Bangalore, DHNS:

The tremor on Friday morning in Bangalore has no connection with the earthquakes that hit many parts of the world and geologists believe that it was only a local phenomenon.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

A temblor shook the southern parts of Bangalore on Friday morning. No loss of property or life was reported, but it certainly sparked panic.

By Satish Shile, DH News Service, Bangalore:

Like coriander and hyacinths, milk samples too have been found to contain traces of lead (pb) which can cause serious health disorders.

Students of Reva Institute of Science & Management collected milk samples in Bangalore and on the outskirts and subjected them to lab tests.

By P M Raghunandan, DH News Service, Bangalore:

Call it a 100 days' gift to Bangaloreans. The State government has in one go sanctioned a whopping Rs 1,044 crore for upgrading infrastructure in Bangalore.

DH News Service, Bangalore:
The State Government on Monday announced the release of Rs 200 crore for the Bangalore Metro Rail project. This amount is part of the Rs 700 crore sanctioned for the project in this years budget.

Incidentally, this is the single largest release by the State Government for the prestigious Metro Rail project.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that the board of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) had given its green signal for the proposed extension of the Namma Metro project.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

'Voices from the Waters 2008' - the third International Film Festival on water, is being organised in Bangalore from September 13 to 18.

Touted to be the biggest festival in the world on the subject, the film festival will provide a platform for learning, interaction, debate and celebration of water as a precious natural resource.

Karnataka forest department critiques model to save lakes the Karnataka forest department has recently come out with its assessment of the impact of leasing lakes to private players in Bangalore. Saying that the lakes were being destroyed, the department has come down heavily on the activities of private players. The assessment comes after the High Court of Karnataka directed the department

Bangalore, DHNS:
The High Court has stayed the auction of a plot of land at K Gollahalli in Kengeri Hobli.

Following a public Interest Litigation by R Suresh and others, residents of Gollahalli village, the Court has stayed the auction of over four acres land, which was scheduled on August 27, 2008. The petitioners said that the land being an agro zone cannot be auctioned for any other purpose.

Cancellation

By Satish Shile, DH News Service, Bangalore:
Chemistry students of MES College in Malleswaram were into a rude shock after conducting an experiment to check the quantity of lead in a Ganesha idol...

They immersed a painted Ganesha idol weighing one kg in fresh water only to find that the quantity of lead had gone up from 3 micro gram per deci litre (100 ml) to 8.6 micro gram deci litre! However, permitted limit of lead quantity in drinking water is only 1 micro gram per deci litre. This sums up the ill-effect of using painted Ganesha idols.

By Kalyan Ray, DH News Service, New Delhi:

Farmers in and around Bangalore are relying substantially on untreated urban waste water for their produce, which not only increase the consumers health risks but also convert farmers into destitutes.

This is the finding of a survey that analysed the quality and usage of waste water for 53 cities in developing countries. Carried out by International Water Management Institute (IWMI), it was released in Stockholm on Monday.