BENGALURU: Kaggadasapura Lake, near CV Raman Nagar in east Bengaluru, on Wednesday began frothing, sending foam flying into the neighbourhood.

BENGALURU: HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government has mooted to scrap the social impact study prior to making land acquisition for key public and infrastructure projects in Karnataka.

BENGALURU: Pedestrians accounted for nearly 40% of all road accident fatalities in Bengaluru in 2018, according to traffic police data.

DHARMASTHALA: The fourth Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Bahubali that gets under way at Ratnagiri from February 9 will see t he launch of new ‘jana kalyana’ programmes, said D Veerendra Heggade, dharm

BENGALURU: Rejuvenation of 27 lakes managed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is likely to be completed by March, taking the total number of revived water bodies under the Palike’s a

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jeyenth Vijayaraghavanam Vs Union of India & Others dated 02/01/2019 regarding a zoological park by name ‘Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park’ in Kamalapura, near Hampi in Ballari district which according to the applicant which is being establis

From clothes swapping to plogging, and building more EV charging points, Bengaluru, and Karnataka, are taking baby steps to a greener future. Here are a few eco-highlights:
Plogging

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anand Vinay Vs State of Karnataka dated 19/12/2018 regarding pollution of lake between Tumkur Road (NH-4) and Magadi Main Road on account of municipal sewage and untreated industrial effluents.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Versus State of Karnataka & Others dated 06/12/2018 regarding contamination of water bodies at Bengaluru - Bellandur lake, Agara lake and Varthur lake on account of discharge of untreated sewage and other effluents from residential/commercial/industrial buildings.

The convenor of the new six-member committee is to be headed with the Principal Secretary of Ecology and Environment.

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