The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
MUMBAI: The BMC's Tree Authority on Thursday cleared various proposals to hack around 4,000 trees in the city. Permission has been granted for 2,250 trees to be felled and another 2,000 to be transplanted. The two main proposals to remove trees have come from the civic administration. It has sought …
The division bench headed by Justice N Kumar directed the BMRCL not to fell trees along both Lalbagh as well as the Lakshman Rao Park boulevard, where the metro rail alignment is planned. The High Court has directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) not to fell trees along …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The environmentalists in the city, including Sugathakumari, G. Shankar, Sridhar P., Eldo Pachilakadan and R. Ajayan, have put forward a series of recommendations on tree-felling in the city. These recommendations were made at a discussion the greens had with PWD Minister Mons Joseph, Forest Minister Binoy Viswam and Law …
Mumbai Over 3,000 trees are facing the axe across the city to make way for public and private infrastructure projects. Facing the greatest damage to its greens is the Bhandup Water Complex area that may lose more than 2,300 trees to make way for the upcoming water supply project. In …
Hasiru Usiru had earlier lodged a complaint with Siddapura police against 'Namma Metro' authorities on Monday, for tree-felling activities. Hasiru Usiru, the green NGO has made a representation to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bangalore South, Krishna Bhat and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jayanagar, Ramesh Chandra on Tuesday, to protect public …
As trees disappear across the City to make way for the Metro and new roads, twin giants have been given a new lease of life by a tree-lover. Bangalore cardiologist Dr Ramana Rao paid roughly Rs one lakh from his pocket to relocate two enormous peepal trees - one aged …
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the construction of the badminton and squash courts complex for the Commonwealth Games 2010, at the Siri Fort Sports Complex (SFSC). There was opposition from the members of the SFSC who had alleged that the DDA had violated environmental norms. Passing the order, a …
Noted environmentalist and former Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Dr A N Yellappa Reddy has said that the alignment issue should not be allowed to stall the Namma Metro project at the present juncture.
The message was loud and clear: Shelve plan to acquire Lalbagh, change alignment of Namma Metro. With no response from the State government over the R V Road alignment and construction activity of Lalbagh station progressing,
More than a 100 protesters, including members of Hasiru Usiru staged yet another protest in a Padayatra outside the Lalbagh on R V Road here on Tuesday demanding that the metro alignment be shelved. Vinay Sreenivasa of the green NGO, said the BMRCL must drop the R V Road alignment …
By Michelle Cherian The only genuine untouched lung spaces are the famed Cubbon Park and Lal Bagh, besides the large tracts that the army has inherited from the British in the Cantonment area. There is very little original tree cover left in Bangalore. And the only genuine untouched lung spaces …
Even after the government directed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to stop all construction work at Lal Bagh and R V Road, the work is still being carried out, alleged environmentalists on Monday. Green activists confirmed to a shed being installed and some digging work being carried out …
"BMRCL should heed the voice of the people." In the past few days a large number of Bangalore residents have been protesting against encroachment of some land which is part of the city
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi Development Authority to suggest various ways and means to ensure that no damage is made to the green belt of the Siri Fort area. The apex court was worried that the DDA had spoilt some part of the green belt in the …
J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the DDA to consider whether the badminton stadium and squash court being built for the Commonwealth Games near the Siri Fort indoor stadium here could be shifted to an alternative site in order to save the greenery in the area. …
AHMEDABAD: Over the last three years, Ahmedabad has seen a spurt in influx of scholars from foreign universities taking deep interest in its urban morphology, its origin and its organic growth in the 21st century. What has interested these scholars the most is the heritage of walled city and how …
Citizens who care for the green pastures of Lal Bagh in the City on Friday once again voiced their protest against the proposed metro station by BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) inside Lal Bagh and R V Road stretch. A candlelight vigil was the mode of protest, with more …
Imagine travelling along BRTS stretch under a canopy of mangoes & chikooS Paul John TNN Ahmedabad: If you have been dreading the thought of cycling or taking a walk along the BRTS corridor in the sweltering Ahmedabad heat, there may be some relief round the corner. A renewed landscaping plan …
