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BBMP plans to hike property tax, most industrial units in Peenya found contaminating groundwater and soil, BWSSB takes stock of rainwater harvesting systems – read more on what made news in Bengaluru over the past week

KSPCB slaps notices and cases against 331 polluters in the state, BWSSB plans to increase water tariff by 15 percent, schools ask students to carry lighter bags – read more on what has been happening in Bengaluru this week

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

Drawing 1450 million liters of water per day from 150 kms and distributing it to households —how does that work out? How do Bengalureans get safe water?

The Supreme Court has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on Graphite India limited (GIL), calling its Whitefield plant a serious offender contributing to air pollution in the area. In the first of an in-depth two-part series, we look at the long struggle that led to the ruling.

“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?

KSPCB is asking the apartments to adhere to the water act. But the problem is that many of the issues KSPCB is bringing forward are being contested by apartment residents as irrelevant and undesirable.

Recent BWSSB regulation requiring even existing apartments in core sewered areas of Bengaluru to compulsorily install STPs reeks of impracticality and an unfair targeting of apartment dwellers.

Following BWSSB’s 2016 regulation mandating all apartment complexes with more than 20 units to install their own STPs, a study finds many challenges before the ones already in place.

If you want to pitch in to make your city cleaner this October 2nd, here’s a list of drives around the city that you can join!

If you are part of a community that ensures that a bulk of the waste generated is recycled in the right manner, this is for you! Applications are open for the 2016 edition of the Recyclathon Awards.

Over 150 RWAs participated in the meeting. KSPCB said they will set up websites for each lake where people can lodge complaints.