Karnataka

Great things can happen when 'theirs' becomes 'ours'
Kaikondarahalli kere went from being a polluted, sewage-filled cess pool into a flourishing, clean lake home to birds, fish and the local community too! Posted on 13 Oct, 2014 10:59 AM

Priya Ramasubban personifies the words ‘good things come in small packages’. This sprightly, self motivated enthusiast, saw a marshy, polluted cess pool, hemmed in by an open tract of land, where labourers and migrants daily dipped in for their morning ablutions. Talking to people around, she realised that this soggy piece of wetland was once a lake.

A lake once more: Kaikondarahalli Lake
3000 MW Dibang mega project approved without public consultation
News this week Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 10:26 PM

Dibang hydel project gets Centre's nod

People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)
Mysore golf course goes green by reusing treated wastewater
Use of treated wastewater for landscape irrigation of areas such as golf clubs is a promising enterprise, which can lead to huge economic and environmental benefits. Posted on 06 Sep, 2014 04:46 PM

Expansive, lush green spaces and golf courses go hand in hand. Quite often, these courses are laid out in pristine surroundings that offer a stunning backdrop. However, the amount of water required to maintain such spaces in such a condition, is no joke.

Use of treated wastewater for landscape irrigation

The Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar Golf Club, Mysore
Forfeited Treasure: Status of irrigation tanks in Karnataka
In this book, ’Forfeited Treasure’, the author S.T. Somashekhar Reddy delves on the condition, status and measures for thr rehabilitation of irrigation tanks in Karnataka. Posted on 03 Sep, 2014 01:40 PM

In 1881, there was one tank every 15 square miles in the then state of Karnataka. These tanks irrigated more than 7 lakh acres of land. Tanks were the major source of irrigation and the system was completely managed by beneficiaries, their construction considered a meritorious deed. Their neglect began under the British rule, and continues till the present day ‘big dam’ commitment.

Status of irrigation tanks in Karnataka
Coca Cola scraps plan to expand bottling plant at Varanasi
News this week Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:43 PM

Coca Cola to look for other options within state for plant

Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)
3 major decisions to revive the Ganga within 3 years
Policy matters this week Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:27 PM

Government identifies 11 states along Ganga for sewer link

Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh
Flood in Odisha affects 3.5 million people across 300 villages
News this week Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 10:50 AM

Odisha reels under floods as Mahanadi crosses danger mark

Odisha reels under floods
31% of Bangalore's groundwater not drinkable
Garbage dumping in lakes has upped nitrate levels and also caused a decline in groundwater quality. While urbanisation is the main cause, civic agencies failure and citizens apathy are also to blame. Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 01:44 PM

"Growing garbage menace ups nitrate content in lakes", said a recent headline in the Deccan Herald that highlighted a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on illegal dumping sites situated near water bodies in Bangalore.

Lakes or dumping place for the construction debris
Applications invited for the post of Junior Research Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
The project aims to develop networks of school and college students, from marginalized areas of Kerala and Karnataka and to bridge it with the scientist community
Posted on 09 Jul, 2014 04:13 PM

Get more information on the opportunity.

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Job opening for 'Project Officer – Grants', Arghyam, Bangalore
The incumbent will mainly provide assistance to grant management and work on knowledge collation of projects supported by Arghyam
Posted on 23 Jun, 2014 07:10 PM

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