To augment the drinking water supplied to the newly added BBMP areas under the Second Phase of Cauvery Water Supply IV Stage, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has decided to construct nine storage-cum-balancing reservoirs at key locations in these areas. One reservoir will come up in the core BBMP area.

The total cost incurred will be Rs 46 crores.

Even as experts and activists envelop prominent areas and forums of pro-wildlife arguments, there is still scope to play a part.

NEW DELHI: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has found

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8 Jan 2009, 1940 hrs IST, Sanjeev Choudhary, ET Bureau

The Power Minister said that the power tariff will not be hiked in near future. We do not want to burden people. Though Escoms have filed tariff revision applications before KERC, the Government will not approve any hike, he stated.

DH News Service,Madikeri:

Lack of maintenance has turned Abbey falls vicinity into a plastic zone. One can find only plastic bottles, heaps of papers everywhere near Abbey falls.

Tourists who visit Kodagu, never fail to visit Abbey falls. Those who want to be away from the concrete jungles of Bangalore and pollution will find heaven in Kodagu to spend their free time.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the setting up of a Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) was signed between the Government of Karnataka and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), here on Friday.

On or after the commencement of the Bangalore water supply and sewerage (Amendment) Act 2009 every owner or occupier who has constructed building in the site area 2400 square feet and above whether for residential/non residential/Government/commercial and any other purposes shall provide rain water harvesting structures within nine months from the date of commencement of the amendment Act 2009, in

The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), one of the 11 payloads on board India's Chandrayaan-I spacecraft, has taken composite image of the Orientale Basin region of the moon providing new information, the officials said.

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