Expert Committee submits report to State Government; KSPCB awaits for directions to stop pollution menace Mysuru: The Cauvery, Kapila and Lakshmanatheertha rivers, which supply drinking water to cities like Bengaluru, Mysuru and thousands of villages, are now severely polluted. A comprehensive report submitted to the State Government by a Technical Expert Committee, constituted by the…
Gowri – Ganesha festival: KSPCB to provide mobile idol immersion vehicle facility
September 5, 2024Mysuru: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mysuru Regional Office-1, has arranged environmental-friendly vehicles with mobile idol immersion facility on the occasion of Gowri-Ganesha festival on Sept. 7 in the city. The three vehicles will be stationed at the following places at the designated timings: Vehicle-1 Near Metagalli Police Station: 4 pm – 5.15 pm….
World Environment Day contests for school students on June 1
May 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As part of World Environment Day celebrations, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), Mysuru District Administration and Madilu Educational and Rural Development Society will be organising various competitions for school children at Kalamandira on June 1. Painting competition on topics ‘Land Restoration’, ‘Desertification’ and ‘Drought Resilience’ for school children from Std.1 to Std. 10…
Ganesha festival: See mobile immersion tankers in your area
September 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will be stationing mobile tankers at various locations in city for safe immersion of Ganesha idols besides issuing guidelines. Public have been directed to install only clay Ganesha idols in their homes and immerse them at their homes after the festival. There…
Awareness on pollution hogs limelight at KSPCB stall
November 21, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Irivudonde Bhoomi, Idara Rakshane Nammellara Hone’ (There is only one Earth, it is the responsibility of everyone to protect it), a public awareness campaign on environmental pollution was inaugurated at the KSPCB (Karnataka State Pollution Control Board) stall in Dasara Exhibition premises on Saturday. Speaking after inaugurating the stall, KSPCB Chairman Dr. Shanth A….
KSPCB Authorities issues guideline for eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi
August 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has issued guidelines for the members of the public for Ganesh Chaturthi festival which falls on Aug. 31. People are asked to install only clay Ganesha idols in their homes and to immerse them at their homes after the festival. There is a complete ban on use…
KSPCB bans single-use plastic in city from July 1
June 29, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: After multiple attempts by the State Government, the Mysuru District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to ban single-use plastic, now it is the turn of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to enforce a blanket ban on all kinds of single-use plastic products with effect from July 1 in Mysuru city….
Tonnes of fish die at Hebbal Lake: Effluents flow unabated; turns fresh water green
April 17, 2022Pollution Control Board officials collect samples; dead fish cleared using coracles, fish nets Mysore/Mysuru: Woken up by thousands of dead and rotting fish at Hebbal Lake, officials from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) have collected samples of water that enters into the Lake. The heavy water with a heady mix of industrial effluents…
KSPCB officials raid, seal illegal dyeing unit in city
January 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The officials of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), who raided an illegal dyeing unit yesterday, have sealed the unit and three workers have been handed over to Police custody. Following a tip off that an illegal dyeing unit was functioning at the godown on Ring Road near Alanahalli Police Station, KSPBC officials raided…
Non-Green Pataki shops shut
November 14, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Several cracker traders shut their stalls at various locations in city this morning after Police and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials strictly insisted on selling only green crackers and refused to allow the sale of conventional crackers. A trader fell at the feet of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dr….
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