Bangalore : While economical losses due to illegal mining in Bellary is pegged at around Rs 16,000 crore, what is more shocking is the ecological shock that the district has been subjected to.
Yeddyurappa, who has filed the petition in his name, has made the Karnataka Lokayukta the respondent in the matter. He has submitted that the findings by the agency were based on presumption and not on any evidence, for him to be booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Bellary : Three workers, including an assistant manager, died on the spot after inhaling carbon monoxide at the Jindal (JSW) steel factory at Toranagal in Bellary district early Tuesday morning.
Outgoing Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa today moved the Karnataka High Court for quashing the Lokayukta’s report which indicted him in the illegal mining case that eventually cost his job.
Days after the Supreme Court temporarily banned mining in Bellary, the suspended miners want the state’s forest department to share responsibility for the environmental degradation.
Mangalore: The Mangalore City Coporation had been mulling on providing uninterrupted water supply in its limits for quite some time now. Now the proposal on the 24X7 water is ready. The total estimated cost of the project would be Rs 138 crore.
Bangalore : In a classic case of official apathy, the country’s first energy park at the City’s Indira Gandhi Musical Fountain has been allowed to die a quick death within years of its launch, resulting in a loss of crores of rupees to the exchequer.
