Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/05/2025. Pursuant to the tribunal order dated April 24, 2025, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) informed the court that as per …
They are located in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Bidar, Bhadravati, and Raichur Under pressure from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Centre and State pollution control boards have finally approved action plans to bring down pollution levels in five “critically polluted” industrial clusters in Karnataka, including Peenya in Bengaluru. The five industrial …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2019 regarding violation of environment norms in the fragile buffer zone of Kaikondarahalli Lake at Banglore. Joint Committee comprising Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Karnataka State Pollution …
Nearly six months after the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT) greenlighted the completion of the Kalasa-Banduri project, the State government has started the lengthy process of getting clearances from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Adopting the same route attempted in the case of the Yettinahole river diversion project, …
Bengaluru: Karnataka has been witnessing a drastic change in rainfall pattern and distribution over the past two decades, resulting in frequent drought, floods and untimely rain. According to a study by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), north Karnataka and coastal areas have been g a declining trend …
While about 2,500 villages in the State are reeling under severe drought, the Election Commission (EC) has barred Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister Krishna Byre Gowda from holding meetings with zilla panchayats on monitoring the situation and providing relief to affected people. Citing enforcement of the model code …
The miners are not able to sell the inventory in the state or domestic market since buyers prefer imported iron ore as they feel it is better on quality India had produced more than 200 mt of iron ore in 2010-11 Iron ore miners in Karnataka are stuck with 6.5 …
The mighty Sharavathi river basin in the Western Ghats is considered a significant refuge for the endangered Lion-Tailed Macaques (LTM) in the country. BENGALURU: The mighty Sharavathi river basin in the Western Ghats is considered a significant refuge for the endangered Lion-Tailed Macaques (LTM) in the country. With a recent …
Bengaluru: How bad is the air we breathe? What impact does the city’s toxic air have on our health? Soon, such questions will get specific answers with the Clean Air Platform (CAP), a collective initiating a project to measure air pollution exposure in Bengaluru. The project titled #WhatAreYouBreathing will crowd-source …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of T. M. Umashankar & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding direction for closure of Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) established by M/s Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd. and M/s Ramky Infrastructure Ltd. on the direction of …
Bangalore Live News Today: Get the latest updates on Bangalore traffic, Bangalore weather, the events in Bangalore today and much more in our daily LIVE blog From the last two days infamous Bangalore’s Bellandur lake, has started to froth with toxic foam. The Bellandur Lake began frothing again after a …
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district is staring at a harsh summer and in the city, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has started rationing water to ensure that the water needs are met in the next two critical months. None of the prominent political parties or candidates in the fray has even …
Recently, the BBMP Additional Commissioner for public health, D Randeep, launched a network of 40 air quality monitoring devices that have been installed across the city. This has been seen as a positive move in controlling the city’s increasing air pollution when it comes to accountability with facts. With construction …
A long-drawn battle between the residents of Whitefield and Graphite India Ltd. (GI) has finally come to an end with the company announcing the closure of operations of its Bengaluru plant. In a letter dated April 3 to the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange, which …
A group of over 100 residents of HSR Layout has been undertaking initiatives such as waste clean-up drives and environment awareness programmes to improve the neighbourhood. BENGALURU : Hasiru Mithra, a group of over 100 residents of HSR Layout, is calling fellow citizens to join its endeavour to help curb …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sharath RK Vs State of Karnataka dated 27/03/2019 regarding illegal construction of houses and shops under the high power transmission lines without safety distance as per the laid down norms. Storm water drains connected to the lakes of Bangalore, are …
Between 2003-04 and 2011-12, India’s cotton output more than doubled from 14 million bales (of 480 pounds or 218 kg each) to 29 million bales. In 2003-04, India was the world’s third largest cotton producer (behind China and the US) and seventh biggest exporter (after the US, Uzbekistan, Australia, Greece, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of B. Raghupathy Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2019. The issue raised for consideration is the violation of the environment norms by K.S. Satish and M/s New Ark Project. The NGT says that before considering the issue with regard …
BENGALURU: Bellandur is reeling under severe water crisis as borewells in the area are drying up, while water tankers have jacked up prices in view of increasing demand. “Earlier, we would get 6,000 litres of tanker water at Rs 500, but now the prices have gone up to Rs 1,500,” …
MANGALURU: KIOCL Ltd which requires around 30MW power for its on-going operations in this coastal city is betting big on solar power. The company that has already set up a 380 Kwp rooftop solar power plant and commissioned a 1.3MW land based solar power plant in January here, is now …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahadevpura Parisara Samrakshane Mattu Abhivrudhi Samiti Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/03/2019. The prayer in this application is to restore ecology of Kaikondarahalli lake in Bangalore city. Case of the applicant is that a construction project is being …
