Mangaluru: Even as the state government declared two of the five taluks in Dakshina Kannada being drought-hit earlier this year, statistics from the mining and geology department show that the groundwater level in the district has undergone a stark decline in the last seven years. A comparison in the groundwater table as of August 2010 […]

Mangaluru: After the acute water scarcity in the city, the authorities, in association with non-government organisations, have started a silent revolution in water literacy by digging percolation pits to allow recharge of the groundwater. It is said that water table in the district depleted from 12.66 metres in April 2015 to 12.37 metres in April […]

Mangaluru : Coastal Karnataka, which is endowed with many west-flowing rivers, has been facing an acute water crisis since April this year, with almost all rivers having dried up and groundwater level depleted considerably. The region used to get normal pre-monsoon showers of up to 60 mm between January and April, but this year it […]

Bangalore: Minister for Minor Irrigation Shivaraj S. Tangadagi on Wednesday announced that the government would take up a watershed project based on the Rajasthan model in five districts of the State to help recharge groundwater. Replying to BJP member B.J. Puttaswamy during Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the Minister said that the project would […]