Source: http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Reliance-Communications-launches-Netconnect-Plus-in-Belgaum-and-Hubli/5017938156
Netconnect Plus has a downlink speed of upto 3.1 Mbps and a uplink speed of upto 1.8 Mbps, offering the fastest speeds in wireless broadband
In a significant move towards the mission of spreading the usage of wireless internet to the masses across the country, Reliance Communications announced the launch of its high speed wireless internet service, “Netconnect Plus’’ in Belgaum and Hubli. Popular Kannada actress Pooja Gandhi has launched the service in the city.
Netconnect Plus has a downlink speed of upto 3.1 Mbps and a uplink speed of upto 1.8 Mbps, offering the fastest speeds in wireless broadband. This makes Netconnect Plus best suited for video streaming, video surveillance, rich media content & superior Internet browsing.
Reliance is embarking on the largest and most aggressive roll-out of broadband internet service in India, with coverage extending to more than 150 towns.
Announcing the launch in Belgaum and Hubli, Swaminathan Hub Head Karnataka, Reliance Communications said, “The launch of Netconnect Plus is an important milestone for Reliance and will act as a catalyst in the government’s effort to drive broadband penetration in India. Reliance Netconnect Plus will significantly enhance the broadband coverage in India and make broadband Internet available to customers in many areas and localities that have been waiting for years to be broadband enabled”.
The wireless Net connect service will ride on Reliance Communication’s extensive pan-India, next generation and integrated, convergent digital network spanning over 175,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable syste. This network is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Boating, amusement park planned at Tolanakere (Hubli)
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Barring one structure, there is no encroachment on the tank area: Deputy Commissioner
First phase of work likely to be completed in five to six months
Development plan:Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Darpan Jain speaking to presspersons after inspecting ongoing work at Tolanakere HUBLI: The Dharwad district administration, which has chalked out a plan for the comprehensive development of Tolanakere (a tank) near Ramalingeshwar Nagar in Hubli, will initially begin work on strengthening the tank bund.
Speaking to presspersons after reviewing the ongoing work at Tolanakere on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Darpan Jain said that Rs. 1.8 crore would be spent for fencing the tank area, strengthening the tank bund and other related work in the first phase.
Mr. Jain said that the boundary of the 23-acre tank had been demarcated.
He clarified that barring one structure, there was no encroachment on the tank area. The tank area was being used by brick manufacturers who had set up kilns.
“We have informed the brick manufacturers, and will soon clear the kilns once the work gets going,” he said.
The Deputy Commissioner said the work had been undertaken under the Rs. 100-crore grant sanctioned by the State Government to the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation. The first phase of work was likely to be completed in five to six months.
Second phase
Mr. Jain said that in the next phase, steps would be taken to divert sewage entering the tank. A viewing point would be created and landscaping done. There were plans to start boating once the development work was completed, he said.
“We are planning a children's amusement park and other facilities. We are working out a system to ensure there is no dearth of funds for their maintenance.”
Regarding development of the Unakal tank, Mr. Jain said that sewage entering the tank had been diverted by laying underground drainage pipes in residential areas located around the tank.
Waste management
To a query, he said the district administration had submitted an integrated solid waste management proposal to the State Government and was awaiting its approval.
On unauthorised religious structures in the twin cities and in the district, Mr. Jain said the process of clearing such structures would begin in a day or two.
“Once again our officials have issued notices, conducted spot verifications and interacted with local residents and organisations. We want them to clear such structures on their own and if they don't, we will step in and do it after taking all those concerned into confidence,” Mr. Jain added.
Barring one structure, there is no encroachment on the tank area: Deputy Commissioner
First phase of work likely to be completed in five to six months
Development plan:Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Darpan Jain speaking to presspersons after inspecting ongoing work at Tolanakere
Speaking to presspersons after reviewing the ongoing work at Tolanakere on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Darpan Jain said that Rs. 1.8 crore would be spent for fencing the tank area, strengthening the tank bund and other related work in the first phase.
