Drinking water is being provided to 100 places in the district, including 62 villages, through 130 tankers, Deputy Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad has said.
Presiding over a meeting of district-level officers here on Wednesday, he said that the number of places facing shortage of drinking water might increase in the coming days.
The Karnataka High Court has pulled up the State government for its alleged lacklustre attitude towards addressing malnutrition in the State.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B.V. Nagarathna, on Tuesday criticised the affidavit filed by the government, terming it “worthless.”
The State government has decided to supply drinking water to Bijapur and Chitradurga districts from reservoirs under the ‘Kannada Ganga’ water supply scheme in the coming days, said Minister for Law, Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Suresh Kumar.
Speaking with mediapersons here on Tuesday, he said this apart, the government will supply drinking water to towns and cities across the State under the scheme.
The Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA) on Monday launched a multi-disciplinary Indo-French research project titled ‘Adaptation of Irrigated Agriculture to Climate Change (AICHA).’
The study aims at developing an integrated model for analysing the impact of climate change on ground water-irrigated agriculture in south India.
For the residents of AMCO Layout at Kodigehalli, it’s a double whammy. They not only face acute water shortage, but also risk contracting water-borne diseases from contaminated borewell water.
The BWSSB is all set to disconnect water supply to houses, whose owners have failed to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures.
T Venkataraju, engineer-in-chief, BWSSB, said he has already instructed his executive engineers in various divisions to carry out inspections. “I have asked the engineers to visit the houses that come under the category of compulsory rule of RWH and inspect the structures. If RWH structure has not been
The onset of summer has brought with it the fear of spread of H1N1 influenza.
As many as 200 cases have been reported in the neighbouring city of Pune and so far nine people have reportedly succumbed to the virus. These numbers and the lack of screening of passengers from Pune for H1N1 before they enter the city has put residents here at risk.
A day care centre for the disabled, especially the endosulfan victims, which was opened in Kokkada town of Belthangady taluk almost a year ago, urgently needs a permanent building. But there is little hope it would materialise any time soon.
The CAG report has revealed that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) spent Rs 1.28 crore on developing a layout on the ‘encroached forest land’.
The Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) of the BDA served notices on khatedars on the land acquired in three survey numbers in Uttarahalli Manavarthe Kaval in January 2003. But, the deputy conservator of forests (DCF) for Bangalore Urban division filed the objections, stating that it was notified as forest land under the Government Order of 1934,
BJP, JD(S) members demand relief package. Parliament was adjourned on Thursday as members belonging to different parties created an uproar over the Cauvery water dispute and drought-like situation in Karnataka.
Soon after an obituary reference in the Lok Sabha, members stormed into the Well to raise their demands.
