BENGALURU: Forest fires have reduced 35,891 acres to cinders in Karnataka in the past five years, and the year 2019 has taken the lead with the blaze in Bandipur National Park razing 15,000 acres. The worst-hit districts are Belagavi, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga. “Karnataka forest …
Deaths in Belgaum, Kodagu, Udupi dists Bangalore: Rain woes continued on Friday also, with several parts of the State receiving heavy rainfall. Four persons lost their lives - two in Belgaum and one each in Udupi and Kodagu districts. As many as 13 houses have partially collapsed in Haveri district, …
Union Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal has urged Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to clear the roadblock in Kodagu, which has stagnated works on the 440-KV power transmission line between Kozhikode in Kerala to Mysore. Addressing reporters after his meeting with Yeddyurappa in the City on Thursday, …
Bangalore, While the Health Ministry may maintain that the incidence of cholera has seen a decline, experts feel otherwise. Hence, a new live oral cholera vaccine (IOCV) using recombinant technology will begin phase II clinical trial, this month. Funded and developed by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and …
A decision has been taken to submit a proposal to the Central government with the intention to establish a rehabilitation and training centre of elephants in Hemavati backwater region of Hassan district, informed Forest Minister C H Vijaya Shankar. Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of Ambedkar Jayanthi celebration …
The State government has released a sum of Rs 30 lakh for solving drinking water problem in Kodagu district. The two assembly constituencies will get Rs 15 lakh each. The State government has given the direction to take measure to solve drinking water woes in the district and dig borewells …
Karnataka has banned cultivation of eucalyptus in malnad (hill area) and semi-malnad areas. Malnad areas constitute districts of Shimoga, Chikmaglur, Hassan, Uttara Kannada and Kodagu districts covering forests of western and eastern slopes of the Western Ghats since it poses a danger to soil fertility. According to a notification issued …
The government has released an additional sum of Rs 3.35 crore for the ambitious Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). With this, a sum of Rs 22 crore was available for the district during 2010-11. The State government has released the funds to Gram Panchayats online. Of the …
In a drinking water catastrophe, two people have been dead and 17 are ill due to drinking the polluted water in Valagunda Scheduled Tribes Haadi. Aftermath of the situation has brought a mourning atmosphere in the Haadi with 22 houses in the region having a deserted look. The condition has …
Jeevan Chinnappa Madikeri: Swarms of grasshoppers, disconcertingly resembling locusts, have descended upon parts of southern Kodagu, making farmers anxious about possible damage to their crops. However, scientists at the College of Forestry in Ponnampet, who have since been flooded with anxious phone calls, said that they had not noticed the …
The Kodagu Zilla Panchayat has submitted a proposal to the government seeking Rs five crore additional sanction for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), despite the fact that the district is lagging behind in its implementation. A total of Rs 9.04 crore was sanctioned for …
Urging the government to contain wild elephant menace and to announce compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of those who were killed in wild elephant attack, estate labourers under the aegis of United Plantation Workers Union staged a protest in Fort premises on Tuesday. The plantation workers took …
The State Government has asked the district administration to identify 70 acre of levelled, private land for establishing mini airport in Kodagu district. The order comes in wake of rejection of four to five government land shown to Airport Authority of India to establish the proposed airport. With this development, …
City Municipal Council (CMC) approved the 'Kundamestri' drinking water project during the Council special meet on Tuesday, amidst fierce opposition from opposition members. Council has decided to send a report in this regard to the State government. The meet held to make final decision on Bethri or Kundamestri project was …
Madikeri CMC general meeting decided to allow MP and MLAs to take a decision on Kundamestri or Betri drinking water project within a week. The CMC in association with MP and MLAs will decide whether Kundamestri or Betri project should be implemented in the district. The CMC general body meeting …
The world is making progress in all fields. The vision 2020 of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam is a guide for all. We have to march forward in this direction, said Minister for Agricultural Marketing and Sugar Shivaraj S Thangadagi. Speaking after hoisting the flag at the 64th Independence …
The decision on the proposal of Rs 12.96 crore which was submitted to the government to undertake drinking water projects in the district will be taken within 10 to 15 days and all efforts will be made to get additional funds from the government, said ZP President V M Vijaya …
