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 …
Karnataka state government signed an MoU on Monday with Netherlands' government for a waste to energy technology which will be utilised to dispose Bengaluru filth. With an investment of Rs 470 crore, the waste to energy project will be utilised to dispose 600 metric tonnes of garbage generated in the …
SHIMLA: Other than tourists spots, Shimla, now has few "troubled" spots to add to the list. These spots are affected by monkeys,making areas in the city highly troublesome for the public. The city forest department with the help of a team of experts from Bengaluru will be taking charge of …
BENGALURU: On Tuesday , the narrow lanes of a slum near the Don Bosco Church in Lingarajpuram, east Bengaluru, wore a clean look. There was palpable excitement when the US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma arrived to visit WaterHealth Centre, a community water system which provides safe drinking water …
Garbage black spots emerge in City, rains make matters worse These are some of the dirty corners in the City captured by Deccan Herald photographers at (clockwise from top left) Banaswadi railway station; Bore Bank Road, William Town; Assaye Road; Ashoka Pillar Road (Siddapura); Ulsoor lake road; Hayes Road; Prof …
The anganwadi at a slum in southeast Bengaluru opens at 10.30am, but a group of barefooted children, clad in old and torn clothes throng the premises by 9am itself. The only reason they are here is to begin the day with a morsel of food. But by the time they …
A major protest is being held against the state government demanding necessary action to clean Bellandur and Varthur lake, which are facing severe pollution. The 'Bruhat Pratibatana Rally' is supported by the BBMP opposition party members (corporators and other elected representatives from BJP) who have promised hundreds of protestors from …
At 6.20pm on Tuesday , Bengaluru smiled.An hour later, the smile turned to a wide-eyed, toothy grin as dust settled and the air became cleaner. Graphic artist Michael Fluckiger's face of the city, a cheerful yellow smiley, practically beamed with pleasure. Fluckiger has created emojis that smile or frown as …
Imagine a forest of the size of Bengaluru city being wiped out. That's what has happened in Karnataka over the years. At least 81,776 hectares of forest land in the state is under encroachment — Bengaluru't total land area is 74,100 ha — according to the union ministry of environment, …
Neither civic agencies nor private entities seem to be taking the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) seriously in ensuring Bengaluru’s lakes are free from pollutants. This is evident as the KSPCB has complained to the Karnataka Lokayukta that civic bodies haven’t obeyed its directives. Starting January 2014, the KSPCB …
Heavy air pollution in the city is causing not just respiratory problems, but also resulting in an increased risk of people developing heart diseases. Doctors at the State-run Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences are seeing a considerable number of construction workers and labourers from industrial plants apart from slum-dwellers …
After Saturday evening’s rain, froth has resurfaced on Bellandur Lake. Vishruth, a resident of Yemlur who lives about 30 metres from the lake, said, “Every time it rains and the water flows, the froth raises and navigating this stretch becomes risky. Due to the froth, visibility is reduced and the …
Will process 3 lakh tonnes of garbage at the dumping yard The State government will set up a waste-to-energy garbage disposal unit at Bingipura to dispose nearly three lakh tonnes of accumulated garbage dumped at the landfill site over the years. Speaking to reporters in the City on Wednesday, Transport …
National Green Tribunal stays operation of Lingadheeranahalli waste processing plant. Whenever the issue of garbage piling on the streets and in residential areas comes up, the BBMP’s ready answer is that six new processing units are on the anvil. The first of these units — at Lingadheeranahalli in Banashankari VI …
They might not be eligible voters just yet, but they're legal minds in the making and have a fair idea of what they want from the city that is home or they've adopted as home for the next few years till they get their degrees. Students of the premier National …
Is fishing permitted in City lakes? Yes, simply because there is no law prohibiting it. Bengalureans can take up fishing as a pastime and he/she cannot be booked for it. People usually do not fish as they are not aware of this and also most importantly because the lakes are …
Bengaluru is a city in which it's hard to breathe. Yet, the pollution control board has only 13 monitors across the 700-odd sqkm of the city. The fact that 10 of these 13 monitors have recorded respirable suspended particulate matter in excess of the permitted levels is testimony to the …
A 24-year-old man with dengue died in a private hospital in Wilson Garden in south Bengaluru in June. Doctors treated him for four days for dengue, the medical records have all the details and even the government-issued death certificate states the cause of death as dengue haemorrhagic fever. Yet, Bruhat …
If Sanjaynagar and Dollars Colony in north Bengaluru are free of plastic today, the credit goes to Vignan Gowda, a Bengalurean by birth, a techie by profession and a changemaker at heart. The muck piles that dotted his neighbourhood were an eyesore and Vignan, 35, knew he had to do …
Axing the future: According to Environmental Support Group, 50,000 trees were felled to widen a series of streets in the late 2000s. And between 2011 and 2014, 9,281 trees were felled for the City's metro and other road-widening projects. In the past decade, Bengaluru — once famous as India’s Garden …
Javadekar, who chaired a meeting of Bengaluru MPs and MLAs on rejuvenation of lakes here on Tuesday, said his ministry would fund the rejuvenation if the State government took affirmative steps to block the entry of polluted water into the lakes. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said …
