State to seek Central aid to tackle drought, flood
The government is likely to seek financial aid from the Centre to tackle drought and floods in the State.Official sources said the government had prepared a memorandum seeking about Rs 475 crore to...
View ArticleDisaster response forces to come up in four cities
Units to be set up in B'lore, M'lore, Belgaum, GulbargaThe State government has decided to set up Disaster Response Forces (DRFs) in Bangalore, Mangalore, Belgaum and Gulbarga. The four DRFs, each with...
View ArticleJayalalitha's no to Karnataka hydel projects on Cauvery
She also requested the prime minister to tell the ministry of environment and forests not to give clearance to any project of KarnatakaTamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday urged Prime...
View ArticleKarnataka HC issues contempt notice to chief secretary over failure to...
The Karnataka High Court has issued a contempt notice to the state's Chief Secretary, S. V. Ranganath, for not constituting Lake Protection Committees as directed.
View ArticleWater contamination: HC directs meeting of civic agencies
The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to convene a meeting of officials from civic agencies on the supply of potable water to 110 villages under the jurisdiction of B
View Article‘KIADB can’t acquire land without issuing personal notice on land owners’
In a judgement that could prevent the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) from acquiring land behind the back of landowners, the Karnataka High Court has declared that serving pers
View ArticleKarnataka elephants suffer captivity-induced health problems
Elephants are highly social animals, which are active for 18 hours a day and travel as far as 30 miles a day.
View ArticleMoEF to lift ban on CEPI-listed critically polluted areas by Dec
The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) is gearing up to lift the moratorium on industrial expansion in 17 remaining clusters that are coming under the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB
View ArticleCentre to fast-track 40,000 MW of hydro projects
Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge) Jyotirditya Scindia on Tuesday said the government was making efforts to fast-track nearly 95 hydro power projects with a capacity of 40,000 MW to give
View ArticleRains fail to replenish lakes
Poorly managed drains, encroached catchment areas are culprits Heavy rain which lashed Bangalore for the last two days may have been a welcome development for a City reeling under a severe water crisis...
View ArticleSend SMS to get garbage cleared in Mangalore
: If you're worried about garbage piling up in your locality, just send an SMS to 9900536633 in this format -- COM, ward number, area/street name, waste not cleared for (number of) days. You'll receive
View ArticleNourishing hopes of a malnourishment-free society
The parents of Shoaib, five, and Imran, three, got worried when the staff of a Born Learning Centre (BLC), who visited their house at Hennur in the City five months ago, told them that the brothers were
View ArticleReconsider nod for Yettinahole project: Greens
The eco groups launch signature campaign against implementation of the scheme Terming the Yettinahole drinking water project as “ill conceived and skewed,” environment groups have launched a signature...
View ArticleWestern Ghats threatened by 'drinking water' project
Western Ghats may be in danger again. This time from a "drinking water" supply project. Yettinahole diversion project located in the ecologically sensitive zone as per the Western Ghats Ecology Expert
View ArticleE-waste units pose health problems
Bangalore: The IT City tag has come with a heavy price tag, thanks to negligence in electronic waste disposal and recycling by public and private sectors. A recent international study by scientists of...
View ArticleTreated wastewater goes down the drain: Report
Reclaimed Water Underused, Slurry Ends In Lakes: KSPCB Panel There are 626 sewage treatment plants in Bangalore, the highest in any city in the country. Together, these STPs can treat 834 million...
View ArticleCRZ violations: case of fence eating the crop
Several government projects have ‘technically’ flouted regulatory norms From bureaucratic tangles, lack of awareness – even by some government departments – to staff shortages, the implementation of...
View ArticleAnother BBMP junket to study garbage disposal
In the name of ridding Bangalore of its mounting garbage problem, senior officials are planning yet another trip to Salem in Tamil Nadu. This will be their third trip in as many years. As if the lessons
View ArticleComprehensive sand mining, stone-crushing policy on anvil
Karnataka government has made it mandatory for the Public Works Department to use only manufactured sand for construction, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said today. He said
View ArticleKarnataka mining: SC lets CBI act against officials
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the CBI to file FIRs, without the Karnataka government's consent, against government officials and exporters who indulged in the illegal export of iron ore.
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