Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Bangalore
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Extreme weather events the new normal? Experts take stock
From Houston all the way to Mumbai and from Nepal to the desert state of Rajasthan, rains have cut a swathe of destruction with flooded streets and thousands marooned as their cities and villages go under.
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Mumbai Rains: Why Indian cities can't withstand extreme rainfall
This is the worst flooding in Mumbai since 2005 As parts of India’s financial capital went under after more than 200 mm rainfall–the equivalent of 11 days of average daily monsoon rainfall in 12 hours–on
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in Bellandur Lake, Karnataka, 22/08/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of D. Kupendra Reddy Vs. State of Karnataka & Others dated 22/08/2017 regarding dumping of sewage in Bellandur lake, Karnataka. Counsel appearing
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding fire in Bellandur Lake in Bangalore, 20/02/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Karnataka dated 20/02/2017 regarding environmental disaster that had taken place at Bellandur Lake in Bangalore.
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Air-Ink: World's first ink made from air pollution goes on sale
The world's first ink made with a pigment captured from air pollution has gone on sale this week, in the latest demonstration of the creative solutions artists and designers are employing to clean-up pollution
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Status of ambient noise level in India – 2015
As per section 5.2.8 (IV) of National Environment Policy (NEP) - 2006, Ambient Noise is included as environmental quality parameter and is being monitored in specific urban areas regularly. The National
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Assessing climate change risks and contextual vulnerability in urban areas of semi-arid India: the case of Bangalore
The discourse on urban vulnerability over the last decade and a half has undergone substantial shifts prompted by differences in disciplinary orientations. This enables multiple framings and causal linkages,
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Ban on all kinds of plastic in City Market from April 2
KR Market, Bengaluru’s largest marketplace and the biggest user of plastic, is set to ban all kinds of plastic from April 2 onwards. The traders have joined hands with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
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A study on knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene among urban adolescent girls
<p>Adolescent girls often lack knowledge regarding reproductive health including menstruation hygiene which can be due to socio-cultural barriers in which they grow up. The objective of the study was to
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Only four of 105 lakes in City good, says IISc's latest study
Bellandur lake, which has dirty foam flowing through it, is one of the most polluted lakes in the City. Close on the heels of a report by the Legislative Assembly Committee on encroachment of lakes