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: If you are taking a joyride or getting a cab home after work at midnight, think twice before sliding down the car window and breathing in deeply. That cool, pleasant breeze is probably bringing in pollutants as well. Air pollution is no longer at its worst only during the …
MANGALURU: Surreal sight of toxic foam frothing from Varthur Lake, and the foam catching fire in Yemlur Lake in Bengaluru has caught the attention of union ministry of environment, forests and climate change. While the ministry dispatched a first team of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to check out …
The Transport department seems to be on an enforcement spree after the High Court's recent intervention into the growing vehicle density in the City, which is leading to higher pollution levels. Consequently, during drives conducted in April alone, the Transport department made Rs 10.28 crore in penalties. The department booked …
Bengaluru: Ten-year-old Tanisha K, a resident of Vijayanagar in West Bengaluru, ends up in hospital every few weeks with breathing difficulties. She developed the problem a couple of years ago after she started school. Doctors traced the ailment to the air she inhales while commuting to school every morning in …
Bacterial microbes emitting methane, coupled with effluents containing traces of petroleum, are the culprits behind the froth and the recent fire in Belandur lake, a study by the Department of Environment Sciences (DES) of Bangalore University (BU) has found. Contrary to the statements of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board …
The National Green Tribunal here has served notice to the Karnataka government on the issue related to Bengaluru’s sewage being let into its rivers and canals, including Cauvery. When the case came up for hearing, an expert team led by Justice M Chockalingam asked the Chief Secretary of Karnataka, the …
A criminal case has been filed under Section 44 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, which provides for imprisonment for a term not less than one year and six months and extends to six years with a fine. DH file photo The Karnataka State Pollution Control …
While most teenagers are hooked to gaming and social media, there are some who are more rooted; who use the money and resources they have to plant trees and help save the environment. A group of 28 former students of Vijaya PU College met through the NSS (National Service Scheme) …
Bengaluru, an important metropolitan city and Silicon Valley of India, also suffers from bad air quality and as reported, nearly 36 per cent of children suffer from weak lungs. This has implications for the economy of the city in two ways. First, the children are weak and therefore less productive …
With no respite from foam and stench emanating from Bellandur lake, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has decided to file a case against Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for not taking steps to prevent sewage from entering the lake. Siddaramaiah, regional officer (Bommanahalli division), KSPCB, said on …
Vaman Acharya, Chairman, KSPCB, launches the experimental project that will treat sewage water fromthe apartments in JP Nagar 7th Phase, along with rain water, to be let into Puttenahalli lake. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Sunday, launched an experimental project to let treated sewage water from apartments …
There seems to be no let-up in the bad news about the city's vanishing lakes and stormwater drains. A recent study by IISc has warned that north Bengaluru is certain to witness heavy water-logging and even flooding in case of a heavy storm or rainfall. The reason: the fragile network …
BENGALURU: Yet again, infrastructure work is taking a toll on the city's shrinking green cover. Close to 90 trees on Platform Road, west Bengaluru, are set to face the axe, with 15 already felled since Sunday. BBMP has started chopping trees near Okalipuram junction to make way for the 8-lane …
Bengaluru: Degradation has stripped the wetlands of Bengaluru of all their value. The loss in value is a staggering 99.8%, an IISc study has revealed. The study put the valuation of a relatively pristine wetland in Bengaluru at Rs10,435 per hectare per day. However, a polluted wetland of the city …
Cracking the whip on two commercial projects in Bengaluru, National Green Tribunal today imposed Rs 117.35 crores and Rs 22.5 crores as damages on two companies for degrading the environment. The Tribunal also directed the Centre to stop sanctioning any venture on wetlands and catchment areas of water bodies in …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday halted all approvals given by the government agencies for construction of buildings on wetlands and catchment areas of water bodies in Bengaluru for three months. The tribunal principal bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar and its members Justice U D Salvi, D K Agrawal …
The pollution of lakes and valley zones in Bengaluru due to “rampant” real estate projects and untreated sewage was raised in the Upper House on Thursday with Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar demanding strict action against the culprits. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, the independent MP from Karnataka cited …
Authorities okay with plan to build offices on lake bed as demolition drive continues on such land in B'luru There seem to be two standards in the scheme of things: one for the common man and the other for the government’s own departments. Structures that had come up illegally on …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Forward Foundation Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 07/05/2015 regarding commercial projects that are being developed in a large-sized, mixed use development project/building complex, including setting up of a SEZ park, Hotels, Residential Apartments and …
There seem to be no takers for the scheme launched by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for the public to report about polluting buses and win Rs 1,000. KSRTC had launched the scheme in 2004 for the public to call in and report about smoke-emitting buses. Three buses …
