Raging fire engulfs vast forest lands including Chamundi Hill CM orders aerial survey using Army choppers Bandipur: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy this morning instructed officials to conduct an aerial survey on the loss of forest cover using army helicopters. The CM also directed the officials to draw water from Nugu dam in Chamarajanagar district to…
Mysuru: Many fire mishaps were reported in city yesterday with a part of Chamundi Hill catching fire this noon. Fire was spotted on Chamundi Hill near Uttanahalli junction on Mysuru-Nanjangud road which began to spread due to dry leaves. Soon, fire tenders from Saraswathipuram rushed to the spot and began to douse the fire. Students…
Mysuru: Forest Minister Satish Jarkiholi yesterday visited the fire ravaged Bandipur and took stock of the situation. Speaking after visiting the fire spots along with forest officials, the Minister said that about 2,500 hectares of forest has been destroyed by the fire and added that the first priority was to control the fire and later…
Yesterday, some volunteers, who were engaged in dousing fires in Gopalaswamy Hill forest range, found that miscreants had set dry elephant dung on fire and immediately doused it, thus averting fire from spreading to other parts. Miscreants had heaped up dry elephant dung and set fire to it. Miscreants are known for setting dried elephant…
Mysuru: Everyone talks about how Kukkarahalli Lake that comes under University of Mysore (UoM), is stinking due to flow of sewage water and how plastic is strewn all around the lake in spite of the efforts of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to keep the place clean, especially with Swachh Bharat campaign at its peak….
Mysuru: The Joint Director of Agriculture has in a press release requested all small and marginal farmers of the district, who owns below two hectares of land, to submit their applications in the prescribed form to receive the first instalment of Rs. 2,000 under PM Kisan scheme. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme…
Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha and MLA L. Nagendra, along with officials of Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB), inspected various development works under the Remodelling of Water Distribution Network and 24X7 Water Supply at Yadavagiri where ground and high level water tanks are being constructed. They found that 80 percent of the work…
Gundlupet: The State Government proposes to open 11,000 public schools in the State, said Chamarajanagar District in-charge and Backward Classes Welfare Minister C. Puttaranga Shetty. He was speaking after distributing cycles to school children and inaugurating a laboratory at Hangala village in the taluk, at a function organised by the Department of Public Instruction and…
Mysuru: KSRTC City Services Division has launched two buses from City Bus Stand to the new Court in Jayanagar passing through the Old Court in Chamarajapuram. Principal District and Sessions Judge S.K. Vontigodi launched the buses at a function held at the Old Court premises this morning. Speaking on the occasion, Vontigodi said that the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with over 1 crore Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and volunteers from 15,000 locations across the country on Feb. 28 in what the party claimed would be the “world’s largest video conference.” “On Feb. 28, PM Modi will interact with over 1 crore BJP karyakartas, volunteers &…
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