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 …
Japanese auto major Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd is planning to assemble mid-class luxury sedan Camry at its Bangalore factory from July and expects to roll it out in August. Speaking to reporters after flagging off Etios exports to South Africa for the first time, Sandeep Singh, deputy managing director …
For the residents of AMCO Layout at Kodigehalli, it’s a double whammy. They not only face acute water shortage, but also risk contracting water-borne diseases from contaminated borewell water. Like the case of Kiran Kumar, whose 10-month-old child has been diagnosed with typhoid. “We do not receive Cauvery water at …
The BWSSB is all set to disconnect water supply to houses, whose owners have failed to install rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures. T Venkataraju, engineer-in-chief, BWSSB, said he has already instructed his executive engineers in various divisions to carry out inspections. “I have asked the engineers to visit the houses that …
The exposures of bio-aerosols have reported higher occupational health hazards, the association between serum total IgE levels and job categories and occupational health hazards of waste disposal area was limited. The present study was undertaken to assess the relationship between occupational health hazards and Serum total IgE in waste disposal …
The Marigowda Memorial Hall in Lalbagh, Bangalore witnessed a steady footfall of 100 to 200 people at any given time on the 13th, 14th and 15th of April. The occasion being ‘The Millet Mela’ that introduced Bangaloreans to an incredible range of millets and their lip smacking derivatives. Earth360, pioneered, …
The CAG report has revealed that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) spent Rs 1.28 crore on developing a layout on the ‘encroached forest land’. The Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) of the BDA served notices on khatedars on the land acquired in three survey numbers in Uttarahalli Manavarthe Kaval in …
BWSSB denies sewage mixed with drinking water A one-and-half-year-old boy died on Wednesday night after allegedly consuming contaminated water at Jagjivanram Nagar.The parents of the boy, Chandan, blame the contaminated water he drank for his death. But BWSSB officials have ruled out any chances of sewage water mixing with drinking …
Life in India’s IT capital comes at a premium. The average cost of living in Bangalore is higher than in other Indian cities, reveals an analysis of the latest consumer price index (CPI) figures issued by the Reserve Bank of India. CPI — which measures a standard basket of items …
Bangaloreans splurge on property, but hesitate to install RWH Installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) system in buildings seems to be just another Government order for people in the City, instead of being a social responsibility. Although the initial deadline (December 31, 2011) to install the RWH systems evoked quick response from …
The residents of Pulakeshinagar took out a protest march demanding that the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board ensure adequate supply of water to the area, on Monday. The protesters demanded that a ground-level reservoir (GLR) and a pumphouse be constructed to meet the demand for water in Muneshwara ward, …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has planned to add 700 Tata BS4 buses by March 31, but so far managed only 263. According to BMTC managing director K R Sreenivas, there has been a delay in supply of the buses from Tata. “Since BS4 uses a new technology, the …
Apprehending severe water crisis in Bangalore in the near future, the Expert Committee constituted to assess long-term additional needs of water for the City, has urged the government to re-look at the controversial reservoir project at Mekedatu that was shelved earlier. The 10-member committee headed by B N Thyagaraja, retired …
Proposes securing additional water within Tribunal’s framework Drawing additional Cauvery water within the framework of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal award is the short term plan recommended by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (BWSSB) expert committee, appointed by the government to find solutions to the growing demand for …
Summer has just set in. But the demand for water has already hit the sky in most of the fringe areas of the City. However, the civic agencies are yet to take any concrete measures to tackle the acute shortage of water. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has earmarked …
AHMEDABAD: The parking policy for Amdavadis, recently submitted to the JNNURM committee for approval, according to urban planners is a milder version of the one proposed by Bangalore and implemented in Delhi. Both these cities have exclusively concentrated on increasing the number of zero tolerance and no-parking zones, introduced parking …
Techies working in Electronics City told to use water sparingly and judiciously. Techies in Electronics City are the latest victims of Bangalore’s worsening water crisis. Faced with severe water shortage and mounting cost of ensuring regular supply, companies there have asked employees to drastically cut down the use of water …
The City traffic police, in association with the Transport Department and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, will conduct a joint drive to reduce air pollution in the City and encourage vehicle users to get bi-annual emission checks done. Commissioner of Police B G Jyotiprakash Mirji said special checks would …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to chop down 66 trees and 154 saplings at Shamanna Garden near RPC Layout for the construction of a railway under bridge (RUB). Having faced the wrath of civil society organisations and green brigades over the felling of 17 trees along …
Chennai-B’lore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route will also cover Mysore The Indian Railways has given a go ahead for conducting a feasibility study on its most ambitious plan to introduce high speed train on the Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore- Ernakulam route. The route also includes Bangalore-Mysore corridor. Secretary to the State Infrastructure Development Department (IDD) Raj …
It will also repair 8,000 borewells across the City Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all set to hire over 120 private water tankers, besides using 70-odd tankers owned by the Board to quench the growing thirst this summer. The Board has planned to hire private vehicles for …
