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 …
Though the use of non-standard plastic is banned, many hotels and food stalls in the city blatantly use it. Plastic bags are freely available in almost all shops, spelling trouble for environment. Prabhakar N, owner of a hotel near Srikantasharma Circle, said: "We get plastic bags easily in small shops. …
Karnataka is setting up a Natural Calamities Relief Fund with a corpus of Rs 125 crore to reduce hardships of the people hit by such disasters besides meeting the demands of the affected districts. This will cover man-made disasters which are not covered under the Centre's state disaster response fund …
Forest Minister Ramanath Rai on Wednesday stated that the State government has no plans of carving out new elephant corridor but has, nonetheless, allocated Rs 109.37 crore to a comprehensive project aimed at reducing man-animal conflict. The project has been envisaged for 15 districts which have seen heightened elephant activity. …
The government has prepared a Rs 109-crore comprehensive project to contain man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the increasing number of elephant attacks. Forests minister B Ramanatha Rai told the assembly on Monday that the proposal for the five-year project is under consideration. The districts proposed to be covered are …
The scheme aims to provide 30 kg rice every month to families under BPL at subsidised rate of Re 1 per kg via PDS The first populous scheme of the Karnataka government, Anna Bhagya rice scheme, as promised in its election manifesto, will be launched tomorrow in Mysore district benefiting …
Bangalore, known for its salubrious climate, according to Central Pollution Control Board Senior Scientist M Madhusudanan, is among 24 most critically polluted cities today. The reason for this dismal situation, according to him, is high density of vehicles, which are major contributors to air pollution. In order to reverse this …
Stressing upon the need to stop encroachments along the elephant corridor, the High Court, on Thursday, called for steps to stop incidents of elephants entering human habitats and repeated recurrences in the loss of both human and animal lives. Hearing a suo motu public interest litigation on man-elephant conflicts, the …
Huge profit margin lures even influential politicians. Illegal sand extraction from river beds in the district has become rampant due to great demand in Bangalore and Mysore — driven by boom in construction activities. While a load of sand costs Rs 10,000 in Mandya, it fetches up to Rs 25,000 …
The Health department on Wednesday confirmed that two people had died in the last five months, till May 28, due to dengue. After a day-long meeting with the District Health Officers (DHOs), Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader said the State would take utmost precaution in controlling …
MYSORE: Even as the number of dengue cases mounted on Monday, a six-year-child, who is tested positive to the fever, is battling for life at Cheluvamba Hospital for Women and Children. The number of suspected cases has risen to 41 from 36 at the hospital with five more getting admitted …
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil has said that the government would release Rs 38 crore to solve the drinking water problem in rural areas. He was addressing a press conference here on Sunday. “The water shortage problem is severe in villages. The deputy commissioners have been …
As a step towards increasing the capacity to detect, control and prevent food-borne and other infectious diseases, a proposal will be sent to the Centre by the State to include Mysore and Chitradurga under the Global Food-borne Infections Network (GFN). They will be included in the World Health Organisation (WHO) …
‘Chances of being infected with the disease lower during summer’ A total of four H1N1 cases have been reported in the district since January 2013. Of the cases reported, all the patients suffering from the influenza have been cured or are currently recuperating from the viral infection. District Surveillance Officer, …
Bangalore: The city had not had it so bad in recent past. With the inflow into the Krishnarajasagar reservoir reduced to a trickle, Bangaloreans can now only hope for unseasonal rain in May to escape the water crisis looming over the city. Authorities confirm that if the catchment areas of …
Though water levels at the Krishnaraja Sagar Reservoir have dropped alarmingly, official sources in Mysore have re-assured that water supply to Bangalore and Mysore will not be hit at least for the next two months, which is about the time when monsoon showers are expected. As on Saturday, water levels …
Bangalore: Karnataka is now home to 6,072 Asiatic elephants, 5,945 of which were spotted in the Mysore elephant reserve (MER) alone, according to the latest elephant census. The Karnataka Elephant Census 2012, conducted by the state forest department in May last year and carried out by the Centre for Ecological …
Get ready for water rationing. For, the Mysore City Corporation could impose this extraordinary measure well before the end of March to manage the water crisis. Notwithstanding the assertion of district minister SA Ramdas in January that drinking water supply won't be hit in the city till March-end, the local …
Supreme Court suggests Tamil Nadu take up the issue with Cauvery River Authority With Karnataka sticking to its stand that it cannot spare any quantum of water for Tamil Nadu to the detriment of its drinking water requirements, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested to Tamil Nadu that it take …
The Union government has sanctioned a Rs 402-crore contingency plan, under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme, to tide over the water crisis in the State. The move follows recommendations by task forces of various districts, said Revenue Secretary (disaster management) Tushar Girinath, here on Tuesday. He told a press …
Ensure equitable distribution of water for urban and rural areas, and for wildlife: organic farmer The State government has been urged to formulate a water policy for the Cauvery basin to harness the resource in a judicious and effective manner. The suggestion comes in the wake of unprecedented drought and …
