June, 2019 Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Rate your ward councillor for CfB’s ‘Corporator No 1 Awards’

June 30, 2019 Srinivas Alavilli

Citizens for Bengaluru will award the city’s best corporators in a ceremony on July 14th. The awardees will be selected based on citizens’ rating through an online survey form

Bengaluru Buzz: BBMP ward delimitation soon | No decision yet on garbage contractors | High Court action on noise pollution

June 29, 2019 News Desk

Delimitation of BBMP wards before the council polls next year, High Court directs state government to give details on noise pollution control, no consensus in BBMP about having separate contractors for wet and dry waste collection – here is a roundup of news in Bengaluru this week

Bengaluru’s street vendors: A vibrant community deprived of rights

June 28, 2019 Bhargavi S Rao

Carts of street food that offer a quick snack, little stalls selling just what you were looking for – street vendors are an integral part of life in Bengaluru. But why isn’t the government implementing the law that upholds their right to work?

“Govt decision to replace AC buses welcome, but not enough”

June 28, 2019 Vinay Sreenivasa

The recent government decision to replace Volvo AC buses with regular buses is welcome, but more should be done to provide quality service to all commuters, says the collective Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike

Here are four cool things Bengaluru scientists invented recently

June 25, 2019 Tanika Deuskar

Bengaluru is a hub of research institutions, but how many us know of the scientific breakthroughs made here? From a new catalyst to generate hydrogen, to a potential cure for pancreatic cancer, here are top findings from the city over the past year

GAIL plans 100 CNG refill stations in Bengaluru

June 25, 2019 News Desk

GAIL Gas will soon have 13 new CNG refill stations in the city, in addition to nine operational ones. CNG produces lesser emissions, and offer higher savings for all types of vehicles, say GAIL officials

‘Cities and Canopies’, a book on trees in urban India, released

June 24, 2019 News Desk

‘Cities and Canopies’ explores the science, history, culture and imaginations around trees in our cities.

Bengaluru Buzz: CCTV cameras around lakes | Kamakhya-Ittamadu flyover proposed | Kempegowda museum closed

June 22, 2019 News Desk

High Court directs CCTV camera installation around all lakes, another flyover proposed in Outer Ring Road, BMTC to open the first 50 counters to issue student bus passes – read more on what happened in Bengaluru this week

Elevated corridors: Environment Clearance was issued in just two weeks

June 22, 2019 Varadarajan Raman

The EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) report of elevated corridors spans 345 pages, but it took authorities just two weeks to approve it and issue Environment Clearance to the project. This is despite the EIA avoiding a detailed study of many environmental impacts