As per the directives of the Mhadei water dispute tribunal Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka have submitted the names of their members who will be on the committee for monitoring the Kalsa work in Kankumbi. The Goa government has submitted the name of Srikant Patil, superintending engineer as a representative of …
As per the directives of the Mhadei water dispute tribunal Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka have submitted the names of their members who will be on the committee for monitoring the Kalsa work in Kankumbi. The Goa government has submitted the name of Srikant Patil, superintending engineer as a representative of …
BELGAUM: Agitated over the recent Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal’s (MWDT) ruling asking Karnataka to stop the flow of water to Malaprabha at Kankumbi, farmers in north Karnataka have planned a series of agitations and will also petition President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene in the matter. The aggrieved farmers have also …
As the chairman of the Mhadei water disputes tribunal has asked them to submit their say through the proper channels, representatives of non-governmental organizations, panchayats and environmentalists recently met at Belgaum and decided to file their petitions. From December 13 to 24, the Mhadei water disputes tribunal and the team …
The district administration is gearing up to crack the whip on illegal sand mining, in the light of reports that the menace had led to the Malaprabha river changing its course. The task force to curb illegal mining had found it difficult to rein in those extracting sand illegally as …
BELGAUM: Undeterred by Goa government’s efforts to seek a stay on the Kalsa-Bandura project, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar on Wednesday said his government will make every effort to complete and implement the water diversion project at the earliest. He was reacting to a question on the water levels in …
Kalasa-Banduri nala project envisages diversion of water from canal to Malaprabha The Kalasa-Banduri Horata Samiti, which is fighting for implementation of the Kalasa-Banduri nala project that envisages diversion of water from the Kalasa and Banduri Nala to Malaprabha river, has decided to meet Goa chief minister Manohar Parikkar and appeal …
Flood in north Karnataka region has claimed two lives. While, there was a decline in the release of water into most of the rivers from the dams, flood threat continued to loom over Rivers Krishna and Malaprabha. Belgaum district Sufiyaan Peerzade (12) was allegedly drowned in the Ghataprabha left bank …
Full two months into monsoon, water levels at major hydro-electric (power) generation reservoirs in Karnataka have increased substantially. According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, the level as on July 29, at Linganamakki, Supa and Varahi reservoirs has increased and is higher than the 10 years' average and …
Karnataka’s irrigation department has fast-tracked construction work to divert water from the Mahadayi river to the Malaprabha. The canal project is under dispute but the state’s water resources department is adamant that it is crucial to meet the drinking water needs of the twin towns, Hubli and Dharwad, that aim …
water feud: Acting on a petition against the Kalasa-Bhandura diversion project, the Karnataka high court has issued show cause notice to the state government and the Union ministry of environment and forests. The project will divert 7,560 million cubic metres of water from river Mandovi to river Malaprabha and displace …
Malaprabha river basin has been the study area for the development of comprehensive database on the status of water sector and the development of integrated hydro economic model for selected water services. Malaprabha river is a tributary river to the Krishna river and flows through the state of Karnataka in …
The fluoride contamination study has been carried out in ground waters of Khanapur, Bailhongal and Saundatti taluks of Malaprabha sub basin, Belgaum district, Karnataka. 21 samples were collected during the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon season of 1999.
the recent decision of Karnataka State Cabinet to go ahead with the Khalsa-Bandhura project on river Mhadei and the subsequent laying down of the foundation stone on September 22 at Kanakumbi village in Khanapur taluka of Belgaum district, despite strong protests from the Goa government, has initiated a bitter battle …
