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 …
Over 26,000 Houses Collapse Bangalore: Northern Karnataka has gone virtually under water. Unprecedented rain and floods since Wednesday have cut off Raichur, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary and Bagalkot districts. Life came to a full stop on Friday with the collapse of road and communication networks and several trains to the …
''The State government has taken up measures to eliminate the power crisis thereby facilitating all the rural areas with uninterrupted power supply,'' said Energy Minister K S Eshwarappa. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the 220 KV DC line here on Tuesday, he said that the State was facing severe power …
Even as most parts of the State experienced monsoon bounty over the last few days, dark clouds of drought are hovering over the district. Crops sown in 82,000 hectares have failed owing to scanty rains. The district administration, in a letter addressed to the Gulbarga Regional Commissioner, has brought the …
Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) has claimed that the protests being held in Raichur about the installation of 2400 MW supercritical thermal power plant at Yedlapur and Yeramaras were unjustifed. KPCL MD S M Jaamdar said on Thursday that even though the land allotted to construct the plant in Yeramaras …
T.V. Sivanandan KIRADALLI TANDA (GULBARGA DISTRICT): Kiradalli Tanda, a small hamlet in a remote corner in Surpur taluk in Gulbarga district, is shunned by people from neighbouring villages owing to the outbreak of a rare form of skin cancer linked to suspected arsenic poisoning. Four village residents have fallen victim …
Once, the women of Muddana Guddi, a village in Raichur district, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, suffered from drought and poverty. With no alternatives except cursing their own troubles, they used to migrate to neighbouring states for work. Now, they are earning their own livelihoods by running a …
Nandini Chandrashekhar, Raichur, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone for the Yeramaras and Yedlapur Supercritical Thermal Power project on Tuesday. The site, which is located 6 kms from the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), will be home to two units of 800 MW each. The CM promised …
The state health department will gear up to tackle any outbreak of rain-related diseases in the State, Health Minister B Sriramulu said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with District Health Officers (DHOs) in Bangalore, Sriramulu said sufficient medicines will be stocked. The health department has also …
Ramareddy Alavandi Land prices have consequently shot up. The Shaktinagar campus area near Devasugur is ideal for industry, because of the availability of power, and water from the Krishna river. Thanks to the thermal power plant, the Shaktinagar campus area near Devasugur has grown into a huge town by itself. …
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 …
The State High Level Clearance Committee (SHLCC) headed by Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on Wednesday cleared 12 mega projects with an investment potential of Rs 7,080.38 crore, including two 600-MW thermal power plants proposed by the Karnataka Power Corporation in Raichur. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Yeddyurappa said the 12 projects …
D.K. Kishan Rao, Raichur: Laxmamma from Thimmapur village under Kanihal Gram Panchayat in Lingsugur taluk, has no more than two acres of dry land. Sunflower cultivation on this piece of land has failed owing to pest attack. Her survival depends on employment provided under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme …
After the Green Revolution and the large scale use of hybrid seeds, most traditional varieties of seeds and crops have disappeared. While it is true that hybrid seeds give more yields in the beginning, the use of chemical fertilizers results in reduced crops after a few years and leaves the …
The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) will invite tenders in a few months for setting up of a 1450 MW capacity Pumped Storage power generating units across Sharavathi and Kali rivers. The project, which involves pumping back of water used for generating power into reservoirs, aims at setting up a …
The Supreme Court Thursday held that no public will be entitled to file a public interest ligitation (PIL) in the matter concerning the sharing of water of any inter-state river and justified the construction of the hydro-electric project at Rajolibanda in Raichur district by the Karnataka government. While dismissing a …
Naxal presence in Karnataka was confined to the north of the state, particularly Raichur district, which borders Andhra Pradesh. Wildlife experts see no reason other than the eviction issue for Naxalism to flourish in the region. "Compared to the dry areas of Andhra Pradesh where the still-prevalent zamindari system breeds …
B R Hills (Karnataka): Hitting out at those who criticised the UPA Government's Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver for farmers, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said questions were not raised when industrialists defaulted on loans. "When one spends one rupee for the poor, everybody asks why we are spending …
Several parts of Karnataka have been receiving unseasonable rain damaging a variety of summer crops and forcing people to remain indoors in urban areas. Though the rain that has been occurring in the southern and coastal parts of the State intermittently for the past week has brought down the rising …
