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 …
Nagesh Prabhu The Central Government is yet to clear 18 projects formulated for Bangalore and Mysore (nine each) estimated to cost Rs 1921.53 crore under its ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The shares of the Central and State governments in these pending projects are Rs 988.48 crore …
For better planning of all land-based urban transport projects, the State government could soon accord legal sanction to the Bangalore Metropolitan Land Transport Authority (BMLTA) by enacting an act for this purpose. This move will facilitate a unified agency on the lines of Land Transport Authority of Singapore or Metropolitan …
This report on inventorization of e-waste in Hyderabad and Bangalore reveals that e-waste generation from household sector alone is expected to touch 1,07,886 MT in 2013 in Hyderabad and 1,30,383 MT in 2013 in Bangalore. Says that e-wastes in these two cities are going to increase due to high obsolescence …
This study examined the future of personal transportation in megacities of the world. Of particular interest was the future role of personal vehicles. To span ranges of geographical, political, and economic factors, the following 15 megacities were included in the analysis: Chicago, New York, London, Moscow, Paris, Buenos Aires, Mexico …
Bangalore and surrounding cities are intending to implement a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and in order to sensitise the officials on the importance of having BRT as a mass transit system the following workshop was conducted. This report will summarise the various organisations that were involved in this one day …
S Lalitha, Bangalore, DHNS: With the deadline for mandatory implementation of Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) structures in buildings fast approaching, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has hit upon a novel idea to get its message across. It has now decided to spread the message to parents through …
The Dabhol-Bangalore gas pipeline project will be completed by 2012-13, GAIL Chairman and Managing Director B C Tripathi said in Bangalore on Thursday. He was speaking to press persons after presenting a cheque of Rs two crore towards the chief minister
Faulty method adopted in shifting the main water pipeline at Kadiranahalli junction, located behind Banashankari temple, allegedly by BBMP contractors on Monday afternoon led to the breaking of main water pipeline into two. Nearly three lakh litres of water went down the drain resulting in stoppage of water supply in …
The State Government has earmarked Rs 3,450 crore for two key proposed traffic corridors to come up in the City. Making the announcement after receiving the 'Plan Bengaluru 2020 Agenda' report from Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure Development Task Force (ABIDe) Convenor Rajeev Chandrashekhar here on Thursday, Chief Minister B S …
Sangeetha Samuel Like many wards in the City, now preparing for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, the erstwhile Frazer Town, now renamed as Pulakeshinagar, is also plagued by acute water crisis. Alongside beautiful parks, old Gulmohar trees, Sepian Victorian houses, and broad roads, Pulakeshinagar also has to deal …
MADHUMITHA B. Prof. Ramakrishnan was saddened that it is almost impossible to use a bicycle for fear of being run over in the city. He owns seven bicycles in England. BENGALURU Nobel laureate Jan. 7: Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan said he doesn't own a car -- his bicycle will do …
Sandeep Moudgal Continuing the focus on wards ahead of the crucial election to BBMP, Deccan Herald takes a look at the problems facing Malleswaram. The Malleswaram ward will surely feel the pulse of the impending Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections. For, this cultural hub and one of the four …
The Public Health Institute (PHI) lab report on the water samples ruled out the possibility of water contamination at the hosiery factory in Bommasandra, where over 600 workers had fallen sick on January 1. District Health Officer Dr Thimmappa said that out of the three samples collected, only one showed …
This report focuses on the links between urbanisation and environmental sustainability, looks at historical development of Indian cities and at the future of urbanization. Models the implications of different urban development trajectories, especially with regards to energy use and presents recommendations for sustainable urbanization in India This report is part …
Nine barrels containing chemical solvents were found abandoned in the railway yard at Srirampuram on Monday. Experts examining the barrels containing chemicals at railway backyard near Srirampuram in Bangalore on Tuesday. DH photoKarnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials, who visited the spot on Tuesday, are set to book criminal …
Vandana Kamath, Bangalore, Dec 28, DHNS: If you don't know where to dispose your old television, refrigerators or any other electronic equipment that doesn't work and is lying dusty in the corner of your house, here
