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: A month after Wipro chairman Azim Premji met chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and offered to work towards fighting air pollution in the state, the government is chalking out a plan with specific interventions to tackle the menace in Bengaluru. Increasing the number of monitoring stations, mitigating vehicular emissions and …
The worsening air pollution at Anand Rao Circle following increase in high-rise buildings, prompted the board to install the first air quality monitoring station there in 1983. BENGALURU: A systematic assessment of pollutant levels in the air through air quality monitoring stations in and around Bengaluru by the Karnataka State …
BENGALURU: A recent study by a senior pulmonologist has revealed that the city’s air pollution is resulting in rising incidence of chronic cough among children. Dr H Paramesh, a senior paediatric pulmonologist, has found that air pollution was to blame for 21% of the chronic cough cases in children below …
India's tech hub Bengaluru on Tuesday joined 13 other cities, including London, to clean up toxic air and check pollution in urban areas the world over. Hosting the first meeting of the C40 Air Quality Network, Bengaluru brought experts and policymakers from 13 other cities from the world over to …
Vehicle population in Bengaluru has crossed more than 72 lakh, and on an average close to 2,000 new vehicles hit the roads daily. BENGALURU: Vehicle population in Bengaluru has crossed more than 72 lakh, and on an average close to 2,000 new vehicles hit the roads daily. Amid this burgeoning …
BENGALURU: Wondering as to why the government has not been able to clean up the highly polluted Bellandur Lake for the past three years, the high court on Thursday directed that a senior official should appear before it on Friday and explain what’s happening with the waterbody. “For three years, …
BENGALURU: The country’s first e-waste recycling unit will come up in Bengaluru, Union minister of chemicals and fertilisers Ananth Kumar said on Monday. The unit, to be set up by the ministry, is likely to be ready in four months, and is in keeping with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan drive, …
Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will be floods. But the fact is that this relief is temporary. The fact …
NEW DELHI: Infosys, India's second largest software services firm, saw over 43 per cent of its electricity requirements being met through renewable energy sources during 2017-18, a report said on Tuesday. As per Infosys' 11th Annual Sustainability Report, 43.7 per cent of the company's electricity requirements -- equating to more …
BENGALURU: The city’s biggest lake has become its largest septic tank and the blame goes to the government and civic agencies, which have failed to discharge their duties, a commission appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has concluded. The panel made the observations in its report prepared after inspection …
An analyis of air quality of 10 state capitals of the country during last winter and in the past two months this summer has showed that they too are in the "dangerous grip" of a multi-pollutant crisis, besides Delhi, a green NGO today claimed. The analysed data is part of …
BENGALURU: Traffic, vehicles and Bengaluru usually don’t make for happy news together. But here’s a story that breaks the tradition. Transport department statistics show that 2017-18 recorded a 20% dip in the number of new vehicles registered in the city. The year saw the lowest growth rate of 8% in …
BENGALURU: Commuters are paying a heavy price for Namma Metro work from Byappanahalli to Whitefield: Stranded on jampacked roads, they inhale dust from construction activities along the stretch. Members of Whitefield Rising, a citizens’ group, said despite several complaints, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is yet to take …
For over a month now, these vans with monitoring equipments fitted inside, have been idly stationed at the entrance of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board office on Church street. BENGALURU: After the new government assumes office today, there is finally some chance that the first-of-its-kind mobile air quality monitoring …
Under the Green Bengaluru project, a tree census will be conducted and no tree will be allowed to be chopped down for any development work. Bengaluru: The BJP’s manifesto for the city has everything Bengalureans want to hear, promising a garbage –free Bengaluru, uninterrupted power supply, more trees, a better …
BENGALURU: Visitors and vendors at the Jayanagar market on Sunday witnessed a unique political campaign. Two environment organisations decided to goad the public to cut across party lines and vote for eco-friendly politicians who would sustain the greenery of Bengaluru. On the other hand, they are simultaneously campaigning against 'toxic' …
Estimate that, if ‘business as usual’ continues, CO2 emission from vehicles will increase by nearly 24 times If the air around the city looks hazy now, imagine what it will be like in a little more than a decade, when vehicles will over-run the city, assuming governments continue their cavalier …
BENGALURU:The much vaunted two-stroke auto scrapping scheme announced by the transport department seems to have failed. The scheme was meant to be a relief for two-stroke auto owners ahead of a planned ban on these vehicles from 1 April.However, with elections fast approaching, the ban itself has not been put …
Over the past few years, Bengaluru’s water crisis has been manifesting itself in multiple forms, from lakes spewing froth and bursting into flames to residential complexes almost entirely dependent on tanker trucks for water supply. Then came a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment that the city …
As we spend hours with our laptop screens and live vicariously through our smart phones, our bodies are revolting in insidious ways. An eye-opening study by Hyderabad-based eKincare, India's fastest growing technology-led healthcare startup, shows that diabetes and hypertension are becoming increasingly common among young professionals in top-tier Indian cities. …
