Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
BENGALURU: The South Western Railway Zone has been rated as the second most clean zone among all the 17 zones in the country. These are the findings of a recent survey conducted by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The survey of major stations for cleanliness was initiated by …
Four professionals from different fields have come together to study the impact of air pollution on the health of traffic police personnel in Bengaluru. The Anti- Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF) will undertake a detailed study in August. The group conducted a similar study in Mangaluru in May and found that …
BENGALURU: With the National Green Tribunal asking the Delhi government to scrap 15-year-old vehicles as a pollution control measure, Karnataka's transport department will face a similar challenge soon. For, it's not just Delhi, every state will have to fall in line with the central government policy on pollution control sooner …
Bengaluru: Mavis Fernandes who was drawn to Cubbon Park's serenity has stopped visiting the lung space. "I would meditate and practise yoga almost every day. But I couldn't concentrate, especially during complicated postures, because of the constant honking of cars plying on the road running through the park. It really …
Cost-intensive conventional sewage treatment plants have often stopped civic agencies from investing in treating effluents entering lakes. Now, the lake division of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in association with some private players has come out with a cost-effective natural osmosis technique to filter sewage. Using the corporate social …
Cites extended nightlife; owners oppose proposal According to Mayor B NManjunath Reddy the extension of nightlife would lead to more garbage being generated and thus they are contemplating increasing the cess. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is expected to take a decision on Tuesday on increasing the garbage cess …
The Transport department is creating a network to automatically generate penalty challans for vehicle owners who fail to get their Pollution Under Control (PUC) test done once in six months. At present, the department depends on random manual drives to check 1.6 crore vehicles in the state to know if …
A total of 9,000 cases have been booked and 39,000 kilograms of plastic has been seized in Bengaluru ever since the ban on plastic came into effect four months ago. Furnishing details about the crackdown on plastic, forest and environment minister B Ramanath Rai said a penalty of Rs 52 …
Bengaluru: The Paris Agreement on climate change may be a step in the right direction but developing countries like India are exempt from binding commitments, which is bound to have adverse effects, experts said on Thursday. Bengaluru, for example, doesn't even have an action plan in place, they pointed out. …
Bengaluru: To curb pollution, over 2,000 vehicles were checked and 134 drivers booked at Cubbon Park on Thursday. During a joint drive, the transport department and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials found that some vehicles were not just highly polluting but also had invalid emission test certificates. …
The bill seeks to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill, 2016, for this purpose. The government had a few months ago, made rainwater harvesting mandatory for all buildings on sites not less than 2,400 sq ft. DH graphic The Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed an amendment bill …
KLCDA officials unaware of their job; staff shortage hits work Once a city of thousand lakes, Bengaluru is now left with just 210 of them; 80% of these are in a pathetic condition. It has been over a year since the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) was formed. …
Actor Harshika Poonacha poses near a biobus in Bengaluru on Monday. The bus, operating between Bengaluru and Chennai, runs completely on biodiesel. The KSRTC on Monday introduced the country’s first biobus which runs on 100% biodiesel. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy flagged off the biobus, which operates between Bengaluru and Chennai. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Ananth Bhat Vs Bangalore Development Authority dated 05/07/2016 regarding encroachment and destruction of a public playground, Koramangala, Bangalore. Tribunal dismisses the Application.
BENGALURU: THE introduction of the on-street automated Pay-and-Park system on the city’s major roads will take longer as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has so far been unable to get “qualified” bidders during the tendering process. Sources in BBMP say its officials are hand-in-glove with private operators, who make …
BENGALURU: THE Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will launch a 100 per cent bio-diesel bus on Monday as part of its efforts to reduce fuel expenditure and air pollution. The country’s first 100 per cent bio-diesel bus, which will ply between Bengaluru and Chennai, will be inaugurated by Transport …
Arun Ganesh has just placed an order for a DIY air pollution monitoring kit worth Rs 5,000. Once assembled, the kit will measure the Bengaluru-based data analyst's exposure to air pollution at all times. Ganesh, who cycles to work, says he's not confident about the pollution control board's data as …
The origin of cities can be traced back to the river valley civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley and China. Initially these settlements were largely dependent upon agriculture; however, with the growth in population the city size increased and economic activity transformed to trading . The process of urbanization gained …
This bottom-up modeling study, supported by new population census 2011 data, simulates ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on local to regional scales. It quantifies, present-day premature mortalities associated with the exposure to near-surface PM2.5 and O3 concentrations in India using a regional chemistry model. We estimate that …
No new constructions will be allowed in buffer zones around lakes in Bengaluru urban and rural districts, said Congress MLA K B Koliwad. Koliwad, who heads a Legislative Assembly committee to look into tank encroachments, told reporters in Bengaluru on Wednesday the committee had initiated a survey around lakes in …
