wetlands Archives

BBMP can’t remove illegal ads – here’s why; Parents to move court on school fee hike; Go green this Environment Day

June 2, 2016 News Desk

Why is the BBMP unable to remove illegal hoardings? What are parents doing to protest against increasing school fees? What happens when buildings come up on lake wetlands? How can you quit smoking? All this and more in this week’s edition of Bengaluru This Week.

BMTC’s Intelligent Transport System; Decoding illegal advertising; Travelling by Metro – the pros and cons

May 26, 2016 News Desk

What is BMTC’s new Intelligent Transport System all about? How many hoardings are there in Bengaluru and is BBMP collecting the revenues due? How is it commuting by work on Namma Metro? Why is rainwater harvesting important? All this and more in this week’s edition of Bengaluru This Week.

Time to plant trees; How to get your Occupancy Certificate; How Bengaluru can create a new river

May 18, 2016 News Desk

Is this the right time to plant trees in Bengaluru? How was waste managed at the TCS World 10K? Is it possible to create a new river in Bengaluru? All this and more in this week’s edition of Bengaluru This Week.

New Bengaluru Action Group and its ancestors; Wake up before the Bengaluru bubble bursts; Special info on Chennai elections

May 12, 2016 News Desk

In this edition, read about what the newly formed Blue Print Action Group is all about, why citizens should be vary of unbridled development, how construction debris is letting sewage enter a lake, and more…

All about Agara-Bellandur SEZ ruling; How to get khata without bribing; BMTC says no to safety alarms on buses?

May 5, 2016 News Desk

In this edition: NGT orders demolition of encroachment on Bellandur wetlands, fines developers; Paying property tax for 2016-17 (updated); BMTC says no to safety alarms on buses?; Getting khata without paying a bribe… all this and more!

Sarjapur Road wetlands affected by realty projects; Manual scavenging, the killing curse; Journalism Workshop for Teens

April 27, 2016 News Desk

In this edition: 870-unit realty project helping kill lake wetlands off Sarjapura Road; In 21st century Bengaluru, men still die cleaning manholes; Why we don’t know what ails Bengaluru and more…