bogus ration cards. What has prompted the Yeddyurappa Government to launch this novel measure is the …
DH News Service, Mysore: As many as nine persons including a photo-journalist were injured when a leopard attacked them at K C Layout on the foothills of Chamundi, in Mysore, on Tuesday. All the injured are out of danger. However, the leopard succumbed to internal bleeding at around 2 pm. …
Bangalore, DHNS: The State Forest Department has been a mute spectator to the gross violation of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 as mechanised earthmoving equipment are being moved into the State protected areas and tiger reserves. The Wildlife First (WLF), which found this violation in Nagarhole National Park, has urged the …
karnataka is in the process of commissioning several coal-based power projects. To discuss their feasibility, the state's electricity regulatory commission conducted a public hearing in Bangalore. A proposed power plant at Chamalapura in Mysore district was the focus of the discussion. Public interest groups presented their reservation on the 1,000 …
Remote sensing provides a lucid and effective means for crop coverage identification. Crop coverage identification is a very important technique, as it provides vital information on the type and extent of crop cultivated in a particular area. This information has immense potential in the planning for further cultivation acivities and …
Political parties in Karnataka are still waiting to kickstart their campaigns for the Assembly elections next month but one person, though he is not in the electoral fray, has been campaigning with such gusto that even the Election Commission has begun taking note. Ashok Kheny, best known as the managing …
Three hundred ground water samples were collected from (North, South, East and West) zones wells and bore wells of Mysore city during pre monsoon, monsoon and post monsoon seasons of 2002-03. The present study was undertaken to assess the quality of ground water on the basis of hydro-chemistry to evaluate …
Prominent persons opposed the setting up of a coal-based thermal plant at Chamalapur near Mysore on Thursday and appealed to KERC to constitute an expert committee to study the inefficiency of the energy sector. They urged KERC to ask the government not to take up a thermal power project anywhere …
