The government will soon publicize the draft rules for implementing the Union government's flagship law - Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act.

The revenue and parliamentary affairs department is looking into the issue. Officials said the government will not make new additions or deletions to the act; it is only finding out solutions to implement the legislation in the state’s context.

Bangalore: Just two days and 4,000 calls; the water crisis in the districts is severe, going by the distress calls flooding the state government’s toll-free number from Monday.

Experts say the state’s reservoirs have depleted, while 93% of lakes and tanks have dried up. The nearly empty reservoirs signal a grave situation not only for drinking water and irrigation, but also for power generation. About 60% of the state’s energy generation is from hydel sources. Experts say the groundwater situation is poor due to inadequate rainfall in the past three years.

Bangalore: The Karnataka government objected to the recommendations of the Dr K Kasturirangan committee to ban quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats.

Unsafe Handling Exposes Workers To Fumes, Acids

Taking up a PIL on felling of trees in Bangalore, the Karnataka high court asked the parties concerned to come up with suggestions on a system to keep a close watch on replanting of trees.

Even as the candidates vie with each other promising to solve city's water crisis, as many as 1,000 households in Vidyaranapura in North Bangalore have been parched for 15 days.

Overexploitation In Bangalore Urban, Rural, Says Report

Bangalore: The city stares at an arid future. Bangalore Urban and Rural districts, besides Chikkaballapur and Kolar, have exhausted their
groundwater, show statistics available with the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB).

Bangalore: Bangalore needs more water than ever before but its groundwater table is fast depleting, widening the gap between demand and supply.

A study on urban water management released at the Annual Water Conference, organized by CII Karnataka on Wednesday, suggests the city’s demand-supply gap is 750 million litres a day, and is expected to increase to 1,300 million litres by 2026.

Bangalore: “Let’s change Bangalore from a city of air conditioners to an air-conditioned city.”

To convey this message to citizens, cricketer Javagal Srinath has joined Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Robin Uthappa in spearheading Green Wicket, a campaign to make students more conscious about waste segregation, water conservation, saving energy and maintaining hygiene. It was launched by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on March 4.

Initiative Helps Them Run Weighing, Testing Machines On This Energy

Bangalore: Power interruptions don’t interrupt them. As many as 522 milk cooperatives in the state are using solar power to run electronic weighing and testing machines, all thanks to an initiative by the SELCO Foundation.