Despite oppositions from various quarters, sand mining has been going on relentlessly on Hemavathi river bed in the taluk.
Illegal sand mining on Hemavathi river-bed. dh photo Mines and Geology department has identified 26 spots in the taluk where mining operation will be auctioned.
The illegal mining issue rocked the Legislative Council on Wednesday as accusations were hurled back and forth between the ruling party and opposition benches.
Replying to a call attention motion on the alleged flouting of rules while granting mining permits in Bellary, Home Minister V S Acharya defended saying that all permits were being granted in accordance to rules.
Madikeri: The long pending demand of the citizens of Kodagu may be realised with the Union Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee proposing a survey for the Mysore-Madikeri- Mangalore railwayline.
The Minister has also announced the survey for Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikeri route. With this hopes have been raised for the railway connectivity of the district with the rest of the State.
Welcoming the proposed ban on cow slaughter, animals activist and MP Maneka Gandhi said stringent laws were needed to avoid animal sacrifice in the name of religion.
Activists should strengthen their fight for better treatment of animals.
This study was conducted to document the prevalence of obesity, overweight and underweight in the school children aged 5 to 16 years from Mysore. 5 Principal Investigators and 13 Co-Investigators trained the teachers of 139 schools. A total of 43152 school children (23527 boys and 19625 girls) were surveyed.
Sand truck owners under the aegis of Mysore City Local Lorry Owners Association took out a mammoth procession in Mysore on Tuesday protesting against restriction being imposed on sand mining in the district.
Bangalore: People who are losing their land to the first township proposed as part of the contentious Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMICP) held a demonstration in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on M.G. Road here on Wednesday to protest against the acquisition which they said went against court verdicts.
Minister for Large Scale and Medium Industries Murugesh Nirani said 1.5 lakh acres of non-cultivable land is being identified in the State for future industrial investments.
Successful Scheme: Although the Mysore zoo started the animal adoption scheme in 2001, it is only now that it is seeing some results, with some big names such as BKS Iyengar adopting animals, notes Shyam Sundar Vattam
