A large quantity of sand is being illegally mined from the fringes of Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and the forest department officials are having a tough time stopping the illicit activity.

DPR to be ready in three months, says minister­

The ongoing protests at the Terra Firma landfill site near Doddaballapur over the excess dumping of the City’s waste much beyond the permissible level have added to garbage woes here.

The Forest department has issued notices 63 mining companies, including the National Mining Development Corporation, over forest development cess dues.

Raids conducted at 19 locations where greenery was plundered; equipment seized
One of the quarries that was raided in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban district on Wednesday.

Hundreds of dead fish have been floating in the Devarabeesanahalli lake in Mahadevapura zone for the past two days, but none of the civic agency’s officials has taken note of it so far.

More sewage treatment plants required to clean the water body

The district administration has identified all the 1,600-odd lakes for which Bengaluru was once known as the ‘City of Thousand Lakes’.

Pollution levels in Bengaluru have increased manifold, a recent analysis report by the

CONCRETE JUNGLE: Asmany as 206 lakes in the City have been encroached upon to different extents for someor the other purpose, according to an expert