Environment

In a heartening response for the call to press for retaining the city’s avenues, scores of Bangaloreans showed up for the Sunday walk and petitioned the Chief Minister.

..but now people drive straight into each other! A senior Bangalorean takes a trip down memory lane to recall the past glory of a green and golden city.

Part 3 of the series answers common but crucial questions related to RWH, and addresses the technicalities of direct storage and groundwater recharge.

A sign saying a tree is worth Rs.11.2 lakhs is nailed onto a tree itself.

In a biting ruling on privatisation of lakes in response to a PIL, the High Court of Karnataka directed government bodies to take up development work on lakes themselves.

Two recent meeting between Hasiru-Usiru, a citizens group and the BBMP turned acrimonious. At heart is the rapid loss of the city’s trees and the involvement of citizens in decisions.

Implementing rainwater harvesting in layouts requires proactive participation from the residents. Part 2 of the series in how to engage them in the process.

First in a four-part Citizen Matters series authored by Bangalore-based Rainwater Club on implementing rainwater harvesting for gated layouts.

Petitioners in a litigation to stop tree-cutting accompanying Bangalore’s road-widening project have taken to the Internet to mobilise citizen support.

A High Court directive empowered a committee to oversee the city’s road widening and metro works and decide on tree felling. NGOs are accusing the committee of disregard for the law.

A weekend trip to the Hesarghatta Lake famous for its birds and river rafting confirmed the sad and horrifying truth- our lakes are drying up

The Bellandur lake, which has provided drinking water and nurtured the city’s farming and fishing activities for over a century, is now a polluted and dying water body.