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HomeUrban environment

Urban environment

For urban residents to understand what threatens their immediate environment and to connect the dots of these environmental issues with national and global policy discussions.

To bring understanding of risk mitigation, possible responses and arguments so citizens can work with all stakeholders to address environmental risks.

To centre the environment in public discourse and in policy conversations so policy makers to pay attention to the topic.

To bring awareness on environment and climate change to the larger masses.

To mainstream concepts of environmental sustainability and climate change.

 

A collapsed drain after rains in October 2020
Infrastructure

No records, excess payments — Bengaluru’s stormwater drain works lack accountability

December 8, 2021 Navya P K

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

Rescue operations in flood area
Infrastructure

Bengaluru’s stormwater drain story: Lack of planning, design, maintenance

December 4, 2021 Navya P K

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

Flooding in Doddanekkundi underpass, 2019
Infrastructure

50% stormwater drains lost: Bengaluru’s flooding is no surprise

December 1, 2021 Navya P K

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

Solar panels mounted on the terrace
Environment

You too can build a sustainable home, just do as this former submariner did

October 27, 2021 Commander Ganapathi Subramanyam

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.

cycle lane on orr
Commute

ORR Cycle Lane: Do cyclists benefit at all?

October 11, 2021 Shilpi Sahu

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

plastic waste
Waste Management

How will Centre’s 2021 plastic ban affect Bengaluru?

September 27, 2021 Pinky Chandran

Many common plastic products will be banned with Centre’s new Rules. But Bengaluru already has more restrictions due to a State ban.

smart water meters in an apartment
Environment

How smart meters are helping Bengaluru apartments save water

September 23, 2021 Rohini Krishnamurthy

As water scarcity worsens, more apartments are adopting smart water metering. This helps each household get real-time consumption data, and plug leakages

Greenery in SJR Redwoods Apartment
Environment

How a Bengaluru apartment created a ‘food forest’

September 3, 2021 Kavitha N Kishore

The forest provides the community free food, and has brought back bird and insect species that had long vanished from the area

Mural at Cubbon Park Metro Station
Environment

Namma Ooru, Namma Neeru: Art that connects a metro station, groundwater conservation and traditional livelihoods

September 1, 2021 Vrushal Pendharkar

A collective of poets, architects, artists and a well-digging community artistically recreate Bengaluru’s water situation at Cubbon Park metro station

Lesser whistling ducks at Mallathahalli Lake
Environment

What we lose when we lose a lake — the Mallathahalli Lake experience

August 25, 2021 Vaidya R

As plans are set in motion to ‘develop’ Mallathahalli Lake, a citizen shares stunning images of the biodiversity that is under threat here.

Waste sorters with plastic bottles
Waste Management

The journey of your soft drink bottle from your recycle bin

August 24, 2021 Pinky Chandran

A responsible Bengalurean drops waste plastic bottles into a recycle bin or bag. What happens to it then? How does it get eventually recycled?

Electric car recharging
Commute

Guide to setting up Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in your community

August 20, 2021 Vishnu Gattupalli and Sandhya Bhat

Increasing fuel expenses and air pollution is pushing people to switch to electric vehicles. How can apartments set up charging infrastructure for them?

view of bengaluru city
Environment

Bengaluru’s climate no longer cool. Here’s why

August 18, 2021 Padmaja Jayaraman

Large scale, unplanned urbanisation is turning Bengaluru into a heat island. Land surface temperatures are hitting 41℃!

residents removing water from a flooded house
Environment

Bengaluru’s changing rainfall patterns: expert points to climate change

August 13, 2021 Navya P K

Study blames Bengaluru’s changing rainfall patterns on climate change – more extreme events with higher intensity rainfall and more dry spells.

Water meters on the rooftop of Sundale Apartments, Ulsoor
Water Supply

BWSSB to push internal water metering, apartments not ready yet

July 28, 2021 Navya P K

BWSSB now mandates apartments to install internal water meters, but many apartment associations find it’s not easy.

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