Ulsoor Lake covered in carpet of water hyacinth
BENGALURU: Ulsoor Lake is back to looking green — and not from envy. A large part of the lake, one of the city's best known landmarks, is covered by water hyacinth, so much so that it resembles a lush
BENGALURU: Ulsoor Lake is back to looking green — and not from envy. A large part of the lake, one of the city's best known landmarks, is covered by water hyacinth, so much so that it resembles a lush
BENGALURU: Copious pre-monsoon rain has reduced the risk of forest fires in the state this summer. In the past two months, Karnataka has seen no major incident, according to the forest department. Though
Under the Green Bengaluru project, a tree census will be conducted and no tree will be allowed to be chopped down for any development work. Bengaluru: The BJP’s manifesto for the city has everything
BENGALURU: THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)’s Young Indians on Sunday launched the ‘Horn Not OK Please’ (HNOP) campaign at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). The aim of the campaign is
BENGALURU: Visitors and vendors at the Jayanagar market on Sunday witnessed a unique political campaign. Two environment organisations decided to goad the public to cut across party lines and vote for
The urban voter in Bengaluru was once voiceless, with no say or sway in the poll outcome—blame it on the vote bank’s negligible size and political apathy. But, post the 2008 delimitation of constituencies,
BENGALURU: India has one doctor for every 921 people, as of December 2017, which is way ahead of the doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 prescribed by the World Health Organisation. The number includes ayurveda,
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re: News item published on 21.11.2021 in the Indian Express titled “Lakes of Bengaluru : Industrial effluents, raw sewage; stinky tale
BENGALURU: A seven-year-old boy from C V Raman Nagar, suffering from cough, running nose and sneezing for months on end was advised by his physician to undergo an allergy test. The parents, who had been
BENGALURU: It’s not just the mercury that’s soaring, mosquito menace in the city is on the rise too, say Bengalureans. In fact, residents wary of the deadly bites and related vector-borne diseases are
BENGALURU: One of the last remaining lung spaces in Bengaluru, the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP), is in the thick of controversy with quarrying activity continuing in the buffer zone. Environmentalists
BENGALURU: The bio-park of Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi campus lost 36 sandalwood trees in slightly more than a year, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. Twenty-six of these were chopped and
<p>Written submission by Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust in appeal no. 14 of 2020.</p> <p>The matter related to environmental clearance granted to gas based combined cycle power
BENGALURU: Last year, a guard in Bandipur died in a forest fire. On Saturday, a forest officer was killed by an elephant when he was inspecting a blaze in the DB Kuppe forest range near Kabini. 50 hec
Bengaluru: Last year, Bengaluru saw a surge in citizens trying to switch over to solar power. And, many are not just using the environment-friendly mode of power but also giving the excess back to the
BENGALURU: Air quality in 11 cities and towns in Karnataka has been deteriorating, thanks to the increasing number of vehicles and unscientific waste management. According to the latest data collected
A new report titled “Behind the Smokescreen” by Greenpeace India reveals that a year after initial nationwide lockdowns due to Covid-19, NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) pollution has increased in India’s eight
BENGALURU: It's been six months since Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanag ara Palike (BBMP) started collecting sanitary waste from households on a daily basis, but the drive doesn't seem to have been very effective.
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published on 21.11.2021 in the Indian Express titled “Lakes of Bengaluru : Industrial effluents, raw sewage; stinky tale
BENGALURU: Garbage disposal is a bugbear that has dogged the entire city and while the piles of rubbish on roadsides have often garnered focus, one issue that has slipped under the radar is collection