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Pakistan's civic failures leave residents bracing for yet another monsoon crisisResidents of Wah Model Town are facing severe urban flooding and overflowing sewage due to clogged drains and administrative neglect. Devel...- While trees across Bengaluru fall during heavy monsoon storms, this engineer’s 600-sq-ft rooftop forest of 100+ fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants stands strongBengaluru's monsoon woes are being countered by a remarkable five-storey rooftop forest, cultivated by engineer Venkataraman. This 600-squa...
- Delhi tolls to undergo modernisation soon; Check key detailsParvesh Verma directed modernisation of tolling systems in Delhi. The focus is on recovering outstanding revenue and removing illegal encro...
- Bengaluru city roads 'caused mental trauma': Man sends Rs 50 lakh notice to BBMPA 43-year-old Bengaluru resident has served a Rs 50 lakh legal notice to the city’s civic body, BBMP, citing “physical agony and emotional ...
- Will BBMP's garbage fee mean fewer 'blackspots' in Bengaluru?Bengaluru grapples with illegal garbage dumps. A waste management expert, Shekar Prabhakar, emphasizes consistent policy implementation. He...
- View: Cyclone Michaung and its disruptive lessonThere were clearly localised problems over poor maintenance of stormwater drains. The larger issues of 2015, which was uncontrolled buildin...
- Avoid these roads in Delhi due to Chehlum and Janmashtami processions today. Check full list hereCommuters may face traffic disruptions in Delhi due to Chehlum and Janmashtami processions, with several diversions and additional police d...
- Delhi coaching centre deaths: Encroachments over stormwater drains to be demolished, says MCD commissionerFollowing the deaths of three IAS aspirants due to basement flooding at a coaching centre, the MCD is taking action on three fronts: demoli...
- In Stalin's Kolathur, civic infrastructure still remains basicThe constituency, comprising largely crowded residential neighbourhoods sandwiched between Ayanavaram and Retteri, needs a fillip on infras...
- JD(S), Cong, BJP leaders spell out what they'll do for BengaluruFocusing on the urban electorate, every party has come up with its own vision for the ‘Silicon Valley’ of the country.
- How a group of citizen activists saved Bengaluru's Agara lakeThe lake was no different from the rest of the lakes ion the city and was covered with swathes of hyacinth and had sewage sweeping in.
- When rains exposed Bengaluru's infrastructure woes, civic apathyIn the absence of an efficient garbage disposal system, tonnes of solid waste generated across the city found its way into the stormwater d...
- Bengaluru's Jakkur lake turns wasteland; redesign beginsRaw sewage from Yelahanka, Allalasandra and Kogilu is entering the lake through the wetlands. On top of this, researchers said the wetland ...
- Bad roads force RR Nagar residents to launch a campaignResidents point out that lakes such as the Hosakerehalli and Halagevaderahalli need to be maintained in a better fashion.
- Guess what they found at AIIMS flyover rainwater pitEngineering department officials from the Public Works Department, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, the Central Ground Water B...
- NGT order to make Delhi drains pollution-freeIf the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will...
- Delhi ecologist to help set up Bengaluru Biodiversity ParkBengaluru Biodiversity Park is the brain-child of Karnataka Knowledge Commission. Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu is set to start by merging the...
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