Five districts have reported an outbreak of malaria recently, in Karnataka. Although the State is doing quite well in terms of implementing the Central Government's National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), malaria cases have been reported every year from endemic pockets.
Malaria which was widespread in a few villages of Bijapur and Bagalkot districts, located at the tail end of Krishna River, has been brought under control.
Out of the 3,500 blood samples colletected from several villages, only 236 have tested positive for the disease, said Malaria Prevention Unit
Preparations are on to lay foundation stone for the ambitious thermal power plant unit on April 3 near Kudigi in Bijapur district though land acquisition process is not yet over.
The farmers who have received acquisition notices to part with their land for the project, are unhappy that the foundation-laying ceremony is organised in a hurry even before fixing the rate for the land.
Two steel giants, ArcelorMittal and POSCO, were granted the green signal on Tuesday, with the High Level Clearance Committee headed by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa according an in-principle approval for implementing their mega steel manufacturing projects.
Rich uranium deposits, a major element in nuclear power generation and its related activities, has been found in the Bhima river belt of Karnataka, ranging from Sedam in Gulbarga district to Muddebihal in Bijapur district. This is as per the intensive survey conducted by the Department of Atomic Energy.
The State government would take up Jala Nirmala scheme at the cost of Rs 1,100 crore in eleven districts of north Karnataka including Bagalkot, Bidar, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur and Uttara Kannada.
The River Don is not as devastating as the Huang Ho, described as sorrow of China, or Kosi in Bihar. But it leaves a trail of destruction during the monsoon, severely affecting the lives of the people living on the banks.
changing course: Silt accumulated in river Don, near Sarawada in Bijapur taluk. DH PHOTO
The recent floods have caused a crop loss worth Rs 850 crore in Bijapur district alone. Of this, the loss to horticultural and agricultural crops is estimated at Rs 462 crore.
Crops destroyed near Nada B K in Sindhagi taluk. dh photoOnions, groundnuts, banana, tur dal crop have been completely destroyed.
