Interview with Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.

"The idea of the 'hobli' level' 'Janaspandana' meetings... was to take government programmes and facilities directly to the rural masses."

In Bangalore about 6.8 million people produce more than 3500 tonnes of waste in a single day. Despite the large infrastructure created for waste management, garbage is currently being disposed rather than managed. It continues to pollute the environment and poses a health risk to collectors as well as the general public.

Huge blocks of flats in cities can provide supplementary water requirement, manage floods and reduce pollution of the environment

Simple techniques: Storing rain and rooftop water in apartments has now become easy

Apartments are mushrooming all over our cities with the boom in the housing sector.

Dec. 18: In a glaring breach of security at a defence establishment, five sandalwood poachers armed with lethal weapons entered the Air Force Technical College campus in Jalahalli on Wednesday night.

The 14 Bangalore hospitals which were ordered to close down by the Lok Adalat have filed an impleading application, seeking time to establish liquid bio-medical waste treatment plants in their premises.

Eminent environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna today suggested Bangaloreans to hug the trees which are on a 'death row' due to the Metro Rail project.

Some startling revelations on the perceptions of Bangalore school students about the City have come to the fore in a unique survey carried out by the Children's Movement for Civic Awareness (CMCA), a forum for school children.

Walking is the most ancient mode of transport but in this automobile age, walking is often the most neglected mode. There is a tendency to underestimate the pedestrian infrastructure needs when compared to the needs of the motorists. The situation has come to such a state that daily at least one pedestrian is killed on Bangalore roads.

This policy paper is devised with intent of creating a framework for regulating and co-coordinating programs as well as actions by various stakeholders such that there is increased comfort, convenience and safety to the pedestrians and their movement.

By Sreshta and Krithika,DH News Services,Bangalore:
The global economic slump and high interest rates on automobile loans might have dampened the sales of two and four-wheelers, but in Namma Bengaluru, vehicles continue to flood the roads.

According to statistics available from the RTO, nearly 100 people apply for driving licences everyday.

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