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 …
Based on the direction from the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) issued guidelines to the Government of Karnataka(GoK) to get R&R Plans for the individual open cast iron ore mine leases of the area prepared by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). ICFRE has …
Gender analysis along the agricultural value chain enhances our understanding about the roles performed by men and women in the value chain and in forward and backward linkages, their access to productive resources, opportunities available for valueaddition and benefit sharing, both as individuals and group enterprises. The gender roles in …
India's leading renewable energy Independent Power Producer, today announced the commissioning of its 300 MW solar plant at the Pavagada Solar Park, located in Tumkur district in Karnataka. This is ReNew Power's largest solar plant commissioned in terms of capacity till date and will help mitigate 0.6 million tonnes of …
The Supreme Court today rejected a plea of an industrial body to do away with the need for depositing 10 per cent of the sale proceeds of minerals in Karnataka with the District Mineral Foundation (DMF). The Federation of Indian Mining Industry (FIMI) (Southern Region) in its plea claimed that …
Govt planning to divert R&R; plan funds to Tumakuru-Davangere rail line The Supreme Court's decision to uphold its earlier order asking the mining companies to part with 10% of sale proceeds to the authority for the reclamation and rehabilitation (R&R;) plan has raised fresh hopes among the people living in …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Others Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 21/03/2017 regarding mining lessees to pay 10% of the sale proceeds of mining to the Monitoring Committee for eventual transfer to the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that …
BENGALURU: With the world's largest solar park in its backyard, Karnataka will soon become a solar-powered state. The first phase of 2,000 megawatt (MW) solar park at Pavagada in Tumakuru district, about 180 km from here, is expected to be operational by April-May 2017. "To start with, power sale agreements …
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Karnataka government for conducting a fresh survey disregarding its 2013 order for shifting the boundary of a private lessee of iron ore mining. A three-judge bench presided over by Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday reprimanded the Essar Steel (Hazira) and the Karnataka government …
Having a plan to invest up to 400 million euros in solar projects in India, Finnish firm Fortum is looking at greenfield plants to maximise its returns. "Our keenness is that we want to look at greenfield (new) projects. We want to look at National Solar Mission projects where counter …
The projects have been awarded through open category under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Tata Power Renewable Energy on Thursday announced that it has won two solar-grid connected photovoltaic projects of 50 Mw capacity each in Karnataka. "Company's 100 per cent subsidiary, Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) has won …
The number of H1N1 cases reported in the State since January 2015 till date, is the highest in seven years. As many as 3032 cases of swine flu were reported in the first four months of the current year. Even during the 2010 outbreak, which had triggered a panic in …
Ground water is fast depleting the in the district. Efforts to get ground water by digging deep into the ground have failed in most of the places. Only a few parts in Gubbi, Turuvekere, Kunigal and Tiptur in the jurisdiction of Hemavathi canal are getting ground water at a depth …
Lokayukta Y. Bhaskar Rao has said the ongoing probe by the Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT) into illegal mining and export of iron ore is continuing on expected lines and it may take some time before charge sheets are filed. Mr. Bhaskar Rao, who was here to hear petitions and …
Presence of fresh water zones below the upper saline layers in the deserts of Jaisalmer, arsenic-free aquifer after the top zone in Bihar and water-bearing aquifer at a depth of 200 metres in the hard rock areas of Tumkur, Karnataka are among some of interesting findings that emerged from Heliborne …
Bengaluru: Greed is once again rearing its ugly head in iron-ore rich Bellary. Already nearly sucked dry of its natural resources by indiscriminate mining, the district has been presented with another goldmine for the corrupt to fill their coffers with - the Rs 30,000 crore Comprehensive Environment Plan for the …
Villagers of Kunigal taluk in Tumkur district dreaded a private company which was on the verge of commencing mining in the area, posing a threat to a dam built by Sir MVisvesvaraya at Markonahalli in 1940.But they can rest easy following the state government's decision not to grant any quarrying …
Parched areas in South India may no longer be water starved if Karnataka plans to link Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery in consulation with the states concerned succeed. "The government is planning to link these rivers - Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery - to solve water problems afflicting parched areas …
Faced with inordinate delay in securing statutory approvals from various state and central government departments for restarting mines, Karnataka-based iron ore miners have sought approval for enhancement of annual production of operating mines under both Category A and B. The Karnataka government and steel companies have also joined hands in …
Tension prevailed for some time at the newly set up solid waste management plant at Ajjagondanahalli near here on Tuesday as villagers tried to stop MLA Rafeek Ahmed and Deputy Commissioner S K Sathyamurthy from entering the plant premises. Like the people of Mandur, the villagers here fear that the …
Karnataka requires a staggering Rs 52,000 crore to tide over its drinking water crisis. Of the 59,753 habitations in the state, 32,000 face a shortage. "We are completely dependent on borewells, which are either drying up or supply contaminated water,'' water resources minister HK Patil told the assembly on Wednesday. …
