Udupi: Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said on Tuesday that the district administration had set a deadline of December 17 to those who had applied for permits to remove excess sand in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) areas to collect their permits and start removing the excess sand immediately. Ms. Francis said told reporters here […]

Udupi: Raghupati Bhat, MLA, said on Tuesday directed the officers of the Horticulture and Agriculture departments to restart the Savayava Santhe at the Flower Auction Centre, also called Raitha Samparka Kendra, at Doddanagudde here in three months. He and Lalaji Mendon, Kaup MLA, chaired the tri-monthly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting of Udupi and Kaup […]

Udupi: Ministry of environment, forest and climate change of the government of India has given clear clarification on the issue of sand extraction from rivers and estuaries from the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area, said MLA Raghupati Bhat on Friday, November 30. “On the question of method of identifying the traditional coastal communities involved in […]

Udupi: Minister of women and children development, Kannada and culture and district in- charge minister Dr Jayamala said that a Rangayana and Rangamadira will be constructed in the district at a cost of Rs 7 crore and it will be inaugurated in December next year. She was speaking after inaugurating several works in the district […]

Udupi: MLA K. Raghupati Bhat said on Monday that land would be identified for the construction of a slaughterhouse in Udupi city. He was speaking after inspecting the fish market at Adiudupi here. Mr. Bhat said that since there was no slaughterhouse in the city, mutton vendors were slaughtering goats at the Adiudupi fish market. […]

Udupi: MLA, K Raghupati Bhat, and former minister, Jayaprakash Hegde held talks Ritesh Kumar Singh, joint secretary in the union department of forest and environment on the problem of sand extraction under Coastal Regulatory Zone in the district, at New Delhi on Friday November 2nd. Reportedly, Mr Ritesh gave positive response on helping the locals […]

Udupi: Raghupati Bhat, MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, said on Wednesday that the Maraligagi Horata Samiti will intensify its agitation in the district if all 171 previous permit holders were not given permits for sand extraction by the district administration. Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Bhat said that the indefinite dharna against both the […]

Udupi: Raghupati Bhat, MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, said on Thursday that the district administration was directly responsible for creating artificial sand shortage in Udupi district. He was speaking at the indefinite day-and-night relay dharna organised by the district unit of BJP, Maraligagi Horata Samiti and 10 other organisations, in front of the […]

Udupi: ‘Walkathon 2018’ was organized at the district stadium at Ajjarkad here on Friday September 14. The programme, which was in the form of a campaign, was aimed at creating awareness against drugs addiction. The programme, held under the aegis of the district police, Udupi District Woking Journalists Union, and Udupi Press Club, was addressed […]

Udupi: “If MLA Pramod Madhwaraj was aware and attracted the government’s gaze, the situation of people suffering from sand shortage would not have risen. Laborers and businessman would not have to suffer due to stop in construction of houses and buildings,” said Kota Srinivas Poojary. He was speaking at a promotion meeting at Santhekatte in […]