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 …
Petrol and diesel prices in 13 major cities are set to go up, with the petroleum ministry considering a higher price for Euro-IV complaint fuels. This, in effect, would mean, a second price hike for consumers in less than two months. Petroleum retailers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has stated that the first phase of the Metro Rail project is expected to be complete by September 2012. He said this in a written reply to a question put forth by Congress MLC R V Venkatesh on Friday at the Legislative Council. Yeddyurappa stated …
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, March 10, DHNS: Even before the corporators step into the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), authorities are ensuring that the new corporators vehicles are parked at a safe place. The Palike has now invited tenders for the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Palike …
Illegal use and wastage of drinking water and tampering of meters will soon attract severe punishment of up to three years imprisonment and a maximum fine of Rs 5,000. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage and Certain other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2009, tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Monday, seeks …
'Privatisation alone cannot solve the problems of water supply in Bangalore as the corporates are profit oriented and lack social conscience.With water being one of the most essential necessities for life, the poorer sections of the society would find it extremely difficult to cope,' said Dr Rajashekhara Murthy, a scientist …
Many of the lakes in the city have 'disappeared' along with their water-spreads due to the rapid and unbridled urbanisation here, a study said. The research study, published by city-based Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), paints a grim scenario with further worsening of the water-bodies if the state …
Everyone worries about rising electricity bills. But go to buy a solar geyser and what puts you off is the price. It is Rs 38,000 for a 200 litre one. The government does give a 10.5 per cent interest subsidy but that doesn
Residential welfare associations are a window of opportunity to consolidate loose networks of local associations engaged in activities around urban services. They have changed the dynamics of urban politics. This article attempts to trace how, while working in an increasingly globalised and polarised city like Bangalore, these groups demand a …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore, Feb 19, DH News Service: The Transport Department will soon connect all the 216 emission testing centres across Bangalore to a central server to monitor vehicles spewing exhaust smoke to make the process more stringent. The process, to be effective two months from now, will make …
S Lalitha , Bangalore, Feb 19, DH News Service: Alarmed by the poor response from house-owners in the face of the fast-approaching deadline to instal rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has warned house-owners either to opt for RWH before May 27 or face …
The water racket at Yasin Nagar in HBR Layout 2nd Stage got murkier on Thursday afternoon with the whistleblower in this connection allegedly assaulted by those involved in the racket. The incident took place after the visit of Sarvagnanagar MLA K J George to the spot in the morning. Two …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) convened a meeting of various stakeholders on Wednesday to discuss the proposal to implement the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). It is expected to file its observations by Feb 25. Mohammad Mohsin, Commissioner of BMLTA and Director, Urban Land Transport told Deccan Herald that …
Plumbers who have put in place water and sanitary connections in houses need to personally convince the residents on the need to instal Rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures in them, said Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Chairperson P B Ramamurthy. Taking part in a function at the State Youth Centre …
The Forest Department, which initiated an inquiry into the alleged illegal cutting of trees at the Rorich-Devikarani Estate in Tataguni on Kanakapura Road, has found that five trees were chopped off and transported outside the Estate here on Monday. The team, led by Bangalore City Divisional Conservator of Forests N …
To reduce pollution level in Ulsoor Lake, Bale Com Tech and Bio-technology and Global Academy of Technology sprayed at least 7,500 litres of Maple em.1, an organic effective micro-organisms solvent, on Wednesday. Officials of the two organisations with the help of defence personnel sprayed the solvent on the entire lake. …
