Mandya: Pandavapura Police have launched a crackdown on two illegal stone quarrying units for using explosives at Baby Betta Kaval limits in Pandavapura Taluk. Baby Betta Kaval falls under 20 kms radius around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. On a tip off, Police carried out this crackdown. Police have seized explosives like gelatin sticks,…
Mandya DC bans explosives for stone quarrying 20 kms around KRS Dam
September 28, 2018Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC) N. Manjushree has banned the use of explosives in mining and stone quarrying activities in 20 kilometers radius around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. The ban has been imposed in view of Karnataka State Natural Disasters Monitoring Committee (KSNDMC) recommending the Mandya District Administration to check damages and fractures…
Disaster Monitoring Centre calls for curb on stone quarrying around KRS Dam
September 27, 2018Mysuru: The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) in Bengaluru has submitted a report to Mandya DC (a copy of which is with SOM) regarding loud sounds and vibrations experienced in Mysuru, Mandya, Pandavapura regions surrounding the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam on Sept. 25. The high-intensity sound was heard on Sept.25 at 2.37…
Blast of sound shocks people in Mysuru, Mandya and Pandavapura
September 26, 2018Mysuru: Several Mysureans and residents of Mandya, Pandavapura and Srirangapatna experienced a mysterious rattling sound at around 2.40 pm yesterday. The sound was sharp and was of high intensity and its effects were felt across Mysuru, Srirangapatna, Pandavapura and parts of Mandya. The loud sound came at a time when similar sounds were heard in…
Stone Crusher Owners’ Association claims there is no threat to KRS
September 26, 2018Mysuru: The Stone Crusher Owners and Quarry Owners Association, Pandavapura in Mandya District, has clarified that their mining activities in Baby Betta and surrounding areas are not a threat to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. In a press release, President of Association K. Krishna, Treasurer A.S. Ramesh and Secretary C. Shivakumar have said that the…
Stone mining threat to KRS Dam: I have no objection to stop mining, says Mandya District Minister
September 21, 2018Mandya: Mandya District Minister C.S. Puttaraju has stated that he has already directed the District authorities to take steps to curb illegal mining at Chinnakurali, Baby Betta Kaval, Amrutha Mahal Kaval, Honaganahalli, Bastipura, Beechanakuppe, Avverahalli and Bannangadi. He was reacting to Star of Mysore report published yesterday under the title ‘Stone Mining at Baby Betta:…
Stone Mining at Baby Betta Threat to Safety of KRS
September 20, 2018Mandya: A Senior Police Officer’s report that rampant and uncontrolled mining-cum-stone quarrying activities at Baby Betta Reserve Forests in Pandavapura Taluk here is posing great danger to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) has raised safety concerns of the Dam itself. The Dam, built by Sir M. Visvesvaraya and the gift of Mysore Wadiyars, is a lifeline…
Sri Sadashiva Swamiji of Sri Ramayogeshwara Mutt passes away
July 4, 2018Pandavapura: Sri Sadashiva Swamiji (60), of Sri Ramayogeshwara Mutt at Bebi Hill in Pandavapura taluk, passed away this morning following heart attack in Bengaluru. The Swamiji had gone to Bengaluru yesterday to participate in the wedding at the Palace Grounds and had stayed in the house of one Shanthakumar, a devotee residing at Krithikanagar in…
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar seeks Khatha for Baby Betta, Doddakere Maidan
February 28, 2018Bengaluru: Member of the erstwhile royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has urged the State Government to stop illegal mining at Baby Betta land in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district and has asked the Government to issue Khatha for the 1,500 odd acres in her name as it is a private property belonging to Wadiyar family….
Pramoda Devi writes to Govt. for transfer of Baby Betta land
February 24, 2018Mandya: Member of the erstwhile royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has written to the Government about Baby Betta land in Pandavapura taluk in Mandya district asking the authorities to issue Khatha in her name as it is a private property belonging to Wadiyar family. In a letter written on Feb.23, addressed to Principal Secretary, Revenue…
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