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 …
Bangalore, Improper disposal of solid waste, both by the public and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is causing direct contamination of groundwater, according to Dr M A Farooqui, scientist, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Delivering a lecture on 'Ground water management in Bangalore Metropolitan region' at the Geological Society of …
Bangalore, The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has been spending about Rs 22 lakh a day to provide water to the City areas without Cauvery supply. According to sources, the Board has hired 86 private water tankers to meet the needs of KR Puram, Mahadevapura and Bommanahalli. The areas …
Forest Minister C H Vijayshankar on Friday said that a regional forest policy, which is near completion will be announced on June 5, on the occasion of world environment day. He was talking to reporters after launching a tree planting programme at Press Club of Bangalore along with cine actor …
Developing each garden will cost ` three crore Mangalore, Cubbon Park and Lalbagh are the integral part of our state capital. Likewise, Tagore Park and Kadri Park are inseparable from Mangalore. If one sees, Parks do not just add to the beauty of the city but they also become identity …
The shortage of adequate drinking water continues to be the most pressing issue of the new BBMP areas. The epicentre of the crisis is KR Puram and Mahadevapura. Here
The final approval of the proposed development master plan of HMDA extended jurisdiction, has been put on hold by the Chief Minister, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy. At the HMDA board meeting, which was held on May 9, the CM made certain changes in the HMDA development master plan, including enhancing …
Bangalore, Nearly 20 million litres of potable water went down the drain after a huge stone slab fell on Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board's (BWSSB) scour valve connected to the water feeder line on Millers Road here in the early Thursday. Millions of litres of drinking water go down …
Bangalore, Heavy rain lashed the City on Thursday evening, bringing down the soaring temperature and causing widespread damage. The City received heavy rain for the second consecutive day. On Wednesday, Yelahanka and K R Puram had received 43 mm rainfall in a short span of an hour. The isolated rainfall …
Water management: Horticulture and Forest depts to be merged The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has decided to set aside at least 20 per cent of the ward-level funds for rain water harvesting (RWH) across the City. Following a review meeting with the Horticulture and Lake Departments, Deputy Mayor S Harish …
Bangalore, The BBMP has finally decided to crack a whip on those who dump garbage, solid waste and debris on roadsides blocking the flow of rainwater. A fine of Rs 10,000 will be slapped on those who unload wastes onto roads using tractors and Rs 25,000 will be imposed on …
Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time …
A recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board has exonerated vehicles of being the worst polluters in Delhi and Mumbai. Instead, it has pinned down liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the biggest source of fine pollutants. Experts have contested the study, saying the findings are unsubstantiated and scientifically untenable. …
Use of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs in all households in Karnataka may be made mandatory as part of measures to reduce power consumption, state energy minister Shobha Karandlaje said on Monday. "We have decided that use of CFL bulbs in households in the state should be made compulsory," she …
Amid protests against privatisation of water supply in Bangalore on Sunday, Minister for the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Urban Development said the controversial
The problem of lake encroachment is not restricted to Bangalore alone, but also extends to the neighbouring Chikkaballapur district, Minor Irrigation Minister Govind Karjol said here on Monday. In reply to a query raised by JD(S) legislator K P Bache Gowda at the Assembly, Karjol said of the 35 lakes …
This paper explores notions of participation as located in ‘second generation’ or institutional reforms, particularly as articulated by prominent state-sponsored public-private partnerships such as the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) and the Tamilnadu Urban Development Fund (TNUDF). These ‘model’ partnerships provided key programmatic elements that became the basis of national …
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today proposed a Rs 4,770 crore package to help provide adequate infrastructure for the growth and development of Bangalore city. Presenting the 2011-12 budget in the State Legislative Assembly, Yeddyurappa, who holds the Finance Portfolio, said "...for the overall development of Bangalore, an amount …
Amid all the speculations about the Metro rail project running behind schedule, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday again said that the Phase I of the 42.3-km Namma Metro project would be completed by June 2013.
This is a critical analysis by CSE of the new six-city study on air pollution sources released by Central Pollution Control Board. Says that auto industry is misusing the study to derail tighter emissions standards and encourage polluting diesel cars. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pressed the alarm …
