Ecology
« Previous EntriesCoorg: Karnataka’s water tap
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Coorg is the fastest growing tourism destination in Karnataka. Year after Year more and more people are getting inquisitive about Coorg and visiting the place. Many new hotels, homestays and resorts are cropping up.
Though coorg has one of the worst infrastructure compared to the other tourist desitnations in Karnataka, still visitors flow into Coorg every [...]
Residential houses on Forest Land to be regularized by Karnataka Govt
Friday, February 12th, 2010The State Govt is contemplating to “regularize” residential houses built on forest land in the Malnad region.
In short, “encroachment shall be legalized in the forest land”.
Coorg itself forms a part of the Malnad region and the catchment for River Cauvery.
It came as a surprise when the primary and secondary education minister Mr.Visveshwara Hegde Kageri broke [...]
High Court refuses to stay the Hydel project coming up at Madikeri.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009The Karnataka High Court has refused to stay the 10 MW mini-hydel project coming up at Manjadka reserve forest area at Madikeri, while
issuing notices to state and centre regarding the grant of license to Bhoruka Power Corporation Ltd.
The PIL was filed by Coorg Wildlife Society.
The division bench that passed the order was headed by the [...]
Orange Scam hits Coorg
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009MLC M.C.Nanaiah and former MLC A.K.Subbaiah have pointed out that the governor would be updated shortly with the issue of Nagpur variety of Oranges samplings being
distributed in the district. The issue has already snowballed into a controversy cum possible scam.
NGO’s had previously taken up the issue of the Nagpur Orange samplings being distributed in the [...]
The Forest Dept and Timber Mafia Party busted
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009If we thought the threat to rape Coorg forests is only from the Mafia, we must have been day dreaming. Some of our very own, who are there to protect the forests of Coorg were caught red handed colluding with the Timber Mafia. And they are not some small fish.
The DCF ( Deputy Conservator of [...]