As Bangalore reels under severe water shortage, the ambitious plan of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to ensure that houses in City adopt Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) seems to hav

With water levels going down in various reservoirs, Bangalore faces acute shortage. Officials have estimated that there is enough water for only the next 15-18 days.

The Bruhat Bangalore Bangalore Mahanagara Palike is said to be contemplating on dropping bulk garbage generators from its purview to streamline solid waste management.

“We are receiving a lot of recommendations to allow bulk waste generators to set up their own waste-processing units. A final decision will be taken soon in this regard,” said Ramandeep Choudhary, Additional Commissioner, Solid Waste Management.

The much talked-about ‘tree census’ proposal by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has been put on the backburner for want of appropriate guidance.

The Board’s plan to keep tabs on the City’s green cover two weeks ago received good response. But now, it is absolutely clueless on how to go about it.
It is seeking assistance from other departments, including BBMP and the Forest department.

KANPUR: The Industrial City has the dubious distinction of being the third highest incidence of asthma in the country. Bangalore has the highest number of asthma patients in the country.

To call attention to the deteriorating condition of Bangalore’s lakes, a group of seven photographers have released a short documentary film called Bangalore Lake Diaries, which they hope will generate public momentum to save these water bodies before it is too late.

The right kind of picture may well speak a thousand words and it is this sort of visual impact that is sought by the documentarians. The six-minute short film attempts to show the deplorable condition of 10 neglected lakes such as the Arakere Lake, Kaikondrahalli Lake, Halasuru Lake, Puttenahalli Lake, Dorekere Lake, Varthur Lake, Rajarajeshwari Nagar Lake, Somasandra Palya Lake, Uttarahalli Lake and Agara Lake.

Plan for sewage treatment plant takes shape, but mafia may pose hurdles

Government officials who were apathetic towards the historic Sarakki lake for long seem to have woken up to the need to save the water body. On Friday, they visited the lake for a reality check on its status. The officials are believed to have realised that a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed last month in the High Court of Karnataka over the plight of the water body by People's Campaign for Water (PCW), an NGO.

Pune: City-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology officially launched its second ‘System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) - Pune’ for Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Wednesday. Other facilities such as ‘air quality and weather assessment and data on hitech-digital India’ (AWADHI) — a one stop-shop for metro air quality information was also launched.

In addition to it, an ‘interactive voice response (IVR) service’ was also introduced, where citizens of Pune can get the current and 24-hour advance forecast information on air quality and weather of Pune and Delhi just by dialing a toll free number.

All private water tankers in the City will henceforth have to mandatorily mention the source of water in their trade licence.

As part of the drive to keep a tab on private tankers supplying water, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has directed all the private water suppliers to obtain licences from competent authorities. Private tankers have also been asked to make sure that they have the registration certificate and permit issued by the Regional Transport Authority.

Bangalore: The high court on Wednesday ordered issuance of notice to BBMP commissioner Siddaiah with regard to a contempt petition for failing to act on a request to remove a mobile tower erected on a building.

A division bench headed by Justice NK Patil ordered notice to Vanraj, a resident of Jambusavari Dinne, J P Nagar Phase VIII, in this case.
Madhusudhan Singh and others complained that the BBMP commissioner failed to act after the high court passed the order on November 8, 2012, asking him to consider the representation filed by the petitioners within three months.