karnataka state pollution control board (kspcb) Archives

Bengaluru Buzz: Suburban rail approved | Plan to protect Vrishabhavathi river | Action against vehicles with traffic dues…and more

October 10, 2020 News Desk

Centre approves suburban rail project, BBMP asks apartment residents to take COVID tests, Fitness Certificates to be denied for vehicles with pending traffic dues – catch up on this week’s news in our roundup.

Why sewage treatment plants in apartments are messed up, and how this can change

March 6, 2020 Nagesh Aras

Apartment STPs (Sewage Treatment Plants) are set up after getting government approvals, yet they malfunction soon and residents keep spending lakhs to correct defects. This scenario can change with some reforms in the STP approval process.

All about Bengaluru’s action plan to fight air pollution

June 8, 2019 Arza Safiya

Recently, a 44-point mega action plan was drafted to tackle air pollution in Bengaluru. The plan assigns tasks to multiple government agencies, to be completed in a time frame. Read more for details of the plan

Bengaluru Buzz: NGT action to save lakes | Draft policy to ease commute | Action plan for air quality

May 13, 2019 News Desk

Action to be taken against encroachers of Kaikondarahalli lake buffer zone, sewage and rainwater to be diverted away from Bellandur lake, draft commute policy and new air quality action plan for Bengaluru – read more on what happened in the city over the past week

Why has the KSPCB failed to arrest air pollution in Bengaluru?

October 25, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

“Ours is a monitoring station, which can only assess and suggest,” say KSPCB officials. What are these suggestions and is the city even close to implementing those?

Infrastructure

Apartments discuss sustainable solutions

June 17, 2013 Nikita Malusare

The discussions covered water metering, sewage treatment and waste management. Experts answered the queries, while many solutions were explained with the help of examples.