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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...
Will crush lake encroachments with iron hand: Telangana CMTelangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy vowed to eliminate illegal lake encroachments, including a convention centre co-owned by actor Nagar...
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...
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...
Bengaluru citizens seek audit to debunk government’s claims on saving lakeThe state government presented its detailed consolidated action plan to rejuvenate Bellandur lake to the National Green Tribunal last week.
- Bengaluru citizens seek audit to debunk govt’s claims on saving lake
The Karnataka government, as a part of its immediate and short-term measure to clean up the Bellandur lake, has claimed to have taken steps...
Bengaluru: Lake Protection Authority watered downIn a city where most lakes are either encroached or on the verge of dying, this regulatory authority was considered a major step towards co...
Bengaluru’s lake data may be buried, fears Survey Settlement and Land Records DepartmentThe fear is real. The boundary markings which the department has put up could be obliterated as time goes by.
- Koliwad study unlikely to stand legal scrutiny
Even presuming that the recommendations may have stemmed out of a practical and humanitarian perspective, it has no validity to stand in th...
Is Koliwad Panel trying to legalise lake encroachments?The whole point of tabling the report with little scope for protection of lakes — in an election year — is being seen as a clever ploy to r...
Seize lake-gobblers’ assets: House panelA 11-member committee chaired by KB Koliwad, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, submitted its much-awaited report in the ongoing legislat...
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...
NGT notice to Centre, UP on encroachments in Arthala lakeRampant dumping of waste and encroachments on Arthala Lake located close to Hindon River in Ghaziabad on Thursday came under the lens of th...
- NGT notice to Centre, UP on encroachments in Arthala lake
A petition has alleged that a distillery and hospital were discharging untreated effluents in Arthala lake.
34 encroachments in the buffer zone of the Kasavanahalli and Kaikondarahalli lakesCivic authorities have razed some homes at Shubh Enclave, off Sarjapura Road, in a bid to restore the storm water drain connection to the 5...
Devarabisanahalli Lakebed under threat, says IIScThe capacity of the 13.7-acre lake located near Intel and Adarsh Palm Retreat in Bellandur has dropped to 48,863 cubic metres from the orig...
Late night dumping shrinks Nallurahalli lakeWhen residents go to sleep, truckloads of debris and sacks full of garbage and slaughterhouse waste are dumped into the water.
Lakes encroached or not? Government data says 372 encroached; revenue department says only 13The Revenue Department has no clue how many lakes exist in Bengaluru urban district at a time when the city is threatening their existence.
Major anti- encroachment drives: Apartments by the lakes could be a bad dealUnfortunately the idea of owning a home by a lake could potentially turn into a nightmare if enough caution is not taken.
- HMDA clueless on vanishing lakes
Failure of the government in protecting the fast-disappearing water bodies in the city reflected in a report submitted by the HMDA to the L...