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 …
December 31 will remain the deadline for installing rainwater harvesting (RWH) system, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Thursday. However, he said a decision on the extension of the deadline would be taken on January 1 next. “I am aware of the BBMP Commissioner’s …
“80 per cent of school students are getting less than eight hours of sleep on school days” Children aged between 10 and 18 are spending an average of six to seven hours a day using some kind of electronic device in big cities. This can lead to negative outcomes such …
As the “Metro Man”, the Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Dr. E. Sreedharan, prepares to hang up his boots at the end of this year, he says he is reasonably satisfied with his experience of giving Delhi a world class public transport system, and over how the Delhi …
March 15, 2011 was the deadline to stop the use of polythene carry bags less than 40 microns in thickness. But nine months down the line, the ban is far from being implemented in all seriousness. BBMP technical staff were to inspect shops and impose fines on violators. A group …
It will place orders for two vehicles before year-end with Ashok Leyland If all goes well, Bangaloreans will soon be travelling in ‘diesel hybrid’ vehicles. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is planning to introduce ‘diesel hybrid’ vehicles for public transport on a pilot basis in the City by mid-2012. …
Before the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike could exorcise the ghost of fake-bill scam, another financial misappropriation to the tune of Rs 50 crore relating to garbage clearance has come to haunt the civic body. Scripted jointly by the corporators and the Palike officers, the garbage scam began from September last …
The transformation of human settlements over time can affect the relationship between communities and commons when, for example, social geographies change from rural to urban, or from traditional systems of management to modern bureaucratic systems. Communities that were dependent on particular commons could become less dependent, or abandon those commons. …
Widening project to be inaugurated today The green stretch from Bhashyam Circle to Maramma Temple in Malleswaram, running along the Sankey Road, would change forever from Wednesday as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to start its road widening project. unsuccessful protest Activists held protests in vain …
Demand that Palike involve citizens in monitoring the project Residents of Malleswaram and Sadashivnagar and volunteers from GoGreen, on Sunday took out a symbolic march from Bhashyam Circle to C N R Rao Circle, to bid adieu to the trees that will soon be uprooted for the widening of the …
State Bank of India commits investment of Rs 40,000 crore to fund projects The State’s maiden international investment meet, exclusively for agriculture sector, on Thursday attracted proposals of over Rs 53,000 crore by 31 players in agri-business projects amid protests by farmers against private investment in farm and allied sectors. …
Pipping past the four metro cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, the southern technology hub Bangalore has emerged as the best city to live in India, a global survey said today. Bangalore Despite its top Indian ranking, Bangalore's worldwide rank is very low at 141st position in a …
Rs 250-crore terminal to be built at Hebbal on PPP model The State government has submitted a proposal to the Centre to provide 500 buses to the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Home and Transport Minister R Ashoka, speaking after distributing …
It seems the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) cannot wait to get its hands on the prized piece of land at Karnataka Rehabilitation Centre, commonly known as Beggars’ Colony. In a clear violation of the High Court orders, BDA engineers along with contractors entered the Colony situated on Magadi Road on …
Palike plans to develop an island in the water body Damage control: Members of the Hasiru Usiru work to fill a rupture on the Yediyur Lake embankment. Yediyur lake, one of the few remaining water bodies in the City, may soon shrink in size or even perish if the Bruhat …
AFTER having missed several deadlines, the much-awaited Bangalore Metro finally began operations on October 20 on its first stretch – Reach 1 of the Eastern line, part of Phase I of the Metro project. Reach 1 was inaugurated by Union Minister for Urban Development Kamal Nath in the presence of …
It is close to a year since the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) formed an expert committee to look into the short and long-term plans to meet the growing demand for water in the City. Although the committee is tight-lipped about details of their seven meetings, most of …
Another vital water body seems to be on the verge of extinction despite strict guidelines by the High Court to the BBMP to conserve them. Giddanakere, also known as Hoodikere, has been a victim of BBMP’s apathetic attitude. Located in the KR Puram zone of the Palike, the lake was …
If all go as planned, in the next 45 days, ward number-112 of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike will be the first to become a plastic free zone. Not made of plastic, it’s fantasticStarting Wednesday, Domlur will see shopkeepers, vegetable vendors and homemakers use the ‘green bags’ instead of the regular …
Water experts in the City have termed uneconomical the BWSSB expert committee’s plan to divert west-flowing rivers to fulfil Bangalore’s growing demand for water. The panel, which was set up in the beginning of 2011, had to design projects to fulfil both short-term and long-term water needs of residents. Chaired …
A committee formed to look into the privatisation of management and rejuvenation of lakes in Bangalore has strongly recommended against the commercial involvement of the private sector in the activity. The committee was set up by the Principal Division Bench of the High Court in response to a public interest …
