Karnataka: Govt clears 430 km of Bengaluru footpaths under pedestrian safety driveBengaluru authorities have cleared 430 kilometers of footpath encroachments since July. This safe footpath campaign aims to create a cleane...
10 Jul, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Bengaluru man's magic! In just 24 hours, he revives a forgotten pond; Now it holds twice the water and attracts Kingfishers, Herons & moreA dried-up Bengaluru pond, Bikkanahalli Kunte, has been revived in just 24 hours by environmentalist Gurunandan Rao and volunteers. After m...
18 Jun, 2026, 01.43 PM IST
Karnataka Deputy CM gives final deadline to contractors for Bengaluru pothole repairsD K Shivakumar has set a November deadline for contractors to fix Bengaluru's potholes, aiming for smoother traffic. Rajendra Cholan, inspe...
17 Sep, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Will demolish unauthorised buildings in Bengaluru: Deputy CM D K ShivakumarDeputy CM D K Shivakumar announced that unauthorised buildings and encroachments in Bengaluru will be demolished, and registration of such ...
26 Oct, 2024, 07.09 PM IST
Over 2,000 encroachments removed in Bengaluru, Begur Lake freed 50%: BBMP tells HCThe city's civic body presented the action-taken report on the issue before the HC. The civic body stated that it has identified 2,666 encr...
13 Oct, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
Drive against encroachments in Bengaluru will go on: Minister"An anti-encroachment drive should be continuous or else illegal occupation will come up again. There will be no discrimination between the...
20 Sep, 2022, 04.46 PM IST
Bengaluru: Traffic jams, water shortages, poor infra & now floods. Is India's silicon valley dying?Bengaluru's residents have long complained about gridlocked traffic, water shortages, lack of infrastructure and poor urban planning but th...
15 Sep, 2022, 11.42 AM IST
Wipro, Columbia Asia Hospital other big names figure on Bengaluru demolition list'What goes around comes around, comes around' aptly summarises the situation in India's silicon valley in the aftermath of the massive floo...
14 Sep, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Bengaluru flooding: Karnataka minister warns of "Noida towers-like demolition" driveHis statement came after the Bengaluru civic body on Monday began a demolition drive within days of the havoc caused by rains-triggered flo...
13 Sep, 2022, 05.35 PM IST
Bengaluru citizens stop Hulimavu Lake ‘encroachment’The Hulimavu Kere Tharanga swung into action after one of its members on December 30 noticed heaps of construction debris and mud dumped in...
15 Jan, 2019, 12.11 PM IST
Bangaloreans play watchdog as govt fails to check land grabbingOf Bengaluru's 209 lakes, some are maintained by the BBMP, some by the BDA, others by the forest department or the Karnataka Lake Conservat...
09 Nov, 2016, 03.26 PM IST
Karnataka government to clear encroachments on storm water drainsThe government has reclaimed 29.8 acres by demolishing houses on drains, and will act with a firm hand on all encroachers regardless of the...
01 Sep, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's solemn promise: Will act against builders"In the past three years, our govt has evicted and confiscated 4,950 acres of encroached land worth Rs 52,000 cr in Bengaluru Urban distric...
16 Aug, 2016, 11.01 AM IST
Portion of martyred NSG Commando Niranjan Kumar house to be demolishedA pillar has encroached on a storm water drain at Doddabommassandra near Vidyaranyapura and officials have marked the portion.
11 Aug, 2016, 02.09 PM IST
- Reclaiming encroached forest land in Karnataka has started: PCCF
The process of identifying forest land under encroachment has been completed and the department has started the process of reclaiming the e...
06 Nov, 2015, 10.55 PM IST
CAG finds loopholes in conservation, development efforts of Lake Development Authority and urban local bodiesCAG says Lake Development Authority and urban local bodies have taken up conservation and development of lakes in an "ad hoc manner.
29 Jun, 2015, 06.18 PM IST
Drain, Drain just won't go awayThe Karnataka HC in 2011 passed an order directing BBMP to remove all encroachments on SWDs, on a petition filed by S. Umesh
12 Mar, 2015, 12.04 PM IST