Mangaluru : Deputy commissioner Dr K V Rajendra sai, Guests attending weddings must carry a hard copy of the invitation, an ID proof and a soft copy of the permission letter obtained from the local body during the weekend curfew. For the time being, it is important to follow this rule till May 4. The […]

Mangaluru : Chief Executive Officer of the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Selvamani R. said on Monday that the panchayat has called a meeting of presidents and panchayat development officers (PDOs) of gram panchayats on September 20 to discuss the maintenance aspects of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants (safe drinking water units) set up by the government […]

Udupi: Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said on Monday that all arrangements were being made to provide water to water-scarce areas in Udupi city and in the rural areas of Udupi Assembly Constituency through tapping various water sources or through water tankers. Speaking to presspersons after a meeting of engineers, Panchayat […]

Mangaluru: There is a ban on digging borewells in Puttur taluk, as maximum underground water is being used in Puttur taluk, said DK ZP CEO Dr M R Ravi. Addressing Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs) after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Rainwater harvest, reuse, prevention of water contamination and steps to prevent children falling into open borewells’, […]

Mangaluru: Acting on mitigating the plastic menace in rural areas, a meeting in Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat on Monday resolved that panchayatraj institutions should reserve five percent of their annual budgetary grant for waste plastic management. The meeting was conducted under the auspices of the zilla panchayat and Jana Shikshana Trust, a non-government organisation, and […]