Karnataka govt proposes to acquire 1000 acres of land to dump waste
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has proposed to acquire huge tract of land exclusively for dumping and processing city's garbage. Replying to the debate on the issue in the assembly on Monday,...
View ArticleNot enough food, nests, crows vanish from Bengaluru
The population of crows in the City has come down by almost 60 per cent over the years, according to ornithologists and birdwatchers. After the decline in sparrow population, this comes as a shock for...
View Article2 babies die after vaccination at BBMP-run health centre
Hospital staff booked on charges of unnatural death Four-month-old twins died on Friday after they were administered vaccine at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike health centre in Bapujinagar, in...
View ArticleBBMP officials under fire from ministers, MLAs over trash woes
Legislators fear backlash from public if crisis is not resolved BBMP officials on Thursday faced the ire of ministers and the MLAs from the City for their ‘inefficiency’ in garbage disposal during a...
View ArticlePeople's problems
Need a hand? Write to us Letters of grievances are pouring in and we are doing our best to accommodate as many as possible. Readers may write in to highlight civic problems affecting their locality and...
View ArticleHC stays blacklisting of BBMP contractors
The High Court on Thursday granted a stay on the letter by BBMP Chief Engineer (projects) blacklisting the Palike contractors, who were believed to be involved in the fake bill scam in...
View ArticleBBMP to rejuvenate Mahadevapura, Kundalahalli lakes
After years of neglect, Mahadevapura and Kundalahalli lakes in Bengalururu East will get a new lease of life as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has drawn up a detailed action plan which...
View ArticleAnd Bengaluru still doesn’t know wet from dry
Bengaluru: Three years earlier, BBMP under Commissioner Rajneesh Goel, after severe prodding from the High Court framed rules for segregation of garbage. The rules were pretty simple under the...
View ArticleRestoring green glory
While the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is implementing its plans for the City, there are several government and non-governmental organisations that have, within their ambit, a desire to do...
View ArticleGovernment neglecting Mahadevapura, claims MLA
The BJP workers led by Mahadevapura constituency MLA, Arvind Limbavali, staged a protest in front of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike head office on Wednesday accusing the State government of...
View ArticleThe stench of inefficiency
Bengaluru: It’s garbage, garbage and more garbage all over the city. Though BBMP is making a head start with garbage segregation, it seems to be clueless on dealing with low value plastic. Covers of...
View ArticleBJP protest against potholes and garbage in Bengaluru
A huge protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against unfilled potholes and uncleared garbage ended up causing traffic snarls and inconveniencing...
View ArticleBJP protest against potholes and garbage
A huge protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against unfilled potholes and uncleared garbage ended up causing traffic snarls and inconveniencing...
View ArticleFill garbage in quarry pits, develop gardens, George tells BBMP
With garbage piling up in many “black spots” across the city, the State government has now decided to dump garbage – mixed waste – in abandoned stone quarry pits in different Assembly constituencies....
View ArticleVillagers near quarry worried
Residents of Kada Agrahara on the outskirts are worried, and with good reason, too. The village is just 2 km from Mandur landfill, which was closed last year, and may see mixed waste being dumped in...
View ArticleResidents, experts sound alarm bells for Jakkur lake
In the wake of the frothing Bellandur and Varthur lakes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and local residents have sounded the alarm bells for Jakkur lake, which is the biggest living lake in the...
View ArticleBBMP kept its promise: CM
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who chaired a meeting of senior officials here on Saturday, told presspersons that...
View ArticleFish die as BDA, BBMP turn a blind eye
Tussle between the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over maintaining the Jakkur lake has led to the death of hundreds of fish and other aquatic...
View ArticlePalike dry waste collection centres remain unutilised
People too lazy to hand over dry waste though they get paid: Operators Though the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set up Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) in Palike wards, most of them...
View ArticleTension prevails at Mandur village
“Kill us at once instead of killing us bit by bit every day by sending garbage to our village,” cried a Mandur resident while participating in a protest to dumping of solid waste in two landfills...
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