Honnavar

Honnavar port: Authorities push for four-lane road amid opposition

The original proposal, submitted to Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority (KSCZMA), had the road passing through a forest area, sand dunes and turtle nesting area, intertidal zone and no development zone.

04 April 2024, 00:09 IST

Honnavar port: Authorities push for four-lane road amid opposition

04 April 2024, 00:09 IST

700 eggs of sea turtles destroyed by feral dogs in Kasarkod Tonka

The eggs were expected to hatch in the next 10-12 days after a gestation period of 48 days.

12 March 2024, 09:02 IST

700 eggs of sea turtles destroyed by feral dogs in Kasarkod Tonka

12 March 2024, 09:02 IST

Tonka beach gets its first Olive Ridley turtle nest this season

However, local fishermen and private port officials continue to fight overlaying of asphalt road at the proposed site at Kasarkod Tonka.

17 January 2024, 16:06 IST

Tonka beach gets its first Olive Ridley turtle nest this season

17 January 2024, 16:06 IST

Honnavar port plan calls for more thought

While there is a need to strike a balance between our economic and ecological concerns, the government cannot ignore the perils of meddling with the environment, especially in sensitive zones.

03 December 2023, 21:35 IST

Honnavar port plan calls for more thought

03 December 2023, 21:35 IST

Turtle alarm goes off after road asphalting gets OK

Authorities in Karnataka have greenlighted the asphalting of a 'kaccha road' that runs alongside the nesting grounds of the critically endangered olive ridley sea turtle in Honnavar taluk of Uttara Kannada district.

26 November 2023, 21:02 IST

Turtle alarm goes off after road asphalting gets OK

26 November 2023, 21:02 IST

NGT disposes of plea challenging road project on Honnavar beach

The original EC was issued in 2012, allowing the company, Honnavar Port Private Limited, to build a 4-km long 25 metre wide road by upgrading a 'kachha road' within the coastal regulation zone (200 metres) of the Kasarkod beach.

29 September 2023, 21:35 IST

NGT disposes of plea challenging road project on Honnavar beach

29 September 2023, 21:35 IST

In third such incident in a week, two carcasses of Bryde’s whale washed ashore Honnavar beach

While the fishers and marine biologists claim that the whales might have died of an accident caused by a ship; officials are yet to ascertain the reason for death.

16 September 2023, 13:39 IST

In third such incident in a week, two carcasses of Bryde’s whale washed ashore Honnavar beach

16 September 2023, 13:39 IST

Port authorities defend Honnavar project

The director said eight public consultations and presentations have been conducted between November 2020 and June 2021

23 May 2023, 22:50 IST

Port authorities defend Honnavar project

23 May 2023, 22:50 IST

Sagarmala project: Do we really need more ports?

Experts fear that several projects proposed under the Sagarmala project would prove detrimental to locals and the environment

11 June 2022, 19:51 IST

Sagarmala project: Do we really need more ports?

11 June 2022, 19:51 IST

Karnataka's 'Pepper Queen' to get a theme park

The theme park will come up on 2-acre forest land in Kasarakod, the narrow strip flanked by Sharavathi river on the one side and the Arabian Sea on the other

17 April 2022, 00:57 IST

Karnataka's 'Pepper Queen' to get a theme park

17 April 2022, 00:57 IST