The Government has released Rs 17 crore for the drinking water projects to supply water to Birur-Kadur town. The towns will receive permanent water within few months, said MLA K M Krishnamurthy.
Environmental orgnisations like Wild Cat -C, Nature Conservation Guild and Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust has urged the district administration to ban the use of elephants for timber work in coffee estates in Chikmagalur district.
The lush bamboo bushes have grown in Bhadra reserve forest. These bushes came to light during the elephant census which were held for the last three days in the reserve forest.
A letter from Public Works Department Executive Engineer to Hassan Circle Superintending Engineer has said that as many as 8 bridges belonging to Public Works Department are in disastrous state due to movement of sand laden heavy vehicles and illegal sand mining going on at Hemavathi river bed.
Peculiar symptoms are being noticed in people living in Machenahalli of Ambale village. Without proper information on the ailment which causes such symptoms, people are suspecting that they must be suffering from chikungunya.
Koracharahatti has Ayyanakere and Madagadakere, two largest lakes in the district, on its either sides but yet it was facing drought till about one-year-ago.
The Anti Naxal Squad after conducting combing operation in the Western Ghats for so many days are presently hunting for the answer for two major questions. Firstly, where have the naxalites gone and what are they doing?
Environmentalists from the district have said that Western Ghat Task Force President Ananth Hegde Ashisara should collect more lucid details on the plains, kavals and scrub jungle and then make statements.
