Foundation Day and college day celebration of College of Fisheries Mangalore was held on Monday.
Delivering the presidential address, College of Fisheries Director Dr Y Basavaraju said that College of Fisheries is handling projects worth Rs 15 crore at present.
Pradesh Samrakshana Vedike has accused MSEZ Ltd of constructing a road on agricultural land at Kudubi Padavu in Permude of Mangalore taluk illegally and by force.
Farmers and farmer leaders staged a protest at Taluk Office premises against issue of notice to farmers of 6 villages in Kasaba hobli for land acquisition.
Following a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report about high levels of pollution in Mangalore, the State government has sent a team of scientists and officials to probe matters of air, land and water pollution in the area.
As many as 23 Gram Panchayats in the district will be receiving Nirmal Gram Puraskar on January 28. With this all 203 GPs in the district will be getting the Nirmal Gram tag.
District Chief Planning Officer T J Takat Rao informed this to the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting chaired by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel at Zilla Panchayat here on Wednesday.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said that the government will not acquire additional land for the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) using force.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said that farmers will be convinced and only non-agricultural land will be acquired after ensuring proper rehabilitation.
The acquisition of 4 acre land in survey number 27 and 32 linking Permude and R & R colony is extremely important to provide basic amenity and accommodate festivity rituals of people residing in the Permude R&R colony, states a press release issued by MSEZ.
'Solid waste management is posing a challenge. A situation has arisen wherein people are not allowing to earmark land for the waste disposal,' said Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj.
