Jungle Lodges & Resorts (JLR), the state-owned eco-tourism company, is expanding its operations in the state to promote eco-tourism. It plans to open five more resorts in select locations, JLR managing director N D Tiwari said.
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.
The State Government has taken up survey of land with modern equipment in Bellary, Mysore, Hubli, Dharwad and Shimoga districts on a pilot basis. The survey would rectify the anomalies in land records.
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.
