Traffic through Nagarhole View image Karnataka

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore November 28, 2008, 0:49 IST

Soham Renewable Energy India (SREIPL), the Bangalore-based independent power producer, is looking to raise Rs 130 crore to part-fund its eight hydel power projects. These projects, all in Karnataka, will be generating a total capacity of 85 mw and will become on stream by 2011-12.

The residents of Rudrakshibailu, Agrahara, Echalabailu, Haluru, Kadlekatte region are not supplied adequate drinking water.

Though the Government spends crores of rupees with the aim of supplying drinking water, the inefficiently in implementation of schemes has only increased the intensity of the problem.

M.J. PRABU

Byadagi chilli is a famous chilli variety grown mainly in North Karnataka. Named after a town called Byadagi, large areas in Karnataka are growing this chilli variety.

DH News Service,Mysore:
To check the growing wild elephant-human conflicts, In-charge Deputy Conservator of Forests Yatish Kumar mooted a plan on the lines of South Africa to prevent wild elephants straying into human habitat in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts.

In South Africa, railway tracks have been used as fence and is a great success, he noted.

Mining operation will be completely banned in the ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats in the State, Chief Minister Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday.

Johnson T A Posted: Nov 26, 2008 at 0124 hrs IST

Bellary : Over the past several years, sunsets in Bellary have been redder than at most other places in Karnataka. As lines of iron ore-laden trucks rumbled on to the coast from the many mines that crater the low, red hills, they churned up clouds of dust that hung over the town in a rusty haze long after the vehicles themselves had passed.

The State government will soon set up constituency-level drinking water task force headed by the local MLA to mitigate drinking water problems on a war footing.

By Sreshta and Krithika,DH News Services,Bangalore:
The global economic slump and high interest rates on automobile loans might have dampened the sales of two and four-wheelers, but in Namma Bengaluru, vehicles continue to flood the roads.

According to statistics available from the RTO, nearly 100 people apply for driving licences everyday.

DH News Service,Bagepalli:
A strange disease has affected the cattle since past few days causing the death of more than 25 cows.

Jersey and other varieties cows producing more than 10 litres of milk twice daily are collapsing in a matter of minutes and breathing their last, causing great anxiety in the villagers.