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Bengaluru, Gandhinagar reel under water contamination crisis after Indore; Typhoid and other diseases spikeWater contamination crisis: Following 10 deaths in Indore, Gandhinagar and Bengaluru are now grappling with public health emergencies due t...
Bengaluru techie slams landlord over Rs 10,000 monthly water bill for 2 people. Shocked netizens ask, ‘Do you have a swimming pool?’A Bengaluru resident's exorbitant water bill of Rs 10,000 for a two-person household has sparked outrage online. The Redditor claims the la...
Dirty cars now becoming cool in Bengaluru? Car wash business takes a hit amid water crisisBengaluru's water scarcity crisis has severely impacted car wash businesses relying on borewell water. Some have shut down while others suf...
Bengaluru govt fines 22 families Rs 5000 for over-using Cauvery water amid water crisisBengaluru has fined 22 families ₹5,000 each for using Cauvery water for non-essential activities during the water crisis. The Bangalore Wat...
Bengaluru water crisis: Govt warns seizure of water tankers, fixed rates soonKarnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, DK Shivakumar has warned water tanker operators of potential seizure if they don't register by March 7. ...
Karnataka govt mulls building flyovers on metro lines to decongest Bengaluru: Dy CM ShivakumarShivakumar said that RR Nagar and Yeshwanthpura are like his two eyes. He said that MLA S T Somashekar had requested a solution for drinkin...
Even a disaster hasn’t woken up Bengaluru's emergency response systemThe latest disaster — of two apartment complexes collapsing in Pulikeshi Nagar, claiming five lives last week — has raised questions over t...
Bengaluru water crisis: Borewells are aggravating rather than solving itAs water from the river Cauvery is yet to reach their homes, the residents of Ramagondanahalli are left at the mercy of private suppliers w...
How these companies are using tech to solve Bengaluru’s deep water crisisThen came a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment that the city was facing the same grim prospects as Cape Town in South ...
Despite 70 civic workers' death in 10 years, manual scavenging continues unabated in KarnatakaThe inhuman practice has been legally abolished long ago but greedy contractors and an inefficient police and judicial system make sure man...
Harvesting Rainwater is half-heartedA recent study by the ISEC observed that 79% of the properties had installed RWH structures mainly because of the force exerted by the BWSS...
Government sleeps over hard lessons of July 2016 delugeThe BWSSB received as many as 203 complaints related only to overflowing sanitary lines, mostly in places such as Koramangala, JP Nagar and...
Bengaluru cops goad civic body BBMP by retweeting complaintsThe Upparpet traffic police, for instance, have been taking up civic issues and posting them as complaints on the Twitter handles of the ci...
Power cuts in Bengaluru's MG Road caused by damage to underground cables, say engineersThe Mahatma Gandhi Road and surrounding areas in the city frequently go without power even as Bescom says there is no load-shedding.
Why a stretch of Bengaluru's high streets is dying a slow deathWhile the civic agencies are passing the buck, one of the most charming streets in the city is being abandoned and forgotten.
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah proposes a minister to deal with Bengaluru affairsBusiness leaders seem to be cheering Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's idea of appointing a minister exclusively to manage Bengaluru affairs an...
Legacy Group agrees to compensate Queen's Corner residentsAs many as 32 families from the apartment complex fled their homes on Monday after Legacy's excavation for a project next door threatened t...
Bengaluru gears up for monsoon, measures in place to face challengesWith 4 crore, 198 teams have been provided with tractor to remove silt from drains and 8 crore has been invested to repair roads.
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The mid-term appraisal of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (Eleventh Plan) is currently under way.