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
Four test negative for Coronavirus, confirms health ministry
Ten persons in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad under surveillance
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, …
Water-stressed in India: Experts unfazed over Bengaluru’s dismal JSA ranking
Bengaluru’s water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200th rank
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
Modi flags off 107th Indian Science Congress
The theme of the Bengaluru congregation is 'Science and Technology: Rural Development'
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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 …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
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 …
