By Anuksha Dey The roads are finally being repaired and drains are being cleaned in some…
Category: Environment
The great revival of Bellandur and Varthur lakes began today
By Aratrika Dey MLA Arvind Limbavali inaugurated the Bellandur and Varthur lakes rejuvenation project today. The…
Citizens free 110 trees from nails across the city
By Zahid H Javali Vinod Kartavya (36), a technical officer at Defence Research and Development Organisation…
Citizens remove 383 nails and 2000 pins from one peepal tree
By Aratrika Dey The other day, Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) member Raghavendra Poojari tweeted that…
Stop Agara, Bellandur and Varthur lakes from becoming polluted ponds: Citizens set 31-point agenda for the government
By Zahid H Javali & Aratrika Dey The Bangalore Environment Trust (BET), a 33-year-old advisory body…
‘Self rule’ outside Bengaluru since 1960; Janapada Seva Trust’s Gandhian success story
By Aratrika Dey The real India resides in the villages. Just three hours drive from Bengaluru…
Subdued Deepawali and rains keep air pollution at bay in Bangalore
By Qamar ZJ While North India had ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ air pollution ratings, Bangalore recorded…
Non-Green firecrackers flood the city despite ban
By Aratrika Dey Quite a few shops are found to be selling non-green firecrackers in the…
One of Bangalore’s finer eco-friendly homes is in HSR Layout!
Mr & Mrs Krishnamurthy's eco-friendly house in Sector 6 deserves to be emulated across HSR Layout.
The HSR Cyclists Group completes six glorious years!
HSR is the only locality to have three major commercial cycle rental service providers operating at…
Want to set up a rooftop farm or buy veggies within minutes of harvest? This IISc startup shows the way…
By Zahid H Javali By 2023, Bangalore could well become a city of 1000 farms. The…