Public sector power major National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is likely to delay implementing its 4,000 mw super critical thermal power project in Bijapur district, with local farmers demanding more compensation in return for their agricultural land, official sources said.
The state government has fixed Rs 4.75 lakh per acre for dry land and Rs 6 lakh for wet land
Climate change has resulted in several kinds of aberrations in the weather phenomenon all over the globe. The recent unprecedented rainfall leading to floods in 13 districts of North Karnataka was said to be one such event.
Raipur: A cholera outbreak may have gone undetected in South Bastar this monsoon. Since June, a steady stream of deaths have been reported in the Maoist-hit districts of Bijapur and Dantewada.
The Karnataka government on Monday decided to spend Rs.4,633 crore on 55 projects and programmes in the districts of north Karnataka for all-round development of the backward region.
"To bring about overall development of the Hyderabad-Karnataka region and remove regional imbalances, we have decided to implement 55 projects and programmes involving Rs.4,633 crore," Chief Minister B.S.
In view of the growing pressure to check illegal mining in Bellary, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said 20 squads had been appointed to check illegal mining in Karnataka.
Talking to the media after a review meeting in Bangalore on Tuesday, the Chief Minister reiterated his intention to stop illegal mining in the State and said the squads had been of great help in preventing illegal min
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said 20 squads are on the job to check illegal mining of iron ore and exports and rejected Opposition criticism that there is no let-up in the unlawful activity.
"13 joint squads have been activated. They are keeping a 24-hour vigil and discharging their duties," he told reporters here after a review meeting on the issue.
It is a battle over price of land between the State government and the farmers, whose properties are to be acquired for the construction of 4000-MW thermal power plant, at an estimated cost of Rs 20,000 crore by the National Thermal Power Corporation, near Kudagi in Basavana Bagewadi taluk in the district.
Raipur: Those who survive the bullets in Bastar, could die of ordinary disease, as the people of Bijapur district discovered, when it took 24 hours for medical help to arrive in seven interior villages gripped by a mysterious diarrhoea like epidemic. By then, 13 people had died, including eight women and three children.
As many as 236 villages in 13 districts of the State have been reeling under acute drinking water shortage. A sum of Rs 19 crore has been released to supply water through tankers to these villages.