Mr. Jain said that the boundary of the 23-acre tank had been demarcated.
He clarified that barring one structure, there was no encroachment on the tank area. The tank area was being used by brick manufacturers who had set up kilns.
“We have informed the brick manufacturers, and will soon clear the kilns once the work gets going,” he said.
The Deputy Commissioner said the work had been undertaken under the Rs. 100-crore grant sanctioned by the State Government to the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation. The first phase of work was likely to be completed in five to six months.
Second phase
Mr. Jain said that in the next phase, steps would be taken to divert sewage entering the tank. A viewing point would be created and landscaping done. There were plans to start boating once the development work was completed, he said.
“We are planning a children's amusement park and other facilities. We are working out a system to ensure there is no dearth of funds for their maintenance.”
Regarding development of the Unakal tank, Mr. Jain said that sewage entering the tank had been diverted by laying underground drainage pipes in residential areas located around the tank.
Waste management
To a query, he said the district administration had submitted an integrated solid waste management proposal to the State Government and was awaiting its approval.
On unauthorised religious structures in the twin cities and in the district, Mr. Jain said the process of clearing such structures would begin in a day or two.
“Once again our officials have issued notices, conducted spot verifications and interacted with local residents and organisations. We want them to clear such structures on their own and if they don't, we will step in and do it after taking all those concerned into confidence,” Mr. Jain added.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Belgaum Chamber seeks early implementation of Sahyadri eco project
Source: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4719280
Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has demanded early implementation of the ‘Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area' project.
A delegation of the BCCI, which met Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Forest andEnvironment
, recently urged him to take up ‘Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area' project on priority, as it benefits Belgaum and its surrounding areas.
The project envisages protection of large contiguous forests, traversing boundaries of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra, under the Environment Protection Act (EPA). It shall consequently help check rising temperatures and rainfall in Belgaum district, which are adversely affecting agriculture and the people through regular flooding, and the city that is facing water shortages.
Also key for implementing ‘Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area' is that the Western Ghats around Belgaum are being undermined and destroyed at an increasing pace. Forests are being lost, degraded and fragmented for private and illegal gain through encroachments, tree felling and forest clearance for illegal or poorly planned development including mining. Mr Jaideep Siddannavar, President, BCCI, said, “One needs to make a beginning and the Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area proposal submitted to the Ministry is one such endeavour. We recognise that the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Committee (WGEEP) and the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) are in the process of identifying ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats.”
“But the recent notes circulated by the WGEEP about rethinking the ESA and making it more broad-based with the involvement of local public bodies are a cause for worry. We do recognise the need for consultations at all levels, but we also see the need to keep focus on the larger picture,” he added.
Lifelines
BCCI, which submitted a memorandum to the MoEF, said forests in Western Ghats are the birth place of two rivers — Mahadai (that becomes the Mandovi River, which is Goa's lifeline) and Mallaprabha (a major tributary of the Krishna, a lifeline for the Deccan region).
Mandovi river is crucial for transport in Goa, and it is also a source of livelihood for thousands who depend on it for fishing. The river and its estuary act as breeding ground for numerous species which support commercial marine fishery.
The Mallaprabha river is a critical source of drinking and irrigation water in northern Karnataka. These forests also provide ecosystem services other than their functions as water catchments, pollinators for crops and fruit trees, climate moderation, flood control (in recent years, the district has become prone to flooding.). Most of these ecosystem services have been little understood and much less quantified or recognised.
According to Mr Mallikarjun Jagajampi, Secretary, BCCI, “The activities like poaching, unsustainable removal of natural produce, poorly planned or unjustified developmental activities are all undermining biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism potential in Western Ghats.”
“Illegal or poorly planned mining is resulting in our mineral being depleted with little gain for the country, its people or future generations,” he added.
Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has demanded early implementation of the ‘Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area' project.
A delegation of the BCCI, which met Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Forest and
The project envisages protection of large contiguous forests, traversing boundaries of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra, under the Environment Protection Act (EPA). It shall consequently help check rising temperatures and rainfall in Belgaum district, which are adversely affecting agriculture and the people through regular flooding, and the city that is facing water shortages.
