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 …
Jagadish Angadi The deadly mix of mounting vehicular traffic, diversions galore due to the ongoing Metro Rail work and unceasing violations had Bangalore roads in a tizzy. Here
Pavan Kumar H, Bangalore, Dec 27, DHNS: The project remains on paper, thanks to lack of financial support, administrative will. A proposal to set up India
Praveen Bose / Bangalore December 25, 2009, 0:52 IST The city is examining options, including rainwater harvesting. Bangalore, which draws all its drinking water from the Cauvery has been lauded as a model city for its well-metered water supply system and an effective complaint redress mechanism. The city, also an …
City lakes with an expanse of 10 hectares or more are likely to be declared as ''heritage'' water bodies. A State Government notification to the effect is just is imminent, with the Byramangala, Bellandur, Varthur and Madivala lakes to be given this tag in the first phase. The Bangalore Developmental …
To create awareness on rain water harvesting in and around the City and villages, the Water Literacy Foundation (WLF) on Monday launched Water Literacy on Wheels, a collaborative effort in association with the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and NABARD. A N Yellappa Reddy, former principal secretary for …
The division bench headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda on Wednesday directed the Registrar to place a copy of the Environment Impact Assessment study report on the Namma Metro before the Court. Hearing a petition related to Metro Rail alignment in front of Vidhana Soudha, the division bench comprising of …
As many as 120 Rotarians joined hands on Sunday to promote cycling as a eco-friendly mode of transport in the City. With cycle manufacturing major BSA partnering-in, the participants in the age group of 6 to 68 rode in the
The State government, on Friday, approved setting up of a unit to recycle all types of lamps including CFL and tube lights on the outskirts of Bangalore. According to the Department of Industries and Commerce, for the first time such a unit is coming up in the country. e-parisara, an …
This file photo shows the nuclear power station in Dampierre-en-Burly. AFPA group of Bangalore students is all set to educate world leaders gathering in Copenhagen for the Dec 7-18 climate change summit through a play on threats and challenges to environment worldwide. Life and Death, a play starkly depicting of …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to make segregation of garbage (wet and dry) compulsory for large structures. At a meeting held earlier this week, the Palike decided that marriage halls, apartments and institutions will be forced to have waste segregation at the source. The rules may be …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore, Nov 30, DH News Service: With the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) now being named the prime consultant for the 'Namma Metro' project, further delays in the completion of the project seems inevitable. Metro work in progress near Vidhana Soudha. DH photoA top DMRC official told …
S Lalitha, nov 22, Bangalore: News regarding the overwhelming decibel levels that rock the City is now set to travel to far flung areas. For, a unique project on noise pollution in Bangalore undertaken by students of a school in Gottigere has been selected for the National Children
Want information on rainwater harvesting (RWH)? It is now just a phone call away. The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), along with the BWSSB have launched a help desk dedicated to address queries on RWH on Wednesday.
Transport minister R Ashok, on Thursday, said all new autorickshaws registering in the City will be environment-friendly (green). Installing environment-friendly engine run on LPG and tamper-proof electronic metres and sporting green colour are mandatory for new autos, he added. The minister said the old autorickshaws are exempted from going green. …
Garbage clearance and IT appear to have little in common, but not anymore, with the city corporation deploying Global Positioning System to ensure effective and systematic solid waste management. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), faced a major challenge in terms of monitoring the movement of vehicles disposing solid waste, Commissioner …
In continuation of the pollution awareness programmes being organised by the Transport Department, another Bicycle eco-rally was held at Malleswaram grounds on Wednesday. Students participating in the
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore: South Bangalore, which houses a majority of IT firms, is likely to benefit the most from the proposed Bangalore Metro phase II if the current plan is anything to go by. According to the Detailed Project Report (DPR), which is still under preparation,
A silent ''green revolution'' is in the making in India's tech hub Bangalore as citizens come together to sponsor trees to save the city's ''green heritage'' which has of late come under threat owing to development activities. The unique programme christened "I Own a Tree", started by Bangalore-based environment group …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has been caught in the eye of a storm over tree felling and road widening in Bangalore, has now found a novel way to circumvent the whirlwind. All for development: One of the several huge trees that was cut for Metro development work …
