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 …
BENGALURU: It's been six months since Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanag ara Palike (BBMP) started collecting sanitary waste from households on a daily basis, but the drive doesn't seem to have been very effective. Less than 25% of the estimated waste generated is being collected from households, a BBMP official admitted. The …
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over vanishing wetlands in the country, including in Bengaluru, and asked the Centre to explain the “huge amount” of money spent on various works related to preservation of waterbodies. A wetland is a land area that has water, either permanently or seasonally, and …
Officials cite study during traffic diversion from Nrupathunga Road Bengaluru’s prime lung space is no green retreat for the gasping city’s residents. A recent study by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) shows that there is a rise in air and noise pollution in Cubbon Park due to increase …
Bengaluru: With the foul, chemical air emanating from the Graphite India Limited (GIL) plant in Doddanakundi, Whitefield, becoming unbearable, residents want the National Green Triunal to intervene in the issue. For many years now, residents living around the plant have been complaining of black dust deposits, as well as the …
BENGALURU: The threat of a Zika virus-related infection looms large over Bengaluru, say doctors, citing the increasing incidence of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), largely seen in patients with the virus. GBS, an acute disorder of peripheral nerves accompanied by respiratory infection and weakening of the limbs, not only follows Zika …
Residents are having a harrowing time at Chinnappanahalli lake near Marathalli due to the foul smell from the dead fish floating on the lake. Sonu Goyal, a resident says, “There are around three to four garages around the periphery of the lake which dump their waste nearby. When it rains, …
BENGALURU: A large number of city residents held a candlelight vigil at 6.30 pm at Sarvodaya ABC Centre on Wednesday. They were protesting against the tree cutting planned at Govt Veterinary College Campus on Queen’s Road. Tree experts say the premises is a mini-forest with nearly 100 trees in the …
The hearing on the Bellandur lake pollution matter continues on Thursday in the new National Green Tribunal. The hearing on the Bellandur lake pollution matter continues on Thursday in the new National Green Tribunal. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on April 19 directed immediate and complete shutdown of 76 polluting …
From manufacturing cutlery made of betel leaves in Mangaluru and set ting up a company in Qatar to returning to India with a biodegradable solution to plastic bags, green crusader Ashwath Hegde, 24, has done it all. The founder of EnviGreen Biotech India Ltd, Bengaluru, who nurtures the dream of …
Thick smoke billowed from Varthur lake on Tuesday as a huge pile of garbage was set on fire by miscreants. Residents took pictures and videos, which went viral in no time. The person who shot the video said the fire was near the stormwater drain entering the lake. Joint commissioner …
The downpour over the last couple of days has laid bare the lack of measures to control the frothing in Varthur and Bellandur lakes and rejuvenating the water bodies. Residents of Whitefield and those around Varthur lake were shocked at the sight of froth flying out of the mesh put …
BENGALURU: Reviving Bellandur Lake seems to be a distant dream with many problems dogging the process to clean up the 931-acre water body. Various government agencies involved in the process say they are facing a fund crunch and sprucing up the lake can never progress at the expected pace. "As …
BENGALURU: After the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) first order to clean up Bellandur Lake was passed on April 19, urban agencies had seemingly sprung into action. However, not much progress has taken place on the ground. NGT had issued directions to the Urban Development Department to clean the lake in …
With just a few days left for the expiry of the deadline set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean Bellandur lake, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the city’s largest waterbody on Monday. Speaking to journalists during the visit, he said he had ordered the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the …
Optimism & despair: One a glimmer of hope, the other same old sad story The Agara lake in the city, for long choked by contamination, will soon breathe easy. The waterbody, lying between Koramangala and HSR Layout, will sport a refurbished look by the end 2017. Work is on in …
BENGALURU: Bellandur Lake, it appears, is never out of the news. On Sunday, a fire was reported from the banks of the lake in southeast Bengaluru. According to Mahendra Jain, additional chief secretary, who visited the waterbody, it was an accidental fire caused by people cutting dry grass at the …
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has decided to close down all 488 industries around Bellandur lake. Speaking to DH, KSPCB secretary Shantappa said the decision had been taken based on the directions by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). “We have received the orders and have to close down …
Residents in all major Indian cities -Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, among others -have been protesting against unscientific dumping of solid waste, but the fact that 70% of all the garbage generated continues to be "unscientifically disposed of "every day is no good news. Data accessed from the …
Pollution in metros fuel demand Kenstar, a part of Videocon Group, has finalized plans to enter the fast growing air purifier business in India. The company is also getting into industrial cooler segment, a top company executive said. “The Indian market for air purifiers is poised to grow exponentially and …
Appeal to customers and shopkeepers to shun plastic, go for greener alternative Citizen volunteers from Langford Town and Richmond Town have taken it upon themselves to make Johnson Market — one of the oldest in the city — free from plastic with the shopkeepers’ support. The Citizens Welfare Association, Richmond …
