BANGALORE: Ashima R (name changed), a resident of Shantinagar in Central Bangalore, is fed up of polluted air she and her family have to endure through the day.

Tigers are getting too close for comfort: three human deaths in five days have once more brought the man-animal conflict into focus.

Statistics with TOI show the state has seen 30 human deaths since April this year. While 23 were killed in elephant attacks, the rest succumbed to attacks by tigers, leopards, wild boars and bears. In the same period, around 300 head of cattle were killed by wild animals.
A senior forest official said 2013-14 is set to see even higher number of casualties due to this conflict. "We've crossed just half the year, and the numbers are scary," he said.

Reclaimed Water Underused, Slurry Ends In Lakes: KSPCB Panel

There are 626 sewage treatment plants in Bangalore, the highest in any city in the country. Together, these STPs can treat 834 million litres per day (MLD) of wastewater. But truth is, much of the treated water goes down the drain, according to a report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).

Score Drops To 4.4 From 5.5 Three Years Ago: Survey

Bangalore: Quality of life in Bangalore seems to be on a downward spiral. A sixmonth-long survey on various quality of life indicators found the city wanting on most fronts.

While officials of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are at their wit’s end to end the menace of illegal dumping of garbage in City, the residents of Jnanabharathi ward in Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency, have, however, found a novel way to nip such unheeding adventurers at bud.

What better than drive home the message in the only lingo they would sit up and listen.
A few residents and shop owners in the ward have put up display boards with ugly and abusive warnings at junctions prone to illegal garbage dumping.

The Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, said to be the best feeder rail network for Bangalore city when compared to monorail, has passed another test.

Sources in the Infrastructure Development Department (IDD) told Deccan Herald that recently completed soil testing study, conducted as part of detailed project report (DPR) for LRT, has found no fault with the corridor wherein the feeder rail is proposed to be implemented. “Soil testing was done at 40 different points along the length of two corridors proposed under LRT and the results are positive,” said a senior official with IDD. Soil testing, which began in JP Nagar in the month of April got completed a few days ago, he added.

Emerges best feeder rail network for City

The Light Rail Transit (LRT) system is likely to be preferred over to Monorail for the City. Capita Symonds - the UK-based consultancy firm for property and infrastructure solutions to which the State government has assigned the job of suggesting the best feeder rail network for the City - considers LRT more advantageous than Monorail.