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 …
Increasing water shortage in the City will be the issue in focus at the second session of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council on Friday. BBMP Opposition leader M Nagaraj and MLA N L Narendra Babu protesting against irregular water supply. DH PhotoLeader of the Opposition, M Nagraj said …
Metro rails are under construction in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Smaller urban centres are also drawn to it. It is fashionable to place metros in city planning and budgets. Invariably, a coterie of engineers, bureaucrats and ministers make such public transport choices. For a mega-project with unnecessary and irreversible impacts, …
Subhash Chandra N S Bangalore, April 26, DHNS Need for conserving the existing water bodies is felt like never before as the City has been reeling under acute water crisis. But methods followed by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in conserving the lakes have not gone down well with …
In all probability, work on the proposed High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) to the international airport will begin in February 2011. A detailed project report is ready in this regard. By this June end, the State Government will finalise the concessionaire and award the work. If things go as scheduled …
In its effort to put in place a feeder service to the Metro project, the State Government has decided to go ahead with its plans to have a monorail for the City. Is this what Bangalore is in for? A monorail car on the track during a trial run in …
Rashmi Menon Vidyaranyapura is a quaint, residential ward that has seen rapid development in the last few years. Yet, a couple of years ago, the area hit the headlines for its stray dog menace. While the residents say that the problem has come down to a large extent, it still …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, April 22, DH News Service: To facilitate easy movement of employees working in various industrial areas on the outskirts of Bangalore, the State Government along with South Western Railways has proposed to operate local electric trains that work on Electrical Multiple Units (EMU) on the …
Bangalore West was in a shambles after heavy rain and gusts left in their wake large-scale uprooting of trees and electricity poles and damage of vehicles on Wednesday evening. Unmindful of the danger posed by this twisted electricity pole, people walk underneath it at 3rd block Rajaji Nagar in Bangalore …
Asha Krishnaswamy, Bangalore, April 21, DH News Service: The Forest Department has found that a contractor has illegally sawed about 20 massive trees in the Tataguni estate in February second week. A view of the Tataguni estate on Kanakapura Road. Photo by the author The contractor had permission only to …
The technology was demonstrated at the UN Conference on Environment in Bangkok in 1995 as a follow-up to Rio Earth Summit and recognised as the best in Asia-Pacific. G. Srinivasan As ensuring clean growth is a big challenge in the light of growing ecological concerns, the setting up of waste …
BWSSB Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu on Friday said the proposed increase in water tariff would not be introduced until the summer concludes. Speaking at the launch of a campaign on rain water harvesting at RMV State II in Sanjay Nagar, he said the Board was suffering a loss of Rs …
A considerable portion of the wall lining the open canal that runs between the Shiva anaicut (Shivanasamudra in Mandya district) and the Netkal Balancing Reservoir (NBR) and carries Cauvery waters to Bangalore breached recently. As a consequence, water supply to the entire City will be shut down till Saturday. Many …
The mysterious death of about hundreds of fish in the Cubbon Park pond on Wednesday has been attributed to pollution caused by sewage water seeping into the pond. The sewage water had triggered a severe depletion of oxygen level, choking the fish to death. The fish died due to dirty …
Rains continued for the third day in the City, bringing down 36 trees and disrupting power supply in several parts of Bangalore. Gusty winds brought down trees, snapping powerlines and sending both BBMP and Bescom scrambling to clear the roads and restore power supply. Late Wednesday night, a BMTC bus …
Afshan Yasmeen Bangalore: With most of the city Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs against the proposed increase in water tariff now, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa may consider deferring the hike at least till July-August. The Chief Minister on Sunday announced that he would take a decision on the hike on April …
