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All you need to know about Bengaluru’s Adopt-a-Street initiative

September 30, 2019 Kedar Koushik

Under BBMP’s new ‘Adopt-a-Street’ initiative, citizen groups and corporates can formally adopt and maintain streets. But will the programme sustain, or will it fizzle out like BBMP’s previous adoption programmes?

Civic

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

Environment

How Swachh Bharat remains a poor joke in Bengaluru

March 26, 2019 Sudha Narasimhachar

With elections round the corner, Modi’s nationwide cleanliness campaign seems to be failing miserably in Bengaluru. What can citizens do to reclaim their clean and green spaces?

Economy

BBMP to proceed with separate wet waste tender, wastepickers to collect dry waste

February 9, 2019 Arjun Rajan

Bengaluru is about to get a separate collection system for segregated wet, sanitary and street sweeping waste. There has been opposition to this proposal especially from councillors, but BBMP will be going ahead with this plan.

Environment

Multiple interventions fail to curb vehicular emissions in Bengaluru

October 31, 2018 Arjun Rajan

Several studies have pointed to the increasingly toxic air in the city, some pegging the levels of polluting particulate matter at three times the WHO-prescribed standards. What contributes to this and why is it so difficult to check?

Civic

Why are Bellandur citizens spending this Saturday morning in a human chain?

October 26, 2018 News Desk

On Saturday, October 27th, the city will be witness to yet another human chain, organised this time by the disgruntled citizens of Bellandur, one of the largest wards of Bengaluru. Find out what their demands are.

Infrastructure

Court orders ignored, money dumped in landfills: How Bengaluru is being betrayed

October 1, 2018 Myriam Shankar K

After six years of court-monitored efforts to set right garbage scenario in Bengaluru, what does the scene look like?

Civic

Kaggadasapura stinks, and it’s an environmental disaster

August 16, 2018 Tamanna Mishra

And residents are not going to take it lying down. They have decided to come together in protest against the status quo.

Environment

A watery Independence Day in S T Bed Layout

August 16, 2017 Ammu Joseph

What happens when residential layouts are built on rajakaluves or lake beds? Water flows where it wants to, and thoughtless development takes its toll.

Civic

CUBs go spot-fixing in Bengaluru

July 21, 2017 Clean Up Bangalore

On the morning of Sunday, July 16th, 10 of us, a group of teenagers, worked for almost four hours, scraping bills, removing garbage, and repainting electrical boxes near Marathahalli Bridge, Bengaluru. We started our work

Civic

City administration looks away as Anjanapura residents gasp amid garbage fires

December 19, 2016 V K Srivatsa

Continuous garbage dumping and fires on BDA land create grave health hazard for residents of Ward 198 in Anjanapura, but who’s listening?

Environment

There’s a lot more we need to shun other than plastic bags!

November 29, 2016 Raghu Varma

While the ubiquitous ‘carry-bag’ is at the receiving end of most citizen-centric moves against plastic usage, Raghu Varma draws attention to the many other buying choices we need to reconsider.

Environment

This neighbourhood in Electronic City is choking!

October 26, 2016 Gaurav Behere

Residents of Basapura suffer from persistent cough and breathing issues as garbage dumped in the immediate vicinity of apartments and offices is burnt day in day out.

Governance

Residents struggle to breathe as garbage fire continues third day at Bellandur

October 24, 2016 Seema Sharma

Rubber, plastic and mixed waste continues to burn over three days off Outer Ring Road. As Bellandur burns, why is the government fiddling?

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Governance

BBMP ready with waste management plan for Bakrid

September 12, 2016 News Desk

BBMP has teamed up with citizen volunteers to manage waste generated during festivals.

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