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 …
S Lalitha, Bangalore: The lush-green 100 acres of the Railway Quarters in Yelahanka has just got greener. Asha, a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya seen with her sapling in the garden of her house. DH PHOTOA novel initiative to make children emotionally attached and feel protective towards trees has proved to …
The society should do its bit to provide protection to policemen who are always on their toes in safeguarding the people from anti-social elements, opined Kannada cine actor Puneet Rajkumar, here on Saturday.
An illegal make-over of the ambitious Bengaluru Mysore Corridor leaves slumdwellers on the road and the Supreme Court toothless. FOURTEEN YEARS ago, 256 Dalit families from a village slum located just outside Bengaluru pitched tents and fashioned homes out of nothing. Come May 12, 2009 and not a single house …
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, DH News Service: Bangalore will soon see at least two mono rail projects chugging off, if the State Government has its way. A Malaysia-based company, Scomic-Geodesic, has come forward to build a 58-km mono rail for Bangalore. The company has made the offer to the State …
The State Government has decided to rejuvenate 180 lakes in Bangalore in the coming days, Bangalore In-charge Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he said work has been already commenced to rejuvenate and beautify 33 lakes. While the BBMP is developing 21 lakes, the BDA has …
The largely unplanned growth of Bangalore has left hundreds of layouts without a single tree. This shocking loss of the green culture has left summers hotter, entire residential areas under a grey cloud and a city firmly lose its erstwhile garden splendour. The mindless felling of trees for infrastructure projects …
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical …
From Mexico to Pune, swine flu is spreading more fear than disease. DIVYA GUPTA maps the hysteria Cautious? A Mumbai school teacher helps kids with masks given by the Shiv Sena WHILE DEALING with global pandemics, it is best to dispel the biggest myths surrounding them first. The
Cities in India are moving towards commercially viable models of urban water and sanitation delivery to fill the widening gap between demand and supply. Cost recovery through upfront beneficiary contributions is increasingly becoming a key consideration in the provision of piped water and sewerage. This paper examines the Greater Bangalore …
Bangalore, Pune: A 26-year-old teacher became the first swine flu fatality in Bangalore on Thursday, while the pandemic claimed three more lives in Pune , taking the total death toll in the city to 13 and 20 across the country. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government is doing its …
S Lalitha,Bangalore, DH News Service: Flooding of the City during rains, the depleting groundwater level and the presence of contaminants beyond permissible limits; all of these issues can be easily managed if a simple improvisation is made by the BBMP when constructing stormwater drains (SWDs) in the City, stated water …
While mosquitoes are creating havoc in Bangalore spreading dreaded dengue and chikungunya diseases, the BBMP has shown on records that a whopping Rs 15 crore has been spent to control mosquito menace in the last four years. According to Congress MLA Roshan Baig, the BBMP has shown on records that …
