The government is considering the possibility of mining sand from lakes in the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bangalore Urban and Rural districts and Ramanagara.

The government has begun the tendering process for awarding works for mining sand from river fronts in the State, Minister for Public Works Department H C Mahadevappa has said.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 'B' category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 ‘B’ category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

Crested serpent eagle, one of the birds sighted during the census.

The Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS), where tigers have been sighted recently, is also rich in bird diversity. The first-ever bird survey, which concluded on Sunday, recorded 19 more bird species than compiled earlier. Of the new species, at least 13 are confirmed to have been reported here for the first time.

Major firms outsource job to small units which release effluents unscientifically
It is feared that closing down polluting electroplating industries may render hundreds of workers jobless.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will close down around 50 electroplating industries in Peenya industrial area and its surrounding areas alone in another two months. This is being done because of the environmental threat they pose, especially to surrounding residential areas.

it's a right: Volunteers take part in the campaign against privatisation of water in Bangalore on Monday.

In a bid to stop water privatisation in all its forms in Karnataka, ‘Namma Neeru’ – a month-long campaign – was launched on Monday.
Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy flagged off the initiative started by a non-governmental organisation called People’s Campaign for Right to Water. He said privatisation of water is against the Indian Constitution and social justice.

Water bodies in the City are fast vanishing due to rampant encroachment.

A report on the condition of lakes in the City is being prepared by lake activists under the aegis of Save Bangalore Lake Trust.
Under the initiative, the volunteers will document the quality of water, the extent of encroachment on the lakes and other crucial information. The photographs of the lakes will also be taken for documentation. The data is being gathered from the local community and also through RTE queries.

The State Cabinet sub-committee on Western Ghats, on Thursday, resolved to hold the rights to review the red industries mentioned in the Kasturirangan report.

In a meeting chaired by Forest and Environment Minister, Ramanath Rai, the sub-committee took the decision to review the State-owned red industries set up in the Ecologically Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of the Western Ghats.

Lead content in the dust, if not checked every day, can turn hazardous.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has written to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clean the pavements and construct better roads to check air pollution levels in the City.

The dist accounts for 23 pc of total encroachments in State

A whopping 35,946 acres of forest land in Chikmagalur district, especially in the Sringeri range forest, has been encroached upon, according to documents submitted by the Samaj Parivarthan Samudaya (SPS) to the High Court, along with an affidavit.

Plans to run public transport buses on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the City may not materialise in the near future as the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) says the option is