Bureau of Indian Standards’ Seminar on ‘Repair, Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Dams’ Visit KRS Reservoir, inspect repair works taken up with World Bank funds Mysore/Mysuru: Dams are a national asset and a standard approach must be devised to maintain all the dams in India. Many dams in India are more than 100 years old and…
Re-opening of KRS will be decided after Forest Department submits report Srirangapatna: More than 50 Forest Department staff conducted combing operation at Brindavan Gardens in KRS Dam yesterday to trace the leopard. The leopard, which was sighted frequently since about 40 days, had forced the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) to close the Gardens to…
Yuva Brigade and students from NIE-IT clear thousands of empty liquor bottles, plastic waste Mysore/Mysuru: While a group of Japanese spectators meticulously cleaning the stands of FIFA Qatar World Cup stadium picking up trash scattered across the rows of seats warmed hearts globally, a cleaning campaign launched by a group of youths to pick up…
Proposal sent to State Government for approval; tenders to be called soon, say officials KRS closure causing irreparable damage to Dam reputation; hard to regain fame, says MLA Srirangapatna: In a bid to win back tourists to the now shut Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Brindavan Gardens and to prevent leopards from straying inside…
Dam closed due to leopard scare; feline spotted last evening trying to corner a porcupine Revenue loss estimated at Rs. 2 crore due to closure; over 100 small-time vendors hit badly Srirangapatna: Hundreds of tourists who have been visiting the famed Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Brindavan Gardens in Mandya are returning as the…
Not one, but a family of leopards suspected in KRS Srirangapatna: The elusive leopard, has been spotted twice in KRS yesterday too and the wild cat has attacked and injured a dog near Royal Orchid Hotel in the afternoon. Luckily, the dog escaped from the jaws of death but has sustained injuries. After the leopard…
Spotted for the fourth time since Oct. 21 KRS closed for tourists for four days Srirangapatna: Even as the leopard attack on people in K.R. Nagar is still fresh in the minds of the people, the leopard which is playing hide and seek at KRS was spotted again on Nov. 5, forcing the authorities to…
Crossed 200 tmcft mark 10 times in 49 years Kushalnagar: The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam at Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district has broken a couple of records this year, thanks to bountiful rains in the catchment areas and also in the surrounding areas where the Dam is located. After 60 years, the inflow to…
Business of many small-time vendors affected Srirangapatna: The Forest Department has placed two cages with baits at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam premises, one at the North Gate and another at the South Gate to trap the elusive leopard that is on the prowl. While the Dam and the famed Brindavan Gardens remained out…
Feline appears as Forest personnel flash torchlight Srirangapatna: A week after a leopard was spotted sauntering along the wall of the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, the feline was spotted again last evening. It was seen for the second time at 10 pm when the Forest Department staff beamed bright torchlights at the bushes. As…
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