Udupi district in-charge Minister Laxmi R Hebbalkar on November 1, said the district played a key role in building Kannada Nadu wherein veterans, including Benagal Rama Rao, Kota Shivarama Karantha, Panje Mangesh Rao and others struggled for the unification of Karnataka. Delivering the Rajyotsava address at Udupi, Ms. Hebbalkar noted that the contribution of Udupi to the language and culture …
NAVI MUMBAI: Three years after the formation of the sub-committee by the direction of the High Court to verify the status of all wetlands in Uran identified under the National Wetland Inventory Atlas, activists trying to access reports made by the committee post its visit to the area have hit a dead end. Local activist Nandakumar Pawar, head of Shri …
Following a fire at Panje wetlands on Thursday, environmentalists have alleged that the fire to the dry grass was man made apparently to chase away the migratory birds to suit the vested interests of those trying to convert the biodiversity into a concrete jungle. NatConnect Foundation and Shri Ekvira Aai Pratishtan lodged a fresh complaint with CM Uddhav Thackeray and …
City-based environmentalists have contradicted Raigad Collector’s claims in his affidavit to the National Green Tribunal that the choke points at Panje wetlands have been removed and tidal water flows freely. Environmentalists say Raigad Collector’s affidavit to National Green Tribunal on Panje wetlands is misleading. A day after the Collector made the claim, NGOs Shri Ekvira Aai Prartishtan and NatConnect Foundation …
