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HomePublic Health

Public Health

Environment

To beat air pollution, redesign Bengaluru’s action plan

June 5, 2019 Bhargavi S Rao

A 44-point action plan was proposed recently to improve Bengaluru’s air quality. But the actions proposed are ineffective and undemocratic, opines the author

Health

Men Take Lead: Against treating menstruating women as untouchables

May 28, 2019 Urmila Chanam

Around 120 riders participated in a bike ride on Sunday to mark the international Menstrual Hygiene Day that falls on May 28th. The rally called for stopping isolation of women and treating them as untouchables during menstruation

Environment

BleedGreen campaign promotes sustainable menstruation

May 28, 2019 News Desk

This Saturday, Rotary Club held a campaign to promote cloth pads, menstrual cups etc., that are sustainable alternatives to sanitary napkins. The campaigners petitioned the Bengaluru Mayor to include these alternatives in government programmes

Environment

Coalition of doctors, environmentalists to fight air pollution in Bengaluru

April 5, 2019 News Desk

The Healthy Air Coalition was launched in the city today, to combat air pollution and its health impacts. As part of the initiative, forty new air quality monitoring stations will be installed in the city to gather high-quality data on air pollution

Environment

Why the air inside your home could be as toxic as that outside

March 13, 2019 Arjun Rajan

India’s dubious distinction in terms of air quality is widely discussed, but the focus of discussion has typically been outdoor pollution. Yet, right here in Bengaluru, indoor pollution poses serious risks for several communities, cutting across class. What are the sources of indoor pollution and how can it be addressed?

Civic

‘Flouting of norms by builders poses fire hazards for buildings’

February 26, 2019 Arjun Rajan

The Beyond Carlton Memorial Lecture ‘ Our cities on Fire’ was held during the anniversary of Carlton Towers fire, after nine years of the tragedy. A campaign to assess fire risk assessments for apartments was launched. A food delivery boy who saved 10 people at a hospital fire in Mumbai was felicitated.

Environment

How mishandling of garbage contributes to Bengaluru’s air quality crisis

December 28, 2018 Arjun Rajan

The mismanagement of solid waste continues in Bengaluru with incessant garbage burning. There are PILs filed in the High Court, but will they help reducing burning of garbage?

Health

Temple food and midday meals: need for hygiene protocols

December 19, 2018 Ramesh Agarwal

Food poisoning cases in places of mass worship and midday meals in schools need different kind of food safety.

Commute

Can mechanised sweepers help Bengaluru deal with dust?

December 4, 2018 Arjun Rajan

While BBMP plans to introduce more than 30 mechanised sweepers in the near future to address dust pollution in the city, experts and researchers advocate a holistic approach towards eliminating dust.

Environment

Graphite India case: Can KSPCB stay firm and force closure of Whitefield plant?

November 20, 2018 Soumik Dutta

The Bengaluru plant has initiated the process of repairs and the shutting down of the furnaces will accelerate the process of revamp, expected to be completed by November end. The firm has said it will then apply afresh to the KSPCB for consent to operate.

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?

Governance

Bengaluru Buzz: Draft voter roll published | First Bitcoin ATM in B’luru | ORR Metro to delay further

October 20, 2018 News Desk

News updates from Bengaluru last week. Traffic control, Metro line, H1N1 in the city and more – the news-in-brief that filters out what matters from the junk.

Economy

Bengaluru Buzz: HC adjourns pothole case | Fuel price reduced by Rs 2 | Whitefield presses for GIL closure

September 27, 2018 News Desk

From potholes to sewage mismanagement to polluting industries — a recap of recent headlines on burning issues for Bengaluru that you may have missed.

Civic

Bengaluru Buzz: Green wedding mandate | Lag in clean air action plan | Advertisers’ petition heard

September 12, 2018 News Desk

What’s Bangalore talking about? Catch some of the most important headlines from your city in our weekly news wrap here.

Environment

Pottery Town slaughter house hopes for improvements, as BBMP wakes up

August 14, 2018 Arun Subramaniam

Long after all the licenses expired, BBMP is trying to spruce it up with facelifts that will improve the sanitation conditions in this abattoir. Will the abattoir reach acceptable KSPCB standards?

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