Also key for implementing ‘Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area' is that the Western Ghats around Belgaum are being undermined and destroyed at an increasing pace. Forests are being lost, degraded and fragmented for private and illegal gain through encroachments, tree felling and forest clearance for illegal or poorly planned development including mining. Mr Jaideep Siddannavar, President, BCCI, said, “One needs to make a beginning and the Sahyadri Ecologically Sensitive Area proposal submitted to the Ministry is one such endeavour. We recognise that the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Committee (WGEEP) and the MoEF (Ministry of Environment and Forests) are in the process of identifying ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats.”
“But the recent notes circulated by the WGEEP about rethinking the ESA and making it more broad-based with the involvement of local public bodies are a cause for worry. We do recognise the need for consultations at all levels, but we also see the need to keep focus on the larger picture,” he added.
Lifelines
BCCI, which submitted a memorandum to the MoEF, said forests in Western Ghats are the birth place of two rivers — Mahadai (that becomes the Mandovi River, which is Goa's lifeline) and Mallaprabha (a major tributary of the Krishna, a lifeline for the Deccan region).
Mandovi river is crucial for transport in Goa, and it is also a source of livelihood for thousands who depend on it for fishing. The river and its estuary act as breeding ground for numerous species which support commercial marine fishery.
The Mallaprabha river is a critical source of drinking and irrigation water in northern Karnataka. These forests also provide ecosystem services other than their functions as water catchments, pollinators for crops and fruit trees, climate moderation, flood control (in recent years, the district has become prone to flooding.). Most of these ecosystem services have been little understood and much less quantified or recognised.
According to Mr Mallikarjun Jagajampi, Secretary, BCCI, “The activities like poaching, unsustainable removal of natural produce, poorly planned or unjustified developmental activities are all undermining biodiversity conservation and eco-tourism potential in Western Ghats.”
“Illegal or poorly planned mining is resulting in our mineral being depleted with little gain for the country, its people or future generations,” he added.
More sugar factories to come up in Belgaum
Source: http://sify.com/finance/more-sugar-factories-to-come-up-in-belgaum-news-news-kmeaO0gdcid.html
Sugarcane growers from Belgaum district will have more options when supplying their produce, and to get a competitive price in the coming years, with the government giving licences to nine more companies to establish sugar factories.
The district is the largest producer of sugar cane in the state having 200,842 hectares of land growing the cane. Of the 20 factories, 16 are functioning.
The newly-approved sugar factories are Shiraguppa Sugars at Kagwad in Athani taluk, Basaveshwar Sugars at Belagiri in Athani taluk, Beereshwar Sugars at Alagawadi in Raibag taluk, Devachand Sugars at Shivapurwadi in Athani taluk, Gokak Sugars at Hirenandi in Gokak taluk, Shivashakti Sugars at Savadatti in Raibag taluk, Uttam Sugars at Mallapur in Bailhongal taluk, Shivasagar Sugars at Udapudi in Ramdurg taluk and Om Sugars at Jainapur in Chikkodi taluk.
Sugarcane growers from Belgaum district will have more options when supplying their produce, and to get a competitive price in the coming years, with the government giving licences to nine more companies to establish sugar factories.
The district is the largest producer of sugar cane in the state having 200,842 hectares of land growing the cane. Of the 20 factories, 16 are functioning.
The newly-approved sugar factories are Shiraguppa Sugars at Kagwad in Athani taluk, Basaveshwar Sugars at Belagiri in Athani taluk, Beereshwar Sugars at Alagawadi in Raibag taluk, Devachand Sugars at Shivapurwadi in Athani taluk, Gokak Sugars at Hirenandi in Gokak taluk, Shivashakti Sugars at Savadatti in Raibag taluk, Uttam Sugars at Mallapur in Bailhongal taluk, Shivasagar Sugars at Udapudi in Ramdurg taluk and Om Sugars at Jainapur in Chikkodi taluk.
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