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 …
A sudden burst of rain coupled with ongoing construction works have caused the Varthur Lake to froth again, while officials trusted with coordination and review of the waterbody are away on poll duty. Residents living closer to the lake said frothing has been intense near Varthur Kodi and Varthur village, …
BENGALURU: A seven-year-old boy from C V Raman Nagar, suffering from cough, running nose and sneezing for months on end was advised by his physician to undergo an allergy test. The parents, who had been thinking that exposure to air pollution and increasing viral infections could be the reasons for …
BENGALURU: It’s not just the mercury that’s soaring, mosquito menace in the city is on the rise too, say Bengalureans. In fact, residents wary of the deadly bites and related vector-borne diseases are pouring their woes on social media forums. On BBMP’s Sahaya app, a citizen-centric service interface, many residents …
India’s tech hub, Bengaluru, may soon run out of water like Cape Town in South Africa, which is facing a severe water crisis, a statement from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said on Wednesday. “Bengaluru is one of the 10 metropolitan cities in the world that are quickly …
Mantri Techzone Private Limited submitted an affidavit before the National Green Tribunal on March 19 in a case relating to Bellandur Lake. The builder has submitted its compliance report in the affidavit as demanded by the petitioners and the tribunal, which is hearing Case number 224/2014 on the endangered lake. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday slapped a cost of Rs 5 lakh on real estate developer Mantri Techzone Pvt Ltd for failing to file a compliance report on its orders for maintaining a buffer zone around Agara and Bellandur lakes in Bengaluru. The green bench headed by Justice …
CHENNAI: For long, Tamil Nadu has been waging a war with Karnataka to secure its due share of Cauvery water. Now the fight, if the state goes by the report of the Central Pollution Control Board, may not just be about the quantity of water. It would also be about …
Groundwater quality deterioration due to anthropogenic activities has become a subject of prime concern. The objective of the study was to assess the spatial and temporal variations in groundwater quality and to identify the sources in the western half of the Bengaluru city using multivariate statistical techniques. Water quality index …
The pollution in the city has reached alarming proportions when considered the real situation and its severity is higher when compared to that suggested by the data from Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). A report released on Wednesday based on studies by Co Media Lab and Climate Trends notes …
Levels monitored during peak hours on arterial roads as part of an independent study; city needs implementable action plan, says researcher Data on ambient air quality from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) averages out pollution through the day. The process claims that Bengaluru has either moderate or satisfactory …
BENGALURU: The fire-spitting Bellandur Lake has once again brought into focus the plight of the city's other waterbodies like Varthur Lake which are equally polluted. Residents hope that the National Green Tribunal (NGT)'s Monday directive to the state government to come up with a time-bound action plan for both Agara …
Several places deal with increasing primates’ menace Every day, Vallish V. Kaushik, conservationist and adviser to the BBMP, gets at least five calls from citizens reporting monkeys straying into residential complexes. Localities in the vicinity of Bannerghatta Road, Jnanabharathi and Yelahanka have seen a rise in such incidents. What’s making …
Calm, and egrets too, returned to Bellandur lake on Sunday, two days after the city's most polluted waterbody was ravaged by a fire. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has now announced that it will ask BDA to launch a drive to rid the 960-acre body of grass, weed and …
NEW DELHI: Eight out of every 10 city managers including municipal commissioners and mayors feel solid waste management is the biggest challenge before their cities while 70% of them feel it is improvement in water supply. According to a survey conducted among city managers across eight states by Janaagraha, a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Venkatesh & Ors. Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/01/2018 regarding use of an abandoned quarry at village Bagalur, Jala Hobli, Bengaluru North Talukas as a solid waste dumping site by BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) without authorization and …
BENGALURU: The high court on Wednesday directed the BBMP to de-seal an Indiranagar bar-cum-restaurant which was shut down due to alleged sound pollution on December 20. Justice Vineet Kothari also sought a joint survey report from the BBMP and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) regarding sound pollution from …
Bengaluru: Taking a decisive step towards combating the problem of dust from construction activities polluting the air in major cities, the Karnataka government has issued a slew of directives to builders and road/rail developers to ensure that the 2016 National Green Tribunal (NGT) norms on dust pollution are properly implemented …
BENGALURU: Next time you get caught with a defective silencer in your bike/car, you will not just end up paying but also have to be a mute spectator when the bulldozers will crush your silencer. In a first of its kind initiative, Adugodi traffic police have crushed 82 seized defective …
London and Bengaluru will jointly lead a global partnership of 20 other cities from across the globe on tackling air pollution in urban centres. It was announced by visiting Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and his Bengaluru counterpart Sampath Raj after their meeting here on Tuesday. Besides Bengaluru, five other …
BENGALURU: Spiralling levels of pollution in the city have prompted lawmakers to contemplate setting up a separate pollution control board for the megacity. With various studies indicating that the situation is alarming, the issue of having an exclusive pollution control board for Bengaluru was discussed in the legislative council during …
