AURANGABAD: In a bid to increase the state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, the social forestry department (Marathwada) will launch the fortnight-long 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' on Friday to spread awareness about the issue. Praveen Srivastava, chief conservator of forests and deputy director general, social …
Karwar: The station director of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station, J.P. Gupta, has denied that there was a security lapse on the part of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Kaiga. He said different government agencies were investigating the case of contamination of the drinking water by …
Mahesh Kulkarni / Karwar December 01, 2009, 1:27 IST About 50 employees are being interrogated. The Kaiga Atomic Power Station (KAPS) authorities have commenced investigation to identify the person responsible for poisoning the drinking water dispenser at the premises with radioactive isotope Tritium, a senior official said today. About 50 …
No radioactive threat to environment, employees; high-level probe ordered into the incident A day after the radiation leakage at the Kaiga power plant in Uttar Kannada district came to light, the Centre on Sunday said it suspected
Proposed plant is close to wildlife sanctuaries Application was rejected on October 13 Karwar: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has rejected the application of Bhoruka Energy Limited (BEL) to set up a thermal power plant at Halga village adjacent to Hanakon in Karwar taluk stating that it is …
The State government would take up Jala Nirmala scheme at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore in eleven districts of north Karnataka including Bagalkot, Bidar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Uttara Kannada. Home Minister V S Acharya, briefing the media after a Cabinet meeting, said that …
''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 …
As part of its initiative to grow and conserve medicinal plants, the Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation (KSFIC) will soon start a medicinal plant project at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada. "The project is under the active consideration of the national Medicinal Plants Board and is expected to be sanctioned anytime. …
At least 74 people died in rain-related incidents in Karnataka since June as the state received 391 mm of rainfall in the last one-and-half months against the normal average of 328 mm, Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy informed the assembly today. While 57 people were killed in June, 17 more …
Sandhya Hegde Almane Once, the Bachagaon forest region was famous for theft of timbers. Today, though, it is a plantation full of greenery. All thanks to the Bachagaon village forest committee (VFC), which has become a model to other VFCs by providing firewood to villagers and income to the committee …
The High Court has ordered notice to the Union Government and other departments over projects planned in Western Ghats, especially in Uttara Kannada (UK) district. The petitioner, Western Ghats Environment Forum, (WGEF) has moved the High Court against the proposed 137 mini hydel power projects in UK district. Western Ghats …
Bhakti V Hegde writes about the success of cleanliness campaigns in Dakshina Kannada district's Gram Panchayats. The success story of Sampoorna Swachatha Andolan is very much in keeping with Gandhi
Despite the challenge of population growth, India has managed to sustain a remarkable record in the preservation of biodiversity. Yet it might be able to achieve even more if the parameters of conservation policy are extended beyond the purview of just sanctuaries and national parks. New research suggests that certain …
Deepa Kozhisseri Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, have been rediscovered in Uttara Kannada district. Botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen …
Two species of trees, earlier considered extinct, rediscovered botanists have re-discovered two critically endangered tree species, earlier considered to be extinct. The trees that originated in southern Kerala have been discovered for the first time in some of the relic primeval evergreen forests of Uttara Kannada district in the Western …
A creative partnership between a farmer and a scientist has resulted in the creation of a disease tolerant bee strain that promises to revive bee-keeping in south Karnataka, Goa and Kerala. The bee strain is tolerant to the dreadedviral disease, Thai Sac Brood (TSB). The bees are also much more …
