Articles by Bhanu Sridharan

Activists suggest that citizens should familiarise themselves not only with the voter verification process, but also the officers in charge.

Prior to collection of personal data, the purpose for which the data is collected and its planned use need to be disclosed to the people.

Existing species in projects sites are supposed to be identified and protected. But this is poorly done, causing loss of biodiversity

Large township projects can severely damage biodiversity. Yet, they often get Environment Clearance based on misleading, copy-pasted EIA reports.

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

What does public property mean to different people in the city? Using the Agara Lake as a case study, Dr Rohan D’Souza, from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) explores these very notions of Urban Commons.

The second in a series of two articles from Citizen Matters, commissioned on the back of the failed Copenhagen summit. Read about your city’s carbon emissions and what is being done to cut them down.

The Copenhagen Climate Meet 2009 may have turned out inconsequential, but the need to check carbon emissions is as crucial as ever.

If your visit to Bannerghatta Biological Park turns out worthwhile, it’s because of its decent, tourist-friendly infrastructure. However, when it comes to wildlife care, the Park is yet to plug certain loopholes.

It was twists and turns during the two hearings last week on the case relating to BBMP’s road through the Agriculture University campus. The High Court set January 4th for the next hearing.

Wild varieties of trees used for research in the Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra’s campus have been lost for the controversial Yelahanka-Bellary Road link. Construction is now on hold.

A petition filed by a group of former vice-chancellors of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) and others against BBMP’s link road will be heard on September 23rd 2009.