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Category: Environment
COVID-19: Bengaluru’s air pollution is rising steadily, post-lockdown
By Qamar ZJ The pollution loads, be it Particulate Matter 2.5 or PM 10, are steadily…
Coronavirus: Dispose off gloves, masks in sealed covers, Indira canteens to give free food to poor, BBMP’s additional helpline numbers…
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has set up a command and control centre ‘war room’ to…
Coronavirus: Everything you need to know
With information overload, fear mongering, and much misinformation spreading across the social media channels, it is…
Plant 1 crore trees in Bangalore; BBMP will help you!
Three organisations have come together and teamed up with BBMP to green all the areas under…
Rs 22 lakh fines imposed by garbage marshalls in Jan; will collect spot penalties with new machines from today!
While there was much criticism heaped on the idea of garbage marshalls not being able to…
Big Bazaar fined for violating waste management rules; two bars penalised for using banned plastic!
Thanks to a few proactive officers, the BBMP has penalised the Big Bazaar outlet at Meenakshi…
Rejuvenated Agara Lake in a sorry state due to lack of maintenance!
Agara lake is dying after being rejuvenated more than two years ago for Rs 16 crore.…
Bangalore’s first zero-waste juice bar at IIMB run for underprivileged children!
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) hosted a run for the cause of underprivileged children.…
People selling parakeets arrested in Koramangala!
On December 21, 2019, at around 7.30pm, Koramangala inspector SD Shashidhar received a tip off that…
BBMP beautifying 273 parks; 1135 completed; residents want them to do more!
According to BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar, BBMP is trying to reclaim Bengaluru’s Garden City tag.…
Adyar Ananda Bhavan fined Rs 1 lakh for using banned plastic and not segregating waste!
After Flipkart and Myntra, it was now the turn of Adyar Ananda Bhavan (A2B). Clearly, these…