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 …
Nearly 25 lakh tonnes of garbage have accumulated in Mandur landfill. Bangalore is not alone in facing garbage disposal problems. Mumbai and Delhi too face the disposal crisis. If Bangalore can’t dispose off 4,000 odd tonnes of waste generated every day, Mumbai and Delhi can’t treat the 7,500 tonnes and …
Emissions from vehicles prime cause, says green ministry Bangalore is among the top 10 polluted cities in the country as found by the Ministry of Environment and the prime cause is the pollution caused by motor vehicles. But, there is no mechanism as such to check the increasing vehicular pollution …
The garbage crisis in the City has deepened further with protests spreading to the villages near other landfills at Terra Firma in Doddaballapur and the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) unit at Kudlu, off Hosur Road, Bommanahalli. The garbage crisis in the City has deepened further with protests spreading to …
Rising pollution levels in the City over a period have led to an increase in the number of health ailments among citizens. Skin diseases, allergies, respiratory problems, etc, are on the rise. Fine dust particles are potential triggers for skin diseases, say dermatologists. Speaking with Deccan Herald, Dr Leelavathy, HoD, …
The High Court on Monday directed the government to file an affidavit on action taken to protect lakes in Anekal taluk in Bangalore Urban district. Hearing a petition filed by Bharatiya Kissan Sangh, the division bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice H G Ramesh directed the government …
Mayor B S Sathyanarayana on Sunday announced an allocation of Rs 2.5 crore for overall development of Dorekere lake in Uttarahalli. He made the announcement during his inspection of the lake on Sunday following death of several silver-line fish in the water body, earlier in the week due to mixing …
JARRING NOTE: Noise Is On An Ear-Shattering Rise In The City. Sound Laws To Check The Pollution Exist. But Authorities Have Pressed The Mute Button Sujatha R is all nerves when she ac companies her mother to ESI Hospital, Rajajinagar, Bangalore West. On every visit, her two-year-old daughter begins to …
The city is sitting on the edge of another garbage crisis as BBMP's agreement with Mandur villagers on dumping waste there is coming to an end on June 1. While the villagers have threatened to block throwing of garbage in the landfill, the civic agency is struggling to find either …
The IT capital's movement to reclaim its streets and create a cycling culture may be pedalling towards success. The seventh edition of Cycle Day near Agara Lake in HSR Layout on Sunday saw over 25 kids hit the pedal under the watch of their parents and organizers. Samanyu Saju, all …
Officials express doubt if the project will ever come up Efforts by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to scientifically dispose of the accumulated waste at the landfill in Mandur seem to have come to nought. Though the civic body has floated a tender to clear the waste, officials doubt if …
BANGALORE: Ashima R (name changed), a resident of Shantinagar in Central Bangalore, is fed up of polluted air she and her family have to endure through the day. All because her house is a few metres from the Shantinagar bus station which sees 3,400 bus trips every day. The scene …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has undertaken a study to assess the air quality at bus stands in and around Bangalore. The Board is conducting the study to assess the levels of pollutants, especially carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which are present in closed buildings of the Bangalore …
Until now, Bangaloreans cycled to beat the worsening city traffic. But there's more to cycling, claim avid cycling enthusiasts. Cycling is not just an eco-friendly and feasible mode of transport but can also serve as a good way to unwind. A small but strong community is creating awareness about cycling, …
BANGALORE: Triggering yet another garbage crisis, residents of Mandur stopped over 200 garbage trucks on Tuesday near the landfill at Mandur, off Old Madras Road, in East Bangalore. They were protesting against the BBMP's tardy implementation of welfare schemes, including supply of clean drinking water, promised to them. The villagers …
BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) was tasked with the job of finding solutions to the city's soaring decibel levels. In response to a high court directive, the board asked three departments — police, BBMP and transport — to deal with the issue. However, KSPCB's approach shows it …
The exercise set to begin in June will be conducted in phases The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the Bangalore Traffic Police and the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI) will conduct a study across the City to determine the level of lead in the blood …
Just 3.5 per cent of citizens in Bangalore are “environmentally literate”, a door-to-door survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in upmarket areas like Malleswaram and Rajajinagar has found. What’s more, ‘Garden City’ has just one tree for six of its citizens, the same as in Mumbai. In …
One more water body in the City appears to be disappearing fast, with hunderds of truckloads of soil being dumped into Chunchaghatta lake. The People’s Campaign for Right to Water (PCRW), a non-government organisation, which noticed the illegal activity, has lodged a complaint with the chief secretary to the State …
Bangalore Urban district in-charge minister Ramalinga Reddy took Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials to task for not implementing waste management effectively. Bangalore Urban district in-charge minister Ramalinga Reddy took Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials to task for not implementing waste management effectively. At a review meeting held in …
DESPERATE TIMES: Helpline Gets 4,000 Distress Calls In Two Days Bangalore: Just two days and 4,000 calls; the water crisis in the districts is severe, going by the distress calls flooding the state government’s toll-free number from Monday. Experts say the state’s reservoirs have depleted, while 93% of lakes and …
