Underlining the mismatch between vehicular growth and road space, T G Sitharam, the chairperson of Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc, has stres

Mines which account for violations up to 10 per cent are categorised as 'B', and those over 10 per cent are 'C'. File Photo

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that criminal cases will be slapped against all ‘B’ and ‘C’ category mining companies (firms that have carried out illegal mining), besides imposing fine on them as per the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court.

All projects in Krishna, Cauvery and Tungabhadra basins to be completed in 5 yrs

The State government will earmark a whopping Rs 10,000 crore every year to complete irrigation projects under progress. Speaking after inaugurating a water supply project in Gutumitkal in the taluk on Wednesday, the chief minister said all the irrigation projects launched in Krishna, Cauvery and Tungabhadra basins will be completed at a cost of Rs 50,000 crore in the next five years.

Allalasandra Lake located in Yelahanka will soon get a makeover.

deserted: The houses built for Special Tiger Protection Force have no takers.

A residential complex constructed at a cost of Rs one crore exclusively for the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the squad created to prevent wildlife crimes, in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been abandoned by the Forest Department due to ‘water scarcity.’

The State government will file its views to a notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forests that proposes to declare 37 per cent of the Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA).

The notification seeks to ban mining, quarrying, thermal power plants and red-category industries in these zones after public consultations and discussions in the legislature.

The success of 28 farmers from Kanakapura Taluk, who took to organic farming in a big way, today stands testimony that it pays rich dividends to do so.

Bangalore generated over 37,000 metric tonne (MT) of electronic waste in 2012 and stands third in the country after Mumbai and Navi Mumbai generating 61,500 MT followed by NCR (National Capital Re

Eco-awareness might be a fashionable green slogan. But its transition to action mode has been slow in the City.

To accelerate this process among students in the City’s estimated 8,200 educational institutions, GIZ, a German bilateral cooperation agency, has come up with a workable idea: Let the students learn from and replicate in their schools the ‘Green Wicket’ project launched recently at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here.

202 cases of inhuman practice reported from Bangalore
Manual scavenging is prevalent in most of the cities, including Bangalore.

The State government has decided to strictly enforce the ban on manual scavenging. Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya said on Thursday that officials of the respective urban local bodies (ULBs) will be held responsible if manual scavenging is found in their jurisdiction.