Solid Waste

Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board regarding waste management in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, 07/07/2023

Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 234 of 2023 (in re News item published in Newspaper Deccan Herald dated 01.03.2023 titled Unregulated tourism pushing Gokarna to the edge).

Gokarna Grama Panchayat falls under the jurisdiction of Kumta taluk in Uttara Kannada district. There was a complaint of open burning of municipal solid waste in Gokarna and burying of MSW mainly in its beach area.

Judgement Date: 
07/07/2023
Tags:
Waste Management, Uttar Kannad, Beaches, Tourism, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Waste Disposal, Marine Pollution, Garbage, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Open Defecation, Sanitation, Gram Panchayat
Solid Waste

Around the landfill sites: a groundtruthing of solid waste management law across landfill sites in coastal areas of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka

Around the landfill sites: A groundtruthing of solid waste management law across landfill sites in coastal areas of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, highlights a community-led groundtruthing exercise in relation to the operation of municipal solid waste processing units and landfills along coastal Uttara Kannada in Karnataka.

Publication Date: 
09/03/2018
CPR-Namati Environmental Justice Program
Tags:
Landfill, Solid Waste, Waste Management, Uttar Kannad, Karnataka, Municipal Solid Waste
Solid Waste

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental clearance for establishing MSW plant, Manaki village, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, 08/02/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Narayana Manjunatha Hegde & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/02/2017 regarding Environment Clearance (EC) granted by the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Karnataka dated 17/02/2011 for establishing Municipal Solid Waste Plant (MSW Plant) in Manaki Village, Kumta Taluk, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka.

Judgement Date: 
08/02/2017
Tags:
Municipal Solid Waste, Uttar Kannad, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Forest Clearance, Karnataka
Environment

Karnataka highway project takes off without central nod

The State Highway 50 development project Stage-3, between Soraba in Shivamogga district and Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, has begun, allegedly without clearances from the Centre.

Publication Date: 
24/11/2016
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Highways, Environment Clearance (EC), Uttar Kannad, Wildlife, Environmental Security, Biodiversity, Deforestation, Environment
Mining

Illegal sand traders encroach upon Sharavati river in Karwar

Karwar: Officials might be boasting about containing illegal sand mining in Uttara Kannada, but the practice continues in the district.

Publication Date: 
21/09/2016
Times Of India (Hubli)
Tags:
Karnataka, Mining, Sand, Uttar Kannad, Coastal Regulations, Sharavasti
Biodiversity

IISc to rope in students for biodiversity map project

The Karnataka Biodiversity Board and the Western Ghats Task Force have entrusted the CES with the task to undertake the biodiversity mapping of Uttara Kannada.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Bosky Khanna
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Western Ghats, Uttar Kannad, Indian Institute Of Science (IISC), Biodiversity Conservation, Environment Education, Biodiversity
Forests

Karnataka to gift forest land to encroachers. Loss: 6L hectares

Bengaluru: Karnataka is likely to alienate 6 lakh hectares of forest land by regularizing encroachments below three acres, and reconsidering rejected applications for title deeds.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Forest Encroachments, Tribals, Uttar Kannad, Forests
Agriculture

Six more debt-burdened farmers commit suicide

Six debt-burdened farmers, including a woman, committed suicide in the State in the past 24 hours.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Farmers, Debt, Mysore (D), Dharwad (D), Gadag (D), Uttar Kannad
Health

Kaiga radiations not cause for cancer: Study

High tobacco consumption by people is the culprit, finds survey by Tata Hospital

Publication Date: 
10/06/2015
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Uttar Kannad, Cancer, Tobacco, Radiation, Environmentalists, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health Effects, Health
Environment

Greens take up cudgels against Tadadi project

The Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on Sunday wrote a letter to Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh, the Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner, opposing the construction

Publication Date: 
23/03/2015
Bosky Khanna
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Uttar Kannad, Public Hearing, Mangroves, Environmentalists, Biodiversity

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