GENRE: Voices

What is required is rigorous and effective implementation of a set of measures that includes incentives and disincentives to reduce use of private vehicles

The beautification project does not follow the Karnataka High Court and NGT orders on the protection of Bangalore’s lakes and major storm water drains

“The Water Solutions Lab focuses on both design and policy. Technology has to be coupled with correct policy making to properly utilise the technology.”

The State can’t deal with climate change if it ignores local factors like land use change and pollution, says Dr Srinivasan.

Procedural changes or tech fixes alone can’t stop corruption. The administrative structure can be bribe-proofed only when politics is honest too.

Even as Bengaluru has been rated as the best city to live in the country, mobile thefts have been on the rise. A resident shares how her phone was stolen.

Builders are usually blamed for fires in apartments. But as per rules, it is residents’ responsibility to renew fire NOC, ensure inspections, etc.

It’s possible to create micro (miyawaki) forests in small spaces around your house or apartment complex. Here’s a guide.

Bengalureans still nurture traditional community spaces like peepul tree shrines. Such spaces should be retained in city planning and design.

Using international vocabulary for city infrastructure will help citizens understand the situation instead of creating a new, confusing language of design

Attend a workshop to learn how you can participate in the ward committee meetings in your ward, hold officials accountable and get works done.

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