Monthly Archives: January 2016

12th National Ice Skating Championships : City’s Varsha, Akash, Elizabeth, Kaviraj bag Gold

Sports
Ice-skaters from Karnataka who are participating in the 12th National Ice Skating Championships at Gulmargh, J&K are seen with coach K. Srikanth Rao from Mysuru.
Ice-skaters from Karnataka who are participating in the 12th National Ice Skating Championships at Gulmargh, J&K are seen with coach K. Srikanth Rao from Mysuru.

Gulmargh :

City’s ice-skaters representing Karnataka excelled in the 12th National Ice Skating Championship being held at Gulmargh, J&K, by winning golds in the 500 mts race time trial event yesterday.

Mysuru’s Dr. Varsha Puranik, Akash Aradhya, Elizabeth Achaiah and Kaviraj Prithvi broke National Records by clinching the gold in the 500 mts race time trials in their respective categories.

Karnataka has won a total of 10 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals in the championship till yesterday. The Karnataka team is coached by Ekalavya award winner K. Srikanth Rao of Rao’s Roller Skating Club, Mysuru.

source: http:/www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Saturday – January 02nd, 2016

State gets first chinkara sanctuary

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The Yadahalli Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary will be spread over 9,636.91 hectares in villages of Bilagi and Mudhol taluks.
The Yadahalli Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary will be spread over 9,636.91 hectares in villages of Bilagi and Mudhol taluks.

Karnataka will get its first wildlife sanctuary for chinkaras (Indian Gazelle) at Yadahalli in Bagalkot district.

Karnataka will get its first wildlife sanctuary for chinkaras (Indian Gazelle) at Yadahalli in Bagalkot district.

The government, in its notification, said the sanctuary is spread over 9,636.91 hectares in villages of Bilagi and Mudhol taluks. The region has a lot of wildlife significance since it is the only habitat for endangered Indian Gazelles.

The forests with beautiful mosaic of shrubs, grasslands and rocky patches are the habitat for critically endangered wolves, jackals, wildcats, stripped hyenas, and a variety of other mammals, reptiles and birds, the notification said. The area has numerous seasonal nalas, which drain into river Krishna in the north and into the Ghataprabha on the southern side of the sanctuary. “It acts as an important catchment for the two rivers,” it said. The sanctuary does not cover patta lands and revenue lands.

M.R. Desai, Honorary Wildlife Warden of Bagalkot, said the notification now provides a complete legal backing for habitat improvement of the region as well as ensuring the population of the endangered chinkara population remains on the upswing.

“This is a shrub forest that has seen some damage owing to plantations. For the past two years, we have tried to halt these activities. A sanctuary status will ensure that the commercial exploitation of the region stops,” he said.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bengaluru / Nagesh Prabhu / Bengaluru – January 01st, 2016

Aeration Fountain installed at Kukkarahalli lake

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‘e-water harmoniser’ to get rid of tepid smell emanating from the water body

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Mysuru :

In a bid to get rid of the stinking smell emanating from Kukkarahalli Lake, the Mysore University authorities have come up with a novel initiative and installed an ‘e-water harmoniser’ (EWH) at the Lake.

EWH is a technology to add oxygen to water through ‘Aeration Fountain,’ a process of increasing oxygen saturation in water. When the water passes through the unit, it increases the level of stable oxygen, which reduces the anaerobic condition of water besides reducing the formation of algae.

The equipment has been lent free of cost to the University of Mysore (UoM), the custodians of the Lake, by Kalpavruksha Amruth Solutions, a city-based private company.

Technical Advisor K. G. Gururaj said that the process is natural as the unit is free from any chemical or harmful substances and added that the water can be cleaned without wasting it. Besides the unit is maintenance-free.

Gururaj further said that the process also reduces the content of Bio-Chemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) in the water and added that the process would also benefit aquatic animals.

Mysore University Green Campus initiative Co-ordinator Ravishankar V. Rai said that due to algae and high toxic level, the Lake used to stink. Stating that the initiative is in experimental stages, he said that the water will be re-evaluated after 21 days to see if the technology works.

He further said that more number of units will be put up to work after the water is re-evaluated.

Meanwhile, Kukkarahalli Lake Protection Committee Convener K. M. Jayaramaiah said that the initiative would help in maintaining water at the pink of its health and added that the aeration process would reduce the stink.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Friday – January 01st, 2016