Mahadayi diversion may spur eco crisis & desertification, warn experts | Hubballi News

Mahadayi River (File pic) Dharwad: Even as farmers in the Malaprabha command area step up their demand for implementation of the Kalasa–Banduri Nala project, a comprehensive study by scientists, water experts, former bureaucrats and environmentalists has cautioned that diverting Mahadayi River waters could cause irreversible ecological damage to the Western Ghats.The report, titled “Bandura Nala–Mahadayi…

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Women lead Cong ‘Halla Bol’ against price rise, BJP dismisses ‘political melodrama’ | Delhi News

New Delhi: Around 300 people, mostly women, marched through the Kotla Mubarakpur market on Wednesday evening as Congress organised ‘Halla Bol’ over rising inflation, alleging that the prices of essential commodities have increased sharply under BJP-run central govt and pushed middle-class and lower-income families into financial distress.Gathering near Pilanji Chowk in Kasturba Nagar, the protesters…

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