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BENGALURU DRAINAGE PROBLEMS
Flooding after a few hours of rain: Why Indian cities keep fixing the same problems again and againBengaluru's recent flooding highlights a recurring issue in Indian cities: infrastructure upgrades fail to prevent disruptions due to a lac...
Wealth creation is also about ignoring noise on the street: 15 mid- and small-cap stocks from different sectors which fit the billIn the April 2022-September 2024 bull market, every management appeared capable. Margins expanded, working capital looked manageable, capit...
Heavy rains claim seven lives in Bengaluru; CM visits affected areas, announces Rs 5 lakh relief to families of the deadHeavy rains in Bengaluru caused a compound wall collapse at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital. Seven people, including two children, lost th...
Bengaluru rains: 'AI for everything, but no drainage system?' questions Zerodha-backed investor as India's IT capital gets floodedBengaluru's severe flooding, caused by continuous rains, has sparked criticism of the city's urban planning. Investor Dilip Kumar questione...
Almost half of Bengaluru's converted agricultural land is illegal, and it's 90% in Karnataka, says reportNearly 90% of non-agricultural farmlands in Karnataka do not have the necessary legal approvals. This major issue has resulted in unauthori...
Bengaluru rains once again flood tech park amid IMD yellow alert. Netizens say 'lakes and waterfalls are back'Bengaluru continues to grapple with heavy rainfall, leading to flooding at Manyata Tech Park, a key IT hub. However, swift action, includin...
Bengaluru techie's plan to build app on potholes in IT capital goes viral: Netizens suggest features like ‘Pothole of the Month'Mr Sivaramakrishnan, co-founder and CTO at Fyle, proposed an app to rate and review Bengaluru's potholes. The idea gained traction online, ...
Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub?Last week, after the city's heaviest rains in decades, the Yemalur neighbourhood was submerged under waist-deep water along with some other...
Karnataka plans to create separate authority to solve Bengaluru’s traffic issuesThe government plans to create a multilevel transport system in Bengaluru where roads, Metro lines, and flyovers are connected by a single ...
Bangalore needs an urban rescue plan as city crumbles due to heavy rainfallThe impacts of climate change - during June 1-August 31, rainfall in Bengaluru was 60% in excess of the long-period average - are exacerbat...
City’s Day Zero may come earlier than you thinkBengaluru is facing severe water shortage, its residents have lowest water availability after Karachi, says World Resources Institute.
Chickpet: Bengaluru's original business district is congested, dirtyChickpet faces civic issues that are as a result of the locality’s commercial activities exploding out of proportion.
No revamp for Greater Bangalore civic body before pollsCM Siddaramaiah says party will return to power and govt will decide on restructuring of BBMP.
15 Days to fix 15,000 potholes: Will it last?A senior officer in the Road Engineering Division, who did not want to be named, told this reporter that the immediate concern is to fix th...
Urban flooding: Act before cars and bikes start floating in streets againWaterlogging during rains is part of the urban experience. However, in the past decade, there has been an increase in urban flood events ac...
In Bengaluru, garbage a menace in posh areas tooThe Shantala Nagar ward houses significant portions of the erstwhile cantonment. Brigade Road, which is still recognised as the shopping hi...
Sewage flows on roads in Bengaluru as drainages get cloggedThe roads are full of potholes and on many inner roads, asphalting has not been completed, point out Santosh TR, an employee of Anexas Cons...
Singasandra a synonym for civic apathy; bad drainage, inept garbage collection hurt residentsLocated within a 5-km radius of IT hub Electronics City, the Singasandra ward is all about bad drainage, lack of Cauvery water and poorly m...
Infrastructure struggling to keep with growth of Bengaluru's Arekere WarsThe MICO layout main road, which connects to L&T South City and Brigade Millennium, is a bottleneck on weekdays and Saturdays.
Apathy Dogs Raman Nagar ResidentsThe influx of tech and defence personnel to the area has done little to improve poor roads, power cuts, non-availability of Cauvery water a...