Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

“To protect nature, start at home”: Bittu Sahgal

September 21, 2021

At Bengaluru Biodiversity Charche, co-organised by Citizen Matters, activists, journalists and students discussed ways to protect the city’s biodiversity

A to Z guide to Bengaluru’s lakes

September 20, 2021

In a set of illustrations, we examine the components of Bengaluru’s lakes, and get a glimpse of what lies beyond our city’s concrete layers.

A sustainable plan to solve traffic woes at Iblur Junction

September 17, 2021

With Metro work starting on Outer Ring Road, and traffic levels back to normal, a sustainable plan is needed for Iblur junction.

Real estate developers face few hurdles in getting environment clearance

September 6, 2021

Builders have to submit biodiversity details of the project site, to get clearance. But clearance is given even as the details are missing or copy-pasted

Lesser whistling ducks at Mallathahalli Lake

What we lose when we lose a lake — the Mallathahalli Lake experience

August 25, 2021

As plans are set in motion to ‘develop’ Mallathahalli Lake, a citizen shares stunning images of the biodiversity that is under threat here.

How the pandemic locked waste workers out of livelihoods

July 1, 2021

The economic impact on informal waste workers’ livelihood and the entire informal recycling industry due to the lockdown.

A sustainable plan to solve traffic woes at Iblur Junction

September 17, 2021

With Metro work starting on Outer Ring Road, and traffic levels back to normal, a sustainable plan is needed for Iblur junction.

Stray cat population soaring in your neighbourhood? Here’s how to handle it

September 10, 2021

Stray cat population has been rising in many Bengaluru neighbourhoods. How to control the cats’ population while also caring for them? Here’s a guide

How a Bengaluru apartment created a ‘food forest’

September 3, 2021

The forest provides the community free food, and has brought back bird and insect species that had long vanished from the area

Bengaluru’s COVID deaths: With June numbers still worse than April’s, has the second wave really subsided?

June 28, 2021

We analyse COVID death rate data from BBMP bulletins. Even accounting for the back-counting of cases, the results are far from comforting.

Filing a consumer case? Be prepared to wait two years

November 18, 2020

There is a one in two chance of winning a consumer case, data from Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions in Bengaluru shows. Most cases are to do with housing, insurance and banking disputes.

Did Bengaluru really get excess rains in 2020?

November 4, 2020

This year, some parts of Bengaluru got extremely high rainfall while some others didn’t even get the usual amounts. This also means floods and damages were disproportionate across the city.

How will Centre’s 2021 plastic ban affect Bengaluru?

How smart meters are helping Bengaluru apartments save water

“To protect nature, start at home”: Bittu Sahgal

A to Z guide to Bengaluru’s lakes

A sustainable plan to solve traffic woes at Iblur Junction

EDITORS’ PICK

Real estate developers face few hurdles in getting environment clearance

What we lose when we lose a lake — the Mallathahalli Lake experience

How the pandemic locked waste workers out of livelihoods

Citizen Journalism

A sustainable plan to solve traffic woes at Iblur Junction

Stray cat population soaring in your neighbourhood? Here’s how to handle it

How a Bengaluru apartment created a ‘food forest’

Data Journalism

Bengaluru’s COVID deaths: With June numbers still worse than April’s, has the second wave really subsided?

Filing a consumer case? Be prepared to wait two years

Did Bengaluru really get excess rains in 2020?

Environment

How will Centre’s 2021 plastic ban affect Bengaluru?

Economy

Stories of women repair workers

Opinion

Bengaluru’s changing rainfall patterns: expert points to climate change

Governance

How does BBMP compute Property Tax

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