June | 2018 | | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Bengaluru Buzz: Water and waste ranking ring alarm bells

June 30, 2018 News Desk

Water, waste, infrastructure – all the news from last week you must know about Bengaluru, in one place!

Bangalore has 11,000 acres of forest area: Dipika Bajpai

June 29, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Raintrees provide shade and keep the carbon emissions in check. But it would be difficult to plant them now as they need too much space. We have other species that can line our roads. But not having trees is not an option, says Dipika.

Builders must get occupancy certificate before handing project over to buyers: Consumer Court

June 29, 2018 Kamala Balachandran

If the builder hand over the apartment before completion of formalities, what can the buyer do? Law is on the buyer’s side – apartment is considered ready only after Occupancy Certificate is given.

How can policy and regulation help fix Bengaluru’s environment?

June 27, 2018 Shashank Atreya

There are many laws that relate to greenery in Bengaluru, but they all need to talk the same language in order to actually protect greenery. Ambiguity in laws needs to be eliminated.

Bin the TenderSURE, plant more trees, says forest official who greened Bengaluru

June 26, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

S R Neginhal, the pioneer of urban forestry who was tasked with greening Bengaluru once and did it successfully, talks about Bengaluru’s green cover and the way forward.

Bengaluru round up: Missing garbage autos, biggest septic tank and more

June 25, 2018 News Desk

All important news from the last week – the news from Bengaluru you don’t want to miss – all in one place.

Shared-auto system in Bengaluru: Much-needed but ignored

June 23, 2018 Seema Prasad

An auto stops on Tannery road. Five adults seat themselves in the back. One adult, with a toddler on his lap, shares the seat with the driver. The overcrowded auto carries them forward, navigating narrow

What does Rs 1,700 crore ‘Smart City’ plan for Bengaluru involve?

June 22, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

Bengaluru is finally becoming a “Smart City” – but what does it mean? Which areas will get covered, which projects will get implemented?

Making it a Swacch RBI Layout

June 20, 2018 Paneendra Kumar B L

Residents, fed up of people who throw garbage outside, get down to work and deal with the stink! Now they’re sure those who saw them working won’t throw waste on streets.

Making Bengaluru greener through collective efforts

June 19, 2018 Meera K

How can Bengaluru bring back the lost green glory? What can practically be done, and by whom?

Vertical gardens can fail, but this is how Namma Metro can still go green

June 15, 2018 B V Rajarama Bhat

Everyone agrees that Metro is an excellent mode of public transport. It improves connectivity and is good for the city. It is environmental-friendly. However, we have lost quite a number of trees at the time

Bengaluru to see awareness against elder abuse

June 14, 2018 News Desk

Elders’ helpline in Bengaluru, 1090, has been helping the needy, and has managed to solve 52% of cases through counseling.

BWSSB projects March 2021 deadline for sewage network in 110 villages

June 14, 2018 Seema Prasad

Better groundwater quality in cities requires an underground sewage network and its timely treatment and usage. Outskirts of BBMP limits in Bengaluru are yet to be covered by a sewage network, though plans are underway.

How long before BWSSB’s Cauvery Stage V reaches Bengaluru?

June 13, 2018 Seema Prasad

After 10 years of Bengaluru expanding to be ‘Bruhath’, the plan to provide water for all newly included villages is yet to materialise. How long before Cauvery water reaches all areas?

With this dog list, is BBMP hoping to make Bengaluru another Singapore?

June 11, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

The proposed by-law that limits the number of dogs in residences has been introduced twice before by the BBMP. Why does the BBMP wake up a once every few years to reintroduce the draft that hasn’t passed muster?

400 volunteers dedicated five hours on ‘Earth Day’ to create a forest by 2028

June 11, 2018 Nikita Vashisth

5500 saplings of 96 varieties. 400 volunteers. Five hours. And the result would be a dense forest in Bengaluru, in next 10 years. How did it happen?

Agara lake festival to discuss plastic pollution

June 8, 2018 News Desk

Agara lake will host a festival on June 9, 2018, to celebrate World Environment Day and discuss plastic pollution.

Mandram presents the Jigyasa Project, to bring Tamil and Kannada on one stage

June 8, 2018 News Desk

The Jigyasa Project aims open up minds and expand horizons as four speakers share thoughts on science and technology in their mother tongues, reaching out to you through that one window you grew up with, formulating your first ever thoughts.

975-year-old lake awaits justice even as BBMP, land grabbers eye it

June 8, 2018 Kathelene Antony

Protests and court cases mark the fight for Pattandur Agrahara Kere. Why did the High Court say it was a private land, when the lake has a history of 975 years?

Heat, dust and floods: What’s up with Bengaluru?

June 7, 2018 Nikita Vashisth

Bengaluru is losing its greenery right in front of our eyes – how are we getting affected? What does the data show? First part of a new series.