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 …
G Manjusainath , Bangalore, DH News Service: Probably these would be the costliest public toilets Bangalore ever had. Built by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) at a whopping Rs 20 lakh, these should definitely qualify for the five-star tag at least going by the money claimed to have been …
Phase two of the Bangalore Metro Rail project will cover an approximate area of 125 km and could extend upto Whitefield and Kengeri, said Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) Managing Director N Sivasailam here. Making a presentation on the project at the FICCI-Malaysia India Business Council (MIBC) Real Estate …
In the wake of the monsoon havoc, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has asked the City agencies to prepare a Monsoon Management Plan for the upcoming rainy season. In a marathon three-hour meeting held on Wednesday evening, suggestions put forth by the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure Development (ABIDe) were reviewed.
As the monsoon plays havoc sending the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) into a tizzy, a report suggesting rain water harvesting is gathering dust. A High Powered Committee Report set up by the High Court of Karnataka in 2006 to look into the quality of road works in the city …
Green is in as Indian corporates race to compete for a share of the fast-growing Rs 35,250-crore global market for climate-friendly technology and carbon credits Walk into the Wipro campus in Bangalore's Electronic City, and the first thing you are likely to notice is the windmills. Starting from the streetlights …
The BWSSB has decided to supply treated water in all areas at 50 per cent of the cost of drinking water that is being supplied now. Treated water supply will begin within six months, Bangalore Water Supply Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu told reporters on Friday. Want to save on the …
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will shortly issue the final notification on land acquisition for the proposed Kempe Gowda and Shivaram Karanth layouts, BDA Commissioner Siddaiah said on Monday The land acquisition process is almost complete. After issuing the final notification, layout development will be taken up, he told reporters. For …
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) got a breather with the High Court on Saturday refusing to stall the ongoing works from R V Road to South end circle. Hearing a petition by City based NGO Hasiru Usiru, the court has also refused a stay on the felling of …
The Lok Adalat, which took the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials to task for failing to initiate action against the nine government hospitals that failed to initiate measures to establish effluent treatment plant (ETP) to treat bio-medical waste, has warned of action if they fail to do so …
Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore, DH News Service: The general public can now call the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) line and record their complaints against polluting vehicles in the City. The joint venture initiated by the Transport Department and KSPCB will be launched shortly to …
S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore,DH News Service: Hidden from the public glare, the City-based Army Service Corps (ASC) Centre and College (South) has set an example in eco-preservation by converting its sprawling 720 acre campus on HAL airport road into a home for as many as 5,000 sandalwood trees, a variety …
To quench the thirst of resident in the erstwhile seven CMCs, one TMC and 110 villages of BBMP, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has decided to drill 1,146 borewells at the cost of 60 crore. Disclosing this to reporters, Bangalore In-Charge Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said that …
The High Court division bench headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda will take up the matter relating to cutting of trees and granting of land inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), on Friday. However, the court refused to interfere in the vacation division bench order …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday inaugurated the programme to rejuvenate the fast dying lakes in the City. The first phase will include 31 lakes around Bangalore, of which, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will begin the work on 12.
