GENRE: Solutions

Inexpensive, easy-to-maintain local materials can be used to decontaminate Bengaluru’s wastewater, which would prevent polluted water from entering lakes.

Bengaluru’s sex workers were hesitant or unable to access COVID vaccination. Here’s how a collective reached out and helped them get vaccinated.

The bus lane on Outer Ring Road is a result of the citizen activism that started in 2017 with the ‘steel flyover beda’ protests. And citizens’ work continues.

In the second wave of COVID, many issues could be managed only with the support of volunteers. Here are some that can be easily replicated.

A mental health fallout looms over Bengaluru with the coming of COVID’s second wave. It has to be dealt with at the individual and systemic levels.

How to dispose of garbage during the pandemic so that it does not affect waste workers, nor impact environment.

BMTC, with 6775 buses, has one of the largest transport networks in India. Bengaluru, however, has the highest traffic congestion. And, buses can be the solution.

One of the characteristic features of a lake is its colour.  You may have noticed that the water in many lakes in Bengaluru is green, and not blue, as you might have imagined it to

Footpaths should be fixed and made widely available, continuous, and uninterrupted. Maybe then those who create traffic jams might try to walk and reduce the jams?

The pet’s physical and emotional welfare is important in these difficult times. A cooped up dog can exhibit signs of depression and lethargy.

The creation of an underpass and dedicated bus bays at the Konanakunte Cross junction could herald smooth traffic movement and relieve road users and traffic police of much stress.

Century Saras apartment’s story of moving to solar power can be a guide to others who want to beat power hikes and save the environment