Belthangady : The flood affected areas of the taluk including Ganesha Nagara, Didupe, Kajakke, Kukkavu, Charmadi Hosamata and other areas had a surprise visit from the Sindhu B Roopesh, Deputy Commissioner of DK on Friday. During this occasion, the victims requested the DC to remove the sand deposited on their farmlands by the floods and […]

Chamarajanagar : The Chamarajanagar police on Thursday raided an illegal sand mining spot near Cauvery river belt at the Kollegal taluk and seized two lorries. After receiving several complaints about the illegal sand mining activities at Cauvery belt in the Chamrajnagar district a team of police personnel, led by Chamrajnagar Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar, […]

Mangaluru : After the customary rainy season holiday, sand mining in Coastal Regulatory Zone of the district has resumed. However, the current season for sand extraction is expected to last for only another three months. Unlike the previous year, the district not face too much shortage of sand this year as the sand extraction this […]

Udupi: Udupi Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has said that she was not under any political pressure owing to the sand mining row that has rocked the district. Priyanka Mary …Speaking to media men at the DC office, she said she was committed to adhere to the NGT guidelines on the issue. She said caution […]

Kundapur: The members of the Tipper Owners’ Association have started an indefinite strike against the district administration for failing to realize its promise on allowing sand mining, excluding the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) from October 16th. On Thursday, October 18th, the protesters parked their tippers on Hemmady national highway here in protest. President of the […]

Udupi : A huge protest rally and Padyatra were organised by the BJP demanding the resuming of immediate sand mining activities in the district and urged the district administration to take measures. The district BJP members staged a protest shouting slogans near Clock Tower and had set up the pandal in the area. They also […]

Mangaluru: A team of police officials busted an illegal sand mining racket at Adyar village in the wee hours of Saturday; they seized three lorries but the accused managed to escape. The accused were mining sand on the banks of the Netravathi behind Sahyadri College of Engineering at about 1.45 am. The police, apart from […]

Kundapur: After falling to the river, a sand mining labour lost his life on Wednesday in Kundapur. The deceased has been identified as Ramu (40) of Uttar Pradesh. As per the complaint filed in Kundapur police station, Ramu was taking the boat for the repair and accidentally he fell into the river. But the locals […]

Mangaluru: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) Dakshina Kannada unit staged stir against the ban on sand mining, on Tuesday in front of DC office. While addressing the gathering civil contractors association President Purushottham Kottari said that 268 members of civil contractors association need sand to complete the ongoing work, but DC has banned the sand mining. […]

Mangaluru: Mangaluru South Assembly Constituency BJP Unit staged protest demanding lifting of ban on sand mining on Tuesday in front of DC office. Addressing the gathering Unit President Vedavyasa Kamath questioned that how the number of sand mining companies increased to 427, when it was only 93 just three years before. “Due to the illegal […]