With four more swine flu deaths in Banglaore and one in Pune, the national toll touched 74 on Wednesday. The total number of those afflicted with H1N1 virus rose to 3,095 with more cases detected across India.
The swine flu toll in Bangalore doubled to 10 on Thursday, with the death of a 36-year-old woman and the official confirmation that four more people who died at separate city hospitals over the past one week also suffered from H1N1.
The Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department held meetings on Monday with representatives of private hospitals enlisted to support efforts to tackle H1N1, as 12 more people tested positive for the virus in the city.
Citizens staged a dharna in front of the Town Municipal Council, urging for the authorities concerned to solve the drinking water problem prevailing in Malur town, in Malur on Wednesday.
The residents of Hanumanthnagar, Maruthi Layout, Mutton Market, A D Colony and Bhovi Colony took part in the protest. They urged the TMC authorities to provide proper drinking water to their areas.
The Nellurhalli lake in Whitefield is in a state of total decay, with sewerage lines discharging effluents from factories and a private hospital in the vicinity.
The lake has been reduced to a polluted water body with hyacinths and carcasses, garbage on the banks and encroachments along the periphery.
Gayathri Nivas and S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore:
The decision of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to issue show-cause notice to Gammon India may have implications for Namma Metro.
The reason being that the Mumbai-based firm has been contracted for some of the construction work by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).
Opinion In the light of the manifest failure of the authorities to protect lakes from encroachment, the expertise and resources of civil society should be utilised, writes Zafar Futehally
Even as the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) began its search for the body of six-year-old Abhishek, a whole lot of people including BBMP and local residents along Hennur Main Road heaved a big sigh of relief on Tuesday.
The reason being Hennur Lake, which is deep with weeds and has turned into a dumpyard would be cleaned finally!
The State Government has decided to have two percolation tanks for each borewells sunk by the government across the State. The government took this decision in order to conserve water and recharge the borewells.
A high-level meeting of forest department officials will be held on June 9 at Bangalore to discuss the problems faced by the mahouts and kavadis who are involved in taking care of elephants at Dubare elephant camp, said Madikeri DCF B B Mallesh.
