Urban Environment

In this conversation, urban expert Shrimoyee Bhattacharya explains how climate finance must be a common lens in all sectoral climate action plans.

Thippagondanahalli Dam, once Bengaluru’s main drinking water source, is now defunct because Arkavathi river is polluted, and running dry.

Multiple factors have led to areas like Rainbow Drive flooded. Holistic solutions are possible, but what will it take to make it happen?

Here’s a list of all the government departments as well as groups of residents and interested ecologists who are looking after Bengaluru’s lakes.

Fish kill were seen in Ulsoor, Basavanapura, Muthanallur and Bhattarahalli lakes recently. What is the cause and how to prevent this?

Instead of investing and upgrading decentralised SWM facilities, Rs 100 crore has been allocated towards design and operations of scientific landfills.

Bangalore is facing a massive influx of textile waste estimated at more than one million tons every year, not all of which can be reused or recycled

Contractors paid in excess, project without tenders, no proper records – what the CAG audit report on Bengaluru’s stormwater drain projects found.

Bengaluru’s stormwater drains are designed badly, violating all guidelines. Desilting and maintenance are rarely done. That the city floods is no surprise!

Covered, encroached, remodelled or just plain missing – Bengaluru’s stormwater drain network has been so badly mismanaged, finds the accounting watchdog.

A Navy veteran built a sustainable home in the suburbs of Bengaluru, which is self-sufficient in terms of power and water. Here’s how he went about it.

The cycle lane on ORR would help a large number of commuters, especially blue collar workers. But currently it is broken, encroached and uninviting.