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...
20 May, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
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...
09 Jan, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
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...
23 Oct, 2024, 07.41 PM IST
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, ...
23 Oct, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
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...
15 Sep, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
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 ...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
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...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
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.
19 Aug, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
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.
22 Apr, 2018, 11.57 PM IST
No revamp for Greater Bangalore civic body before pollsCM Siddaramaiah says party will return to power and govt will decide on restructuring of BBMP.
20 Dec, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
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...
12 Oct, 2017, 12.11 PM IST
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...
20 Aug, 2016, 06.17 AM IST
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...
08 Dec, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
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...
27 Oct, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
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...
22 Sep, 2015, 12.07 PM IST
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.
18 Aug, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
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...
28 Apr, 2015, 12.44 PM IST