Karnataka obtained 487 mm of rainfall in opposition to the traditional 654 mm of rainfall from June 1 to August 24, 2023.
| Photograph Credit score: SRIRAM MA
1. Dry spell in Karnataka decreases sowing protection of paddy, ragi, tur dal, inexperienced gram, cotton
With Karnataka receiving 25% deficit rainfall throughout southwest monsoon as on August 24, varied standing crops are dealing with the specter of withering, in response to Minister for Agriculture N Cheluvarayaswamy. The State obtained 487 mm of rainfall in opposition to the traditional 654 mm of rainfall from June 1 to August 24, 2023, whereas greater than 100 taluks obtained lower than regular rainfall throughout this monsoon, watching drought-like situations.
The full sown space as on August 24, was 64.84 lakh hectares in opposition to the goal of 83.35 lakh hectares, accounting for 79% protection. Crops in 196 gram panchayats have been misplaced owing to weak monsoon, and a complete of 16.23 lakh farmers have registered for crop insurance coverage masking 15.31 lakh hectares.
2. KIA will get elevated walkway for passengers and guests at Bengaluru airport
A brand new elevated walkway for the comfort of passengers and guests has been opened on the Kempegowda Worldwide Airport in Bengaluru. The brand new walkway connects Terminal 1 to P4 parking.
The 420-metre walkway is designed to ship a seamless expertise to pedestrians who’re strolling both in the direction of Terminal 1 or in the direction of P4 parking. The walkway options travelators (shifting walkways), elevators and escalators.
3. 5 years on, parallel railway overbridge between Udupi and Manipal on NH 169A stays a non-starter
These travelling between temple city Udupi and schooling hub Manipal and past on Nationwide Freeway 169A will proceed to endure the inconvenience of site visitors gridlock at Indrali, as building of a parallel railway overbridge on the Mangaluru-Mumbai railway line has not been carried out for the final 5 years.
A part of the Malpe-Tirthahalli NH 169A widening challenge, the proposal for the 12 metre-wide and 58 metre-long single-span parallel RoB is being tossed between the Nationwide Highways wing of the State Public Works Division, Union Street Transport Ministry and the Konkan Railway Company Restricted (KRCL). Bureaucratic delays and crimson tapism have delayed approvals for design change, price escalation and different issues.
4. NCBS to collaborate with a bunch of organisations for forest analysis and conservation
The Nationwide Centre for Organic Sciences — Tata Institute of Basic Analysis (NCBS-TIFR) has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Analysis and Coaching Organisation of Ministry of Setting, Forests, and Local weather Change (MoEFCC), and a bunch of different organisations, on August 24 as a step in the direction of constructing a partnership forest schooling, analysis and conservation.
By way of these MoUs, the institutes intend to take a multidisciplinary strategy in the direction of schooling, analysis, and coaching within the subject of forest genomics and the examine of ecosystem to make sure conservation, particularly of various species of timber.