Heavy water loss through canal leak
Water leakage from major and distributary canals in Karnataka is as high as 18 tmc in a period ranging from 162 to 250 days according to a recent study conducted by the Water Resources Department. There were many reasons for the leakage including poor design of the canals. Realising that …
CM urged to persuade Maharashtra to release water
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has urged Chief Minister S M Krishna to persuade Maharashtra government to release at least four tmc of water to the Krishna river from Kalmmawadi barrage, following water scarcity being faced in villages in the districts of Belgaum, Bijapur and Bagalkot in Karnataka.
Trees along Campal route won't be unnecessarily axed : Parrikar
The Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today assured that rain trees along the D B Bandodkar Marg would not be axed unless all options were explored and that clear instructions on this had been given to the Conservator of Forests. "There is a need to widen the road from Campal to …
'Green B'lore' to be focus of BMP budget
The Bangalore Mahanagara palike budget for the year 2002-03 is said to have laid special emphasis on restoring the 'green glory' of the City by allocating Rs 8 crore for development of ten 'tourism parks', one model park in each of the 100 wards ad parks that will host military …
'Govt. mooted proposal to add more land in reserve forests'
The forest minister, Sri G C Langthasa, today informed the State Assembly that the Government has mooted a proposal to add 309135 hectares of additional land in the reserve, forests. Sir Langthasa said that the fight against the illegal felling of trees, the Assam Forest Regulation Act has been amended. …
Government to cut age old trees in Campal comes a cropper
Environmentalists, non-governmental organisations, residents of Panjim and all nature lovers today resolved to fight tooth and nail against any move made by government authorities to cut nearly 39 trees on the Campal-Miramar avenue for the widening of the road proposed by PWD.
Plan to fell green trees stalled
The Himachal Pradesh Government's plan to carry out green fellings to raise additional revenue has run into rough weather with the Supreme Court making it clear that "silvicultural removals" would be allowed in accordance with forest working plans only if the state concerned allocated a separate budget for the regeneration …
Tree Plantation Scheme runs to seed
The much hyped tree plantation scheme launched under the Tarun Trivani Van Yogna with an aim to increase the area under green cover has become the latest casualty of this trend. The scheme has come to a disastrous end in the district, thanks to the lack of budgetary as well …
'Green B'lore' to be focus of BMP budget
The Bangalore Mahanagara palike budget for the year 2002-03 is said to have laid special emphasis on restoring the 'green glory' of the City by allocating Rs 8 crore for development of ten 'tourism parks', one model park in each of the 100 wards ad parks that will host military …
CPM testing the waters at Panavally tribal belt
In a planned initiative to consolidate the elusive tribal segment - and hopefully checkmate C K Janu in her own turf - the CPM is leading over 160 families of landless tribesmen now busy clearing a 90-acre chunk of reserve forest at Panavally, Kerala, aiming to erect permanent huts there. …
Orissa BJP slams Govt. on illegal kendu trade
The BJP district unit president of Malkangiri has threatened to hold demonstrations and call for a district-wide bandh if the Orissa state government fails to act in checking illegal transport of kendu leaves. Mr. Somnath Madkamani, BJP district unit chief, along with seven zilla parishad members, alleged that the state …
Malaysia forest fire
Firefighters are battling to douse a blaze that has engulfed about 494 acres of mountain forest in northern Malaysia and could spread to neighbouring Thailand.
City inching towards acute water crisis
Acute water crisis seems imminent in Bhopal city even after stopping conduit channel to the Lower Lake from the Upper Lake and releasing from Kerva into the Upper Lake.
Campal trees to be axed for widening of roads
37 rain trees will have to be sacrificed on the altar of road widening of the Kala Academy to Miramar stretch, in Goa, proposed by the Public Works Department. From the 37 trees for which the Forest Department has already granted a NoC to the PWD, 22 belong to the …
Ecuador environment ministry suspends OCP license
Ecuador's Environment Ministry has temporarily suspended pipeline builder OCP Ecuador SA's license until it repairs damages near a protected forest, an official said this week. This Andean nation is counting on a new $1.1 billion pipeline to more than double its crude transport capacity to 850,000 barrels per day and …
Felling of trees: HC gives CDB more time for probe
A division bench of the Kerala High Court granted one more week to the Cochin Devaswom Board to conduct vigilance investigation with respect to the cutting and removing of valuable trees form the Thriuviluamala Villuadrinatha Temple premises.
Annan lists terror, AIDS as priorities for his term
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced a new UN reform effort to better address key priorities such as fighting poverty, terrorism, and AIDS and to solve the problems of too many meetings and reports. He said every UN department will be asked to review all its programs to see if they are …
Water supply dries up in the suburbs
Since the onset of summer, Tripunithura, Maradu and Kumalam areas which come under Tripunithura sub-division of Kerala Water Authority, have been facing acute water shortage. Although scores of temple ponds preserve the underground water source upto a certain extent, the fast spreading metropolitan flat culture and high potentiality of this …
