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 …
DH News Service, Bangalore: 'Voices from the Waters 2008' - the third International Film Festival on water, is being organised in Bangalore from September 13 to 18. Touted to be the biggest festival in the world on the subject, the film festival will provide a platform for learning, interaction, debate …
Karnataka forest department critiques model to save lakes the Karnataka forest department has recently come out with its assessment of the impact of leasing lakes to private players in Bangalore. Saying that the lakes were being destroyed, the department has come down heavily on the activities of private players. The …
Bangalore, DHNS: The High Court has stayed the auction of a plot of land at K Gollahalli in Kengeri Hobli. Following a public Interest Litigation by R Suresh and others, residents of Gollahalli village, the Court has stayed the auction of over four acres land, which was scheduled on August …
By Satish Shile, DH News Service, Bangalore: Chemistry students of MES College in Malleswaram were into a rude shock after conducting an experiment to check the quantity of lead in a Ganesha idol... They immersed a painted Ganesha idol weighing one kg in fresh water only to find that the …
By Kalyan Ray, DH News Service, New Delhi: Farmers in and around Bangalore are relying substantially on untreated urban waste water for their produce, which not only increase the consumers health risks but also convert farmers into destitutes. This is the finding of a survey that analysed the quality and …
By Subhash Chandra NS, DH News Service, Bangalore: Natural farming pioneer and Ramon Magsaysay award winner, Masanobu Fukuoka, who passed away in Japan on Sunday night, had warned of disasters in Bangalore City if its green cover was continuously depleted. Even as the world of organic and natural farmers mourns …
Would the frequent protests by members of the CMH Road Shops and Establishments Association prevent the traffic authorities and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) from proceeding with pier construction works on Indiranagar's busiest road?
By Sudha Narasimhachar The entire transport system of Zrich, covering various kinds of trains, buses, trams, boats, cable cars, gondolas, ice flyers in the Alps, comes under one management. Today talk about chaotic traffic in Bangalore, especially after the inauguration of the international airport, is common. Of course, one of …
This report stresses the importance of mobility for development, defining it in a broader framework in connection with related concepts such as Accessibility and sustainability. Taking Bangalore for its case study, the report clarifies the socio-economic trends and current plans for land use and transport in the city and region, …
The objectives of this study were: to raise awareness of the importance of mobility as a driver for economic development in Bangalore; to examine opportunities to narrow the mobility divide in Bangalore; and to discuss sustainable mobility solutions (including virtual mobility solutions) for the rapidly growing city of Bangalore. This …
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. Though still very nascent, this is a unique and a very important step forward to use market based instrument to influence consumer …
Basavaraj Itnaal For a city that boasts of IT hegemony in the country, Bangalore has a dismal record of garbage management. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), whose obligatory function is to collect, transport and dispose of the municipal solid waste (MSW), is apparently caught up in the politics of …
S Lalitha Every glass of water you drink reaches your doorstep after a long and fascinating journey. The story of that journey ought to be told as long as Bangalore thirsts for the precious commodity. In a unique phenomenon which takes place only in a few spots in the world, …
Bangalore, DHNS: The BBMP spends a whopping Rs 90 crore per year on door-to-door collection of garbage. More than 500 trucks are deployed by BBMP and its contractors, to collect and transport about 3000 tonnes of garbage every day. But the Palike does not have the facility to dispose even …
By Basavaraj Itnaal, DH News Service, Bangalore: The IT capital is the only city in the country that employs qualified doctors, some of them specialists, to manage garbage. Apparently, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is yet to wake up to the fact that there is a discipline in engineering called …
Why do the poor pay the highest price for water and the rich, who have piped connection, get the inexpensive water in our cities? Why is there an outbreak of water borne disease frequently due to polluted water? What is lacking: There is lack of investment to price water price …
New Delhi:If you are in Delhi and own a car, then surely you must have faced a problem with parking. Especially, on a weekend the struggle to park your car in a crowded market area or multiplex increases ten times. According to a report there are a total of 18 …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Thursday morning, Selvi, a resident of II Cross Gayatri Nagar, Rajajinagar, had a new guest on the terrace of her house: A three feet monitor lizard with its two front legs tied, lying in a corner. Shocked seeing a new creature, Selvi came down running and …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The City will get drinking water on a daily basis from 2011, when work on the second phase of the Cauvery Water Supply Scheme Stage IV is complete, said Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister for BWSSB, Excise, IT-BT and Information Department. Briefing the media after collecting first-hand …
