Mangaluru : Criticising former Chief Ministers D.V. Sadananda Gowda and M. Veerappa Moily who have been supporting the Yettinahole project, the Karavali Jeevanadi Nethravathi Rakshana Samiti, an action committee against the project, on Monday challenged them to arrange a face-to-face programme with experts and activists on the pros and cons of the project. Addressing presspersons […]

Mangaluru : Former Union minister B Janardhana Poojary condemned the Union and the State governments for not paying heed to the environmental concerns related to Yettinahole project. Speaking to the media persons here, he said that the both the governments are not following ‘Raja Dharma.’ Through Yettinahole project, the State government is moving ahead to […]

Hassan/Sakleshpur : A team of officials attached to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Regional Office, Bengaluru, visited Hassan and Sakleshpur to inspect the works on the proposed Yettinahole project, on Monday. During a meeting with locals in Aranya Bhavan, in Hassan, environmentalists expressed their opposition to the project. Environmentalists asked the officials, “Why did […]

Mangaluru : The National Green Tribunal, Southern Zone, Chennai, which heard a batch of petitions against the Yettinahole project on December 21 posted the next hearing to January 8, 2016. K.N.Somashekar, one of the petitioners, said the Advocate General Karnataka appeared and submitted that the State will not go ahead with the project until the […]

Mangaluru : Former union minister Janardhan Poojary said that if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah fails to stop Yettinahole project, then Bihar election result would be repeated in Karnataka against the Congress government. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, he flayed Siddaramaiah for failing to stop the Yettinahole project, which aimed at supplying water to parched […]

Udupi : Former chief minister Veerappa Moily said that State government had answers to the reservations, expressed by certain section of the society, over the feasibility of Yettinahole project. Speaking to media persons, Moily said that the government had received a confidential report on the feasibility of the project by a premier institute of science, […]

Mangaluru : The different faiths People and communities took part in the all-religion prayer service held on Tuesday near the Netravathi Bridge here in support of the agitation demanding the stoppage of Yettinahole diversion project. A large number of people took part in the programme organised by the Ullal unit of Netravathi Samrakshana Samiti. Kolya […]

Mangaluru : Indian Institute of Science Centre for Ecological Sciences Energy and Wetland Research Group (CES) Head Dr T V Ramachandra said that the State government should concentrate on rain water harvesting in Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts which have the capacity of around 52 TMC and 62 TMC of rain water production respectively, instead of […]

Mangaluru : Former Union minister B Janardhana Poojary performed ‘Urulu Seve,’ on the hot granite flooring of the Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple in the city on Friday, praying for rainfall and for stopping of Yettinahole project. A mass prayer, Brahmakalasha and Rudrabhisheka were also performed in this regard and also on the occasion of Navarathri […]

Mangaluru : Ivan D’Souza, MLC from the Congress said here on Tuesday that he doubted the availability of water from the Yettinahole diversion project as projected by the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL) in its detailed project report (DPR). To questions at a media conference he said he doubted whether the quantity of water available […]