As the demand for a ban on endosulfan in India is gaining pitch, the pesticide associations are leaving no opportunity to vilify CSE for saving their US $ 100m market. CSE responds with the facts and a detailed chronology of events.
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition.
It is imperative for farmers to take up alternative jobs, along with farming to increase their income, said Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) Administrative Board Member Monappa Karkera inaugurating the
The DK district, which caused many eyebrows to raise by implementing projects worth Rs 12 crore in one month, last year, under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is slowly revealing the real story behind the entire mirage of
In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year.
In spite of lifting an average of 5 lakh litres of water everyday to meet the requirement of about 4,000 people, the rainwater harvest tank in the Yenepoya University premises at Deralakatte provides water for about 7 months in a year.
There is a need for energy security, but not at the cost of ecology and environment, said Dr G V Subramanyan, Advisor to Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), after visiting Horibetta, Bettakumeri and Hongadahalla, the proposed sites for Gundia Hydro Electric Project (GHEP) to be constructed in Hassan and
There is a need for energy security, but not at the cost of ecology and environment, said Dr G V Subramanyan, Advisor to Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), after visiting Horibetta, Bettakumeri and Hongadahalla, the proposed sites for Gundia Hydro Electric Project (GHEP) to be constructed in Hassan and
District-in-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar has said that land acquisition for II Phase of Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) will not be allowed at any cost in Dakshina Kannada district which has large area of cultivable and fertile land in several regions.
