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 …
CiSTUP is ready with a preliminary draft of Call to Action Report on Air Pollution from Transportation Sources in Bangalore. One of the major source of air pollution is from transport sources, due to the exhaust gas from the tail pipe, mainly the result of incomplete combustion of fuels. Key …
MTC carries 15 lakh passengers more than BMTC every day with half the number of buses More air-conditioned buses, daily and weekly passes have increased patronage in Bangalore CHENNAI: What can the Chennai learn from success stories in the operation of public transport buses in neighbouring States? Actually, a lot, …
Consumption of contaminated groundwater has taken a toll on the health of Malleswaram South End Road residents. The erratic and insufficient water supply from the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has compelled the residents of the area to depend on the borewell water. The seepage from the age-old underground …
This report by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), is based on a survey of the lakes dating back to the 9th century AD in Mahadevpura constituency of Bengaluru. The lakes are now faced with the impacts of rapid urbanization and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike …
An Act further to amend the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1964. This Act may be called the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Act, 2011.
Business is brisk for John Daniel. He has sold more than 4,000 rainwater filters, mostly in Bengaluru, in the past eight months. This is a sudden climb from the 1,000-odd filters he sold in the previous five years. Sales shot up after the Karnataka government made rainwater harvesting (RWH) compulsory …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has signed an agreement with a Mumbai-based company, Organic Recycling Systems (ORS), for scientific disposal of garbage and generating 10MW power using green technologies. On the second day of
Bangalore is in a better position compared to other parts of the State when it comes to implementation of an action plan on bio-medical waste management. The action plan was submitted by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to the Lok Adalat a couple of months ago. The action …
To tackle water crisis during summer, the government will construct mini tanks and sink borewells in the areas newly added to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, said Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar. Speaking to presspersons after a review meeting with Bangalore legislators, BBMP corporators and BWSSB officials on Monday, …
Bharath Kumar N , Bangalore, Jan 5, DHNS : : Shettykere, which until a year ago provided a safe haven for winged visitors and where people enjoyed boating, is now choked by sewage water flowing from multi-storeyed apartments in Subramanyapura. No longer a favourite spot: Shettykere lake choking with hyacinth. …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has violated the High Court ruling by not holding public consultation before commencing work on widening the Suranjan Das Road which entailed felling of several full-grown trees. Chief Justice J S Khehar had mandated that the government should seek public opinion before carrying out …
It was a year of respite for the City plagued with H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009. The threat of the viral fever receded with the launch of two indigenous vaccines.The City witnessed two deaths due to dengue and chikungunya, but there was none in the Palike
Five more years, and Bangalore will be faced with a full blown water crisis, hitherto restricted to pockets on its outskirts. Armed with research findings, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) scientists fired the warning salvo yet again on Wednesday. The message to the State was clear: Preserve the existing water …
Come 2012, Bangaloreans may just say goodbye to the hassles of procuring LPG gas cylinders by getting piped gas in their homes. Bangalore will be among the few cities in the country including Delhi and Mumbai to get piped gas supply to domestic consumers once the Cochin-Mangalore-Bangalore trunk gas pipeline …
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, Dec 14, DHNS: Acting on the Lok Adalat directions, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued notices to as many as 749 healthcare units in the City for not complying with the Bio Medical Waste Rules, 1998. These units have also reportedly failed to produce the …
The Zero Energy Home (ZEH) is the home of the future. Painting a wall with correct colours, sprinklers in lawn, shower design, rainwater harvesting, planting low water use trees, shaded trees, efficient use of water and day lighting houses are key factors in designing a green building, said speakers at …
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike commissioner Siddaiah has directed the officials concerned to take up restoration and development work at Halagevaderahalli lake in Rajarajeshwari Nagar. Inspecting the area on Monday, he also ordered resortation of the lake
BMTC in talks with Palike for its bus rapid transport project The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is making an all-out effort to woo more people to use public transport even as it continues to transport more than 50 per cent of City
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has gazetted the rain water harvesting regulations, giving a clear picture on how to install the RWH system. As per the regulations, under the roof-based RWH, rainwater has to be harvested for use through a filter into a storage tank or for …
