Underground water level average recorded at 550 feet

The underground water levels have reached record lows, raising fears of a severe water crisis in the district.

Forest officers in the district are all set to participate in the three-day synchronised elephant census that will begin across six states on Tuesday.

Chamarajanagar district has the distinction of having the highest density of elephant population in the State. Bandipur National Park, Biligiriranganathaswamy Tiger Reserve Forest, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Kollegal Forest Division are other important habitats for elephants in the State. More than 600 enumerators, including forest watchers, students of forestry colleges, volunteers and representatives of NGOs working in the field of wildlife will take part in the census in the district’s forest region.

Reckless stone quarrying in eight sites within the limits of Malemahadeshwara and Edeyarahalli reserve forests in Kollegal taluk in the district, is posing a threat to the elephant corridor that falls within its boundaries.

Wild elephants found in the Biligiriranganathaswamy Tiger Reserve Forest in Chamarajnagar district. Sub-section 2 of Section 41 of the Karnataka Forests Act, 1969, prohibits any kind of non-forest activities within 100 mts of the reserve forest area.

It has become common for residents to enquire if they got water supply whenever they meet as water scarcity has become a major problem in the city.

Public can contribute to the corpus; thrust on education, research

An illegal garment dyeing unit at Terakanambi village. Even as the dyeing units are being set up in Terakanambi, Dollipura and Lokkanahalli of the district, the district administration and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) are looking the other way.