Statues of Nalwadi and Sir MV to be installed near entrance Srirangapatna: Every monsoon season, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is invariably or rather inevitably in the focus because if it is full to the brim, there is water for South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. If it is not full, panic grips the entire…
Echo of delayed monsoon: Harangi Dam touches dead storage level
June 23, 2019Krishna Raja Sagar Dam inching towards dead storage level of 74.76 feet Mysore: Mysuru is staring at imminent drinking water crisis as the Harangi Reservoir in Kodagu, the main source of water to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya that supplies water to Mysuru and surrounding areas, has reached the dead storage level….
Echo of stone quarrying around KRS Dam: Scientists to make impact study
January 25, 2019Mandya: A team of scientists from the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, have been permitted by Mandya District Administration to conduct trial blasts to study the impact of stone quarrying on Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, in Mandya District. Though the trial blasts were scheduled to begin today (Jan. 25) it has…
‘Ban mining – Drop Disneyland Project- Save KRS Dam’ Movement launched
December 19, 2018Freedom fighter Doreswamy condemns stoic silence of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda Resolution Complete ban around 20 kms radius of KRS. Drop Disneyland project at KRS surroundings. Immediate ban on mining in reserve forest areas. Rejuvenation of lakes and ponds destroyed during mining. Government should not acquire farmers land near KRS. Mandya: Freedom fighter H.S….
Disneyland at KRS Dam vehemently opposed
December 8, 2018Mysuru: Vehemently opposing the Government’s move to construct a Disneyland like project at KRS Dam site in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, over a hundred activists from various association and organisations, under the joint banner of ‘Bebi Betta Ulisi, KRS Rakshishi,’ held a preliminary meeting at Karnataka Institute for Agricultural Marketing complex auditorium on Hunsur…
Disneyland at Brindavan Gardens: Detailed Project Report to be submitted tomorrow
November 15, 2018Mysuru/Bengaluru: The State Government’s grandiose plans of building a Disneyland-like Amusement Park at the iconic Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya District is inching towards reality with the architects submitting the Detailed Project Report to project implementers tomorrow. While a high-level meeting took place in Bengaluru last evening to decide on the main project attractions…
Ban Mining around KRS DAM: Vedike begins padayatra to B’luru
November 9, 2018Mysuru: Demanding the State Government to completely ban stone quarrying and mining activities around KRS Dam in Mandya district, members of Kasturi Karnataka Janapara Vedike took out a padayatra from city to Freedom Park in Bengaluru this morning They began their journey from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple shouting slogans against the government for its failure to…
No threat to KRS Dam from mining, claim stone quarry operators
October 11, 2018Mandya: The Stone Crusher Owners and Quarry Operators Association of Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district claimed that their mining activities in Baby Betta and adjoining areas are not a threat to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. Speaking to reporters at Mandya yesterday, Association President Krishnappa condemned the District Administration reported move on banning mining activities…
Mandya DC bans mining around KRS Dam
October 10, 2018Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner N. Manjushree has banned mining, stone quarrying and all other allied activities in 20-kilometre radius around the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. The DC will issue an order in this regard in the next two days. A decision to this effect has been taken at an emergency meeting of officials chaired…
Cops crackdown on illegal use of explosives around KRS Dam
September 30, 2018Mandya: 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,…
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