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 …
Here is some ''green noise'' for a cause which, if taken cognizance by the Karnataka High Court, may give some breathing space to Bangaloreans. A coalition of City environmentalists of all hues
BANGALORE: Fishermen from Bangalore city and outskirts have expressed concern over the farming of African catfish in many lakes and tank beds of the city. This banned variety of fish, which feeds on native fishes and waste, is being illegally sold in the market. The fishermen said that this carnivorous …
Nagesh Prabhu BANGALORE: Redesigning, protests, delay in land acquisition, poor response from contractors, and re-tendering have delayed work on 17 infrastructure projects sanctioned for Bangalore and Mysore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). In a way the State has failed to reap the benefits accruing to it …
All buildings, including residential, built on 60x40 and above dimension sites and new ones planned on 30x40 and above dimension sites in Bangalore, will have to adopt rainwater harvesting, if the Legislative Council approves a bill in this regard. For, the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, approved the Bangalore Water Supply …
Lok Adalat has directed the BBMP Commissioner to conduct a survey of the City lakes and submit a report including the blue print for the lakes within the BBMP limits, and initiate strict action against the contractors polluting the lakes. Following a presentation on the lakes by the BBMP Commissioner, …
Neem, the most revered Indian tropical tree, with medicinal properties has turned too bitter for the BBMP. Sources told Deccan Herald that neem, known as Bevu in Kannada, is no more a darling of the BBMP
Sandeep Moudgal,DH News Service,Bangalore: Infrastructure definitely got a big boost - at least on paper - with the Union Budget indicating the availability of a whopping Rs 1,00,000 crore for speeding up infrastructure projects across the country. Yet, the progress of the development works in Bangalore doesn
It is now clear that the Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS), which surfaced in the open, with 24 cases reported in one hospital alone, is more widespread in the City. Many more cases have been reported in other city hospitals. Adults too have reportedly contracted the viral disease. Doctors explain that …
Rashmi Menon, Bangalore: Already challenged by a rising swine-flu threat, the State health department is now having to battle a resurgent dengue menace. Lurking to strike hard is the dengue shock syndrome (DSS), which has claimed one life so far. No less than 24 cases have been reported in just …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will soon set up an Environment Cell to look into solid waste management, cutting down of tress and forest conservation within the Palike limits and establish 198 ''BBMP One'' centres in as many wards. Palike Commissioner, Bharath Lal Meena said officials from the forest …
The Red Sand Boa, an endangered snake, is in danger, due to rampant trafficking in recent times. A few farmers in Kanakapura, Hiriyur, Chitradugra and Doddaballapur have started rearing snakes, especially Red Sand Boa also known as
Acute shortage of technical staff in the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) prevents it from closely monitoring hospitals in the City to check if they adhere to different environmental norms, according to a top official. Speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of a refresher programme
Nandini Chandrashekar, Bangalore, DH News Service: Contrary to expectations, it is mostly a sigh of relief among the autorickshaw drivers at the State government
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to shift the land disposal site of Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) at Bommanahalli, following complaints from the public. It is learnt that the KCDC is also keen on shifting the site to Boggaguddahalli. The BBMP, the district administration and the KCDC have …
Studies on Resident Welfare Associations draw attention to their predominantly middle class and exclusive character. Based on survey and ethnographic data on such associations across diverse neighbourhoods in Bangalore, this paper reveals the fractured, often contradictory, nature of claims made by different sections of middle class. The category urban
The Lok Adalat, on Thursday, maintained that it was not for closure of hospitals, if the Government files a modified report regarding the setting up of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP). During the hearing on Thursday, Justice K L Manjunath said that the Adalat was not interested in closure of the …
