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BMTC cannot cope up with the city’s exploding need for transport. One option is to end its monopoly status.

Public spaces are subject to all kinds of violations. One can see illegal and dangerous violations under High Tension Lines in Koramangala.

HSR Layout Federation, like other such groups in the city, struggles with the apathy of government officials as well as residents.

Jayanagar citizens oppose high capacity apartment blocks in peaceful residential locality.

Several citizens groups are working on improving Solid Waste Management.

IIWC takes noteworthy efforts to promote cross cultural exchange and inculcate a cosmopolitan spirit in the city.

Who cut the trees in front of Levi’s showroom in Koramangala?

Since May 2007, the water board has made rainwater harvesting (RWH) mandatory for new constructions and appears to be quietly enforcing this rule.

Will the Lake Development Authority’s (LDA) public private partnership (PPP) model protect or destroy Bangalore’s last remaining lakes?

What is the impact of the ban on Child Labour? Did it help eliminate this dreadful practice? There is confusion aplenty and a dearth of political will.

LDA leases out Agara Lake to a private party which plans an amusement park. Local residents and environmentalists are aghast and plan their next moves.