Bengaluru lakes are frothing and a household item may be the cause

Scientists say excessive phosphorus from detergent, which enters the lakes along with sewage, is creating the foam

Bengaluru moves towards plastic-free weddings

City municipal authorities have banned plastic during marriage ceremonies as per a September 7 order

Making of Bengaluru floods

Bengaluru experienced its heaviest rainfall in 127 years and subsequent flooding on August 15. While the rain lasted only 3 hours, the urban …

At least 200 cities are fast running out of water

Cities across the world have grown, thrived and expanded along rich, perennial sources of water, be it lakes, rivers, springs or even seas. So, …

Bengaluru leads India’s march into fastest-growing cities list

Country to occupy 17 of 20 top spots between 2019 and 2035, says recent report

Chance of revival for Bengaluru’s dying lakes

Karnataka pollution control board initiates project to divert sewage that fall into city lakes

Citizen involvement may clean a Bengaluru lake

The initiative to rejuvenate the Kundalahalli lake will be funded by CSR contributions

Meanwhile, the monsoon anomaly

Instead of quantum of rainfall, we must analyse the distribution of rainfall to understand the changing nature of the monsoon

Citizens submit action plan to save Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake

If local authorities give considerable attention to the proposed action plan, the situation of Bellandur Lake could change for the better

What a bright idea!

Organised waste collection in Pune has boosted segregation at the source

Karnataka pollution board halts dumping of Bengaluru's garbage at Ramky landfill

Gives operators three months to clean up the area

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

What lurks beneath the Network

Bengaluru lakes to get facelift

Karnataka High Court sets 2014 deadline to clean up 189 water bodies

Karnataka government reveals sad state of Bengaluru lakes

Thirty per cent of encroachment on lakes has been done by government agencies alone, state government press release says

Yet another urban flood: Bengaluru suffers severe water logging following heavy rains

Floods brought traffic, public and emergency services to a halt

Contempt notice to Karnataka chief secretary in lakes protection case

Top state bureaucrat failed to set up lake protection committees to check encroachment, pollution and destruction of lakes in the state

Bengaluru’s lakes go bad as authorities deny responsibility

Agara, Bellandur and Varthur lakes are facing the dual threat of pollution and encroachment

Saving city lakes

To counter the rapid decline of its lakes, Karnataka is creating a new authority with powers to fine and imprison encroachers and polluters. Will …

Bengaluru's trash talk

City administration makes fresh promises to get an extension to dump its waste at Mandur village. But will the five-month breather be enough for …

Bengaluru water utility to launch door-to-door drive to check illegal borewells

Residents continue to drill for borewells, unaware that registration is now mandatory

Shit, it's profitable

Bengaluru farmers have revived the practice of using human excreta as manure. This has created an informal economy that is benefiting many

Urban floods: lessons from Jammu & Kashmir

Putting a stop to unmindful concretisation of lake beds and drainage channels can save cities from disastrous floods

Infosys to switch to renewable energy, go carbon neutral

The global information technology services company, Infosys, headquartered at Bengaluru, plans to become carbon neutral and shift completely to …

Ugly is the new beautiful

A group of anonymous citizens in Bengaluru is cleaning filthy streets and inspiring change across India