Karnataka Dy Chief Minister Shivakumar directs officials to prevent flow of sewage water into Bengaluru lakesKarnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar is tackling Bengaluru's urban challenges head-on. He's directed officials to purify the cit...
08 Apr, 2025, 09.45 AM IST
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi notes growing textile waste in India; lauds work by Panipat, Bengaluru and Tirupur in dealing with issueIn his 'Mann Ki Baat' address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the growing issue of textile waste and fast fashion. He emphasized ...
30 Mar, 2025, 01.16 PM IST
After Zerodha founder's bold suggestion on Bengaluru water crisis, 300 phone calls in a day and a big debateZerodha's founder, Nithin Kamath, raised concerns about Bengaluru's water crisis on social media, citing the increased likelihood of recurr...
23 Apr, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Report raises stink over Ex-KSPCB chairman’s waste-processing unitThe consent for operation period for the unit expired on June 30, following which the proprietors applied for a fresh consent for a period ...
08 Oct, 2018, 11.52 AM IST
This nanotechnology helps in removing waste from water used in washing busesAccording to Chetan Singh Thakur, assistant professor, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, IISc, regular sewage methods need thre...
25 Jun, 2018, 04.22 PM IST
Pulp your kitchen waste, flush it down sewers: BBMPThe BBMP Council recently decided to mandatorily implement kitchen waste pulverisers in new houses and building projects.
02 Jan, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Quiet flows central prison sewage into chain of lakesThe pollution is likely to lower the water quality index of the lake which the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has redflagg...
07 Jun, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
Tech companies, MNCs strive to recycle the waste they generateReal estate developer RMZ Corp's tech parks EcoWorld and Infinity have been able to reduce their percentage of mixed, or unsegregated, wast...
06 Jun, 2017, 01.34 PM IST
Rashmi Daga, founder of FreshMenu, tells us what makes Bengaluru her favourite cityRashmi loves the fact that the city is forever buzzing with new ideas and beliefs.
14 Apr, 2017, 02.21 PM IST
BBMP plans to set up 7 waste-to-energy plants, members oppose moveCivic corporation's own expert committee has opposed the proposal to set up seven waste-to-energy plants in Bengaluru.
08 Dec, 2016, 10.21 AM IST
Bengaluru: Water seeping out of waste dumps to be made reusableTwo treatment plants to come up at Kanahalli and Bettahalli units.
02 Nov, 2016, 11.29 AM IST
Electronics City's Garbage Treatment Plant in LimboDelay leads to decay: Govt has not allotted land for a 50-tonne-per-day plant
12 Sep, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
Electronic City gets a new waste water treatment unitThe Electronic City Industrial Township Authority (Elcita), which is the urban local body for Electronic City , has built the plant.
10 Aug, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
Meat delivery startups to tackle waste managementFresh meat delivery firms such as Easymeat.in, Freshtohome and Zappfresh have all devised different strategies to deal with the issue.
27 Apr, 2016, 02.11 AM IST
Cities must gear up to treat waste, separated or notWith the absence of scientific landfills for contingency infrastructure, the situation is creating more open dumps and encouraging burning ...
05 Apr, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
Managing Garbage - Bengaluru air dirtier than you thoughtEkolog, a Poland-based waste management firm, to build a 400-tonne-perday (TPD) waste-to-energy plant in Bengaluru.
21 Dec, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Swachh Bharat Mission: Andhra Pradesh CM to chair meeting tomorrowAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will preside over a meeting of sub-group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)
23 Jun, 2015, 11.40 PM IST