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    • Archive for June, 2006

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    Coffee Planter commits suicide.

    Friday, June 23rd, 2006

    Another one bites the dirty dust,and they say alls well in the coffee heartland of India. 
    Worried over heavy borrowing, a person committed suicide at Somwarpet.
    According to police,G.S.Lingaraju, 45, committed suicide by hanging inside an estate. Lingaraju was reportedly missing since 12th of June.
    An estate worker found a decomposed body in a hanging position from a tree at [...]

    Fears of another Hydel Project in Kodagu.Another headache for people of Coorg.

    Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

    Large number of villagers, led by Cauvery Sene staged a protest against a mini hydel project proposed at Koodoli Kundh near Surlabbi in Somwarpet taluk.
    Villagers from Surlabbi, Kumbaragadige, Mankya and Garvale came in large number to the spot yesterday as media and members of Kaveri sene went there. They stated that a Bangalore based company [...]

    Three Cheers to Enviromentalists, Barapolay Hydro Electric Project stayed.

    Friday, June 9th, 2006

    It is good news for all the environmentalists and nature lovers of Kodagu, for the construction of Barapolay Hydro Electric Project proposed to be established across Barapolay at Palathinkadavu has been stayed by the Supreme Court of India.
    According to sources from administration in Kerala state, the state government of Kerala has instructed the Kerala State [...]

    MLC Arun Machaiah Lambasts officials.

    Friday, June 9th, 2006

    MLC Arun machaiah addressed a village development meeting near Virajpet and alleged that the official delay is hampering the development of the district.
    Continuing his talk in Maggula village yesterday, he lambasted the officials and said that lakhs of rupees sanctioned for the development was returned, as the funds could not be utilized on time. He [...]

    Protests against smuggling of timber and improper vigilance.

    Friday, June 9th, 2006

    THE MEMBERS OF Cauvery sene yesterday laid seize to the forest department at Shanivarsanthe and alleged that crores worth of forest wealth is being looted under their very nose.
     
    Led by convener Ravi Chengappa, the protestors along with villagers rounded up the forst office and accused them of encouraging smuggling.
    The protestors later took the press and [...]

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