Bangalore: With a view to saving farmers from resorting to distress sale of paddy, owing to slump in prices, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said the Government will release Rs. 80 crore from the revolving fund and purchase paddy in Bellary, Koppal, Raichur, Davangere, Shimoga and Yadgir districts.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged the Rs 6,300 crore contract from Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL) for setting up a 1,600 MW supercritical thermal power project in Karnataka.
Rise in prices of essential commodities may have scourged the middle class most, but they are not ready to consume the PDS (public distribution system) rice (also called ration akki) available at lesser price despite it being good quality.
Devotees sacrificed thousands of rams and buffaloes at the Durugamma Devi Jathra in Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk on Sunday.
Buffalo bulls and rams sacrificed at Donnegudda village of Kushtagi taluk in Raichur district. dh PhotoThough the district administration claims to have stopped animal sacrifice in Donnegudda, the gory scene at the Jathra had a different story to tell.
While almost every individual across all sectors of employment have felt the heat of economic downturn, over 3,000 employees of the State-owned Hutti Gold Mines Limited (HGML) in Raichur district are having their best time ever.
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.
Sample this. For October 1, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) average rain forecast over Raichur district was 27 mm. However, the district was rainwashed with an unprecedented downpour of 198 mm on that day.
Satish Shile, Oct 12, DHNS, Talamari (Raichur district):
Talamari and Kukatanur, flood-hit villages on the banks of the River Tungabhadra, are just five kilometres apart and are in two different states. But in terms of flood relief works carried out by the respective governments (Talamari is in Karnataka, while Kukatanur is in Andhra Pradesh), the two could well be miles apart.
Bangalore: Northern Karnataka has gone virtually under water. Unprecedented rain and floods since Wednesday have cut off Raichur, Gulbarga, Bijapur, Koppal, Bellary and Bagalkot districts. Life came to a full stop on Friday with the collapse of road and communication networks and several trains to the region being cancelled.
