Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil on Friday said six lakh community toilets would be constructed in rural areas during the current financial year.

The High Court on Friday disposed of a petition for CBI inquiry into illegal granite mining in Bagepalli town of Chikkaballapur district after the government agreed for a probe by the district’s Su

Residents of Carleston Nest, a 10-flat apartment on Lloyd Road, Cox Town, got a shock after their water bill for July shot up 171 per cent.

Reason: The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) had quietly issued a government notification on June 13, 2013, increasing water and sanitation charges for bulk consumers, including residents of high-rises, multi-storey buildings, villas and government housing complexes.

Public Works Department Minister H C Mahadevappa announced on Thursday that a new sand-mining policy will be formulated to control the growing sand mafia in the State.

Speaking to reporters here, Mahadevappa said that the new policy will be ready in the next month and a half, after a sub-committee was formed under his chairmanship.

Stressing upon the need to stop encroachments along the elephant corridor, the High Court, on Thursday, called for steps to stop incidents of elephants entering human habitats and repeated recurren

Encroachment of forest land, deforestation and degradation are affecting the development of forest in the State, said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Dipak Sarmah.

Despite undertaking plantation on nearly 80,000 hectares every year, there is only a minor increase in the forest cover in Karnataka, “In the last three years, wildlife forest has increased from 6,500 sq km to 9,200 sq km and the department is expecting to increase it further 10,000 sq km,” added Sarmah.

Committee will comprise industries and vendors

In order to reduce the burden on landfill sites, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will constitute a panel of industries and vendors to sort out ‘best out of waste’ from the garbage heaps in the City.

The unrelenting noise from the rising vehicular traffic around schools in the City has an immediate cause for worry: 

Reduced attention span and memory in elementary school children, as established again by a recent study conducted in partnership with the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).

Pollutant levels skyrocket to three times the permissible limit

The deadliest pollutant in Bangalore’s air, the Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) has gone up to an astounding 200 to 300 per cent of the permissible limits.

It is difficult to predict the situation next month, says minister.