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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding blast in quarry in Hirenagavalli, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka. Six people were killed in the quarry blast on February 22, 2021. The incident happened due to large amount of explosives at the site. District In-charge, who visited the spot said that the explosives were illegally …
The Karnataka Cabinet on Wednesday decided to reject the recommendations of the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats and convey the same to the Centre. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Law Minister T B Jayachandra said the decision was taken based on feedback from 1,592 villages in the Western Ghats …
District secretary holds drought review meet; water supply through tankers in 109 villages Chikkamagaluru district in-charge secretary Rajeev Chawla on Saturday instructed officials to ensure adequate supply of drinking water and fodder to livestock in the villages. Chairing a drought review meeting in the DC’s office here, he instructed the …
Joint Director of Agriculture Department H Kempegowda said 4,512 organic farmers in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikkamagaluru districts will receive organic certification from Karnataka State Organic Certification Agency. Speaking at the organic agricultural fair organised to create awareness on organic produce by the Agriculture and Horticulture Departments at Kadri Park …
GAURIBIDANUR (CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT): Until last month, Thimmakka had to blow her lungs out even to make a cup of coffee. And this had been her ritual for 40 years now. Not any more. Her kitchen is now fitted with an LPG stove. Like 274 other households in Vyachakurahalli of Gauribidanur …
MANGALURU: Environmentalists in Dakshina Kannada have urged the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to cancel the environment clearance given for Yettinahole project that is being implemented through Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited. Members of Sahyadri Samrakshana Sanchaya sent a memorandum to Union minister for environment and forest Prakash Javadekar …
Drinking water is being supplied in tankers to 700 villages in seven districts to mitigate drinking water shortage, Revenue Minister V Sreenivas Prasad informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Replying to a discussion on drinking water shortage in several pockets of the State, the minister said the government had released …
Legislators from the parched Kolar, Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts have decided take a delegation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, urging him to allocate adequate funds for Yettinahole project. Senior MLA K R Ramesh Kumar will lead the delegation, which is likely to meet the chief minister before the …
alarming: Illegal sand mining is rampant in villagers bordering Shidlaghatta and Chikkaballapur taluks. The rapidly-growing construction industry in Bangalore has fuelled an active ‘night life’ for villages in the surrounding districts. As the night falls, tens of trucks line up transporting illegally mined sand to Bangalore from the districts, taking …
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. …
The State government will soon launch a project to rejuvenate the groundwater table by constructing checkdams to aid the percolation of rainwater. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore, Minor Irrigation Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi said the project will be initially launched in five districts – Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Koppal, Gadag and Bijapur. …
Overexploitation In Bangalore Urban, Rural, Says Report Bangalore: The city stares at an arid future. Bangalore Urban and Rural districts, besides Chikkaballapur and Kolar, have exhausted their groundwater, show statistics available with the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). All taluks in these four districts fall under the “overexploited” category, where …
Bangalore: “Let’s change Bangalore from a city of air conditioners to an air-conditioned city.” To convey this message to citizens, cricketer Javagal Srinath has joined Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Robin Uthappa in spearheading Green Wicket, a campaign to make students more conscious about waste segregation, water conservation, saving energy …
In one of the largest irrigation proposals approved in recent times, the State Cabinet on Tuesday approved upgrading and modernisation projects worth Rs 333.77 crore along the entire Cauvery basin. Cabinet nod for Yettinahole II phase too; government to stand surety for KBJNL In one of the largest irrigation proposals …
Union oil minister M Veerappa Moily appears to have influenced the decisions of the Karnataka cabinet on Tuesday. With Lok Sabha polls fast approaching, the state cabinet approved revised estimates for the Ettinahole drinking water project at Rs 12,912 crore, and decided to give 283 acres to the Centre to …
New Delhi: Allaying apprehensions of environmentalists over Karnataka’s ambitious water supply project, the Centre on Tuesday said the scheme was meant for providing drinking water to many water-starved and drought-prone districts in the state and it had neither irrigation nor hydro power component. The project meant for supplying drinking water …
Has the Drinking Water Project (DWP) on Yettinahole river located in the minister of environment Veerappa Moily’s parliamentary constituency of Chikkaballapur flouted a host of environmental rules ? Environmentalists insist that the DWP is a misnomer as this has been designed as a major irrigation project which will require the …
The government is considering the possibility of mining sand from lakes in the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts and Ramanagara. The government has begun the tendering process for awarding works for mining sand from river fronts in the State, Minister for Public Works Department H C …
Panel favours drawing water from Linganamakki for parched districts Hydel power generation at the Linganamakki dam may take a beating, if the government goes ahead with the plan to draw water from the Sharavati river to meet Bangalore’s needs. Water is proposed to be drawn from a distance of 386 …
Engineering graduates among 1,858 land surveyors recruited Revenue Minister V Sreenivas Prasad on Wednesday announced that a re-survey of revenue lands in the State will be taken up under the National Land Records Modernisation Programme (NLRMP). The Centre has released Rs 14 crore for the project and, survey in five …
