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“Unplanned development failed the ORR. It may fail Peripheral Ring Road too”

September 22, 2020 Manasi Paresh Kumar

The example of Outer Ring Road shows that rapid, unplanned development can defeat the purpose of a ring road. Without land use regulations, the same is likely to happen in the case of the upcoming PRR.

How many COVID beds does Bangalore really have?

Bengaluru Buzz: Riots in east B’luru | Public consultation on PRR | Film city in Hessarghatta…and more

August 15, 2020 News Desk

Riots in east Bengaluru, government attempts to push through controversial projects, new plans for COVID management – read more in our weekly news roundup.

Emissions, tree loss, heat island effect: What the govt did not address before clearing the Elevated Corridors project

July 10, 2019 Varadarajan Raman

This is a project 15 times bigger than the Steel Flyover, yet got cleared. What did the Karnataka government not address in the Environmental Impact Assessment of the elevated corridors project?

Bengaluru Buzz: BWSSB assures water supply | Citizens protest tree felling | BBMP plans household medical waste disposal

May 27, 2019 News Desk

BWSSB assures continued water supply, BBMP plans scientific disposal of household biomedical waste, citizens protest decision to axe over 600 trees for Metro – read more on what happened in Bengaluru over the past week

Why you don’t have a say in tree felling in Bengaluru

April 2, 2019 Shree D N

If more than 50 trees are to be axed for any project, authorities have to consult the public first, as per law. But how do authorities manage to avoid public consultations even when they axe hundreds of trees for mega projects?