Those displaced by the Seabird naval project are fighting a legal battle for 30 years
Poor land owners in the taluk, who parted with their land for Asia’s biggest naval base, ‘INS Kadamba’ (Seabird), have been waging a protracted legal battle for over three decades for fair compensation.
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.
Petitioner says quarrying is being carried out on a portion of land given to NICE for BMIC project
The Karnataka High Court on Monday asked the State government to file a status report on the complaint that stone quarrying activities are going on on a portion of land, which was handed over to a private firm for the purpose of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project.
In a decision that is bound to antagonise conservation scientists, the State Forest Department has clamped down on field research in tiger reserves and will neither renew nor grant fresh permits to enter these forests.
The State's five tiger reserves — Bandipur, Nagarahole, Anshi-Dandeli, Bhadra and B.R. Hills — will no longer be accessible for field research, according to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests B.K. Singh.
The Karnataka Cabinet today approved creation of a state health systems commission to suggest ways and means to improve medical education, promote healthcare research and integration of Indian syst
Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda gave away the Krishi Ratna awards to 15 farmers from across the State for achieving high yields in 11 selected crops, at a function organised by the Agriculture department at the Vidhana Soudha on Thursday.
The government has been presenting the awards for the last three decades at the State, district and taluk level. For 2010-11, 70 farmers at the district level and 429 farmers at the taluk level received the award.
In a clear message to the Centre, the State government, toeing the line of the BJP central leadership, has decided to keep the CBI out of the State’s boundary as far as the investigations into illegal mining is concerned.
Speaking to Deccan Herald, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said: “We have no trust in the CBI and we do not think we want them to probe into illegal mining here. The Supreme Court had asked us to submit a status report on illegal mining. We have submitted that and also sought that the CBI does not investigate into the matter.”
Summer has just set in. But the demand for water has already hit the sky in most of the fringe areas of the City. However, the civic agencies are yet to take any concrete measures to tackle the acute shortage of water.
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has earmarked Rs 25 lakh per ward to sink new borewells and fit motors. But most of the Corporators and Palike officials are clueless about it.
