Karnataka - Others   

Central team visits Dandeli

By Our Correspondent

SIRSI, JULY 31. A team from the Central Pollution Control Board is on a visit to Dandeli in Uttara Kannada to study the damage caused to the Kali by the discharge of effluents from the Dandeli Paper Factory.

The team, which came to Dandeli on July 27, will stay for a week to study the effects of the discharge of effluents into the river and its impact on the villages on the banks of the Kali. The team is headed by Ansari, according to a press release issued by the Kali Bachao Andolan.

The andolan members met the Board members in Dandeli on July 27 and 28 and took them to Kariumpali and Harnoda on the banks of the Kali to study the effects the contamination of the river has had on the villages.

The team members discussed the matter with the villagers, the release says.

Gopalkrishna of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board is also with the team, the release adds.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Karnataka

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Entertainment |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

• UPA committed to welfare of weaker sections: Oscar
• Gangooru Dalits to be rehabilitated
• `Jain Kashi' set to become eco-tourism spot
• Efforts on to improve BSNL services
• Officials told to seize bogus ration cards
• Move to bring anganwadis under panchayats flayed
• Central team visits Dandeli
• Crop insurance released

Copyright © 2004, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu