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 …
Eminent environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna today suggested Bangaloreans to hug the trees which are on a 'death row' due to the Metro Rail project. Responding to questions, the grand-old Bahuguna said trees should never be felled for the
Some startling revelations on the perceptions of Bangalore school students about the City have come to the fore in a unique survey carried out by the Children's Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA), a forum for school children. A majority of government school students would prefer to leave the City and …
Walking is the most ancient mode of transport but in this automobile age, walking is often the most neglected mode. There is a tendency to underestimate the pedestrian infrastructure needs when compared to the needs of the motorists. The situation has come to such a state that daily at least …
This policy paper is devised with intent of creating a framework for regulating and co-coordinating programs as well as actions by various stakeholders such that there is increased comfort, convenience and safety to the pedestrians and their movement. The policy paper is devised by capturing the salient pedestrian issues that …
By Sreshta and Krithika,DH News Services,Bangalore: The global economic slump and high interest rates on automobile loans might have dampened the sales of two and four-wheelers, but in Namma Bengaluru, vehicles continue to flood the roads. According to statistics available from the RTO, nearly 100 people apply for driving licences …
From the outside, the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network Centre (ISTRAC) at Peenya, Bangalore, looks like any other government office. But it is a different story inside
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board will soon launch a drive to detect what the Board terms as "unaccounted water" mainly due to unauthorised connections and evasion of pro-rota charges and is hoping to generate an additional revenue of around Rs 300 crore by plugging such leakages in next one …
The costs of the 'Namma Metro' project will go up by at least Rs 2,000 crore once the project cost is revised next year, after completion of the tender process of stations, rolling stock (coaches) and reaches 2 and 3. This was announced by B S Sudhir Chandra, Director (Project …
By Krithika R and Sreshta A, DH News Services, Bangalore: Waste management has been a problem across the City. But amid the stories of official neglect, here is a silver lining. For, the woes of the residents at National Games Village, Koramangala (NGV) regarding untreated sewage, clearance of garbage, presence …
Anil Kumar Sastry BANGALORE: The oil route just got a little closer. To bring down transportation costs, avoid pilferage and reduce pollution, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (IOCL) has begun work on a 290-km underground pipeline, which will bring petrol, diesel, kerosene and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from Chennai to Bangalore. …
The flora and fauna of Sankey Tank have been deteriorating rapidly in the last three months due to sewage flooding the tank from surrounding areas. It is estimated that 200 fish have died there and the influx of migrating birds had reduced considerably. The members of the Sankey Park Walkers …
Green buildings eat, drink and spend less. Societies that worry about their resources encourage their architects and construction companies to be conservationist. The Indian Green Buildings Congress (IGBC) has been trying to encourage a change in priorities. It faces the challenge of sensitising builders even as the backlog in infrastructure …
By Subhash Chandra N S,DH News Service,Bangalore: The financial slowdown might have reduced conspicuous consumption and dulled cracker sales across town. But now, there is a little twist in the Deepavali tale. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has now ruled that this year
DH News Service, Bangalore: In a tell-tale reminder of the extent of pollution in water bodies in the City, at least 25,000 fish died due to contamination in Siddapura lake. The fish had died three days ago, but they surfaced only on Wednesday. The residents were in for a rude …
By Subhash Chandra N S, DH News Service, Bangalore: Sighting owls is considered an ill omen to many people, but for young Aymaan Ataz, the second PU student from St Joseph
By S Lalitha, DH News Service, Bangalore: There is news to cheer on the water front for residents of North and West Bangalore. After a gap of over four years, the capacity of water stored at the Thippegondanahalli (T G Halli) has reached 40 feet, thanks to copious rain in …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Residents of Sector A of HAL II stage at Indira Nagar have complained supply of contaminated drinking water for nearly two months. Seepage of sewerage disposed by two hotels in the area into supply lines is said to be contaminating the potable water. Horee, a resident …
