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Air Pollution

Air pollution cannot be taken lightly. And here’s proof

In February, artist Avril Stormy Unger spent 10 hours each day for five days on Old Madras Road, sitting with wilted flowers and an anti-pollution mask, on an over-sized chair, next to an air quali

Publication Date: 
06/08/2018
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Air Pollution, Bangalore, Air Quality Monitoring, Health Effects
Transport

Urban transport planning in Bengaluru - A polycentric governance system

Transport planning in Bengaluru is characterised by institutional fragmentation, increasing private modes of transport, and questionable investment decisions in the transport sector. What are the possibilities of implementing a polycentric governance system in such a city? Answering this question requires exploring the characteristics of polycentric governance systems as part of the larger discourse in institutional economics and reflecting upon how far Bengaluru satisfies such characteristics and where changes may be required.

 

Publication Date: 
21/04/2018
Vivek Vaidyanathan, Sujaya Rathi
Economic and Political Weekly
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Urban Transport, Bangalore, Mobility Planning, Public Transport, Karnataka
Transport

Implementation plan for electrification of public bus transport in Bengaluru

Last year, Karnataka announced a landmark policy on electric vehicles, becoming the first Indian state to do so. Now, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is in the process of procuring its first fleet of 40 electric buses.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2018
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy
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Electric Vehicles, Public Transport, Bangalore, Urban Transport
Environment

City calling

The urban voter in Bengaluru was once voiceless, with no say or sway in the poll outcome—blame it on the vote bank’s negligible size and political apathy.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2018
Prathima Nandakumar
Week (Kochi)
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Karnataka, Bangalore, Political Parties, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Cauvery, Water Supply, Garbage, Landfill, Infrastructure Development
Air Pollution

Worlds cleanest petrol, diesel now in Delhi

Worlds cleanest petrol and diesel are now being supplied in Delhi after state-owned oil firms advanced rollout of Euro-VI grade fuel by two years in a bid to combat alarming levels of air pollution

Publication Date: 
02/04/2018
India Today (New Delhi)
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Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Euro VI, Noida, Ghaziabad (T), Gurgaon, Faridabad (T), Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore
Hazardous Waste

Bangalore’s toxic legacy intensifies: status of landfills, waste processing sites and dumping grounds, and working conditions of Pourakarmikas

A wide range of people from all over Bangalore, representing a range of organisations and communities from within the city, peri-urban areas and villages affected by waste disposal, were present when Justice N.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2018
Environment Support Group
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Landfill, Health Effects, Environment, Bangalore, Waste Disposal, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Solid Waste, Waste Management
Water Pollution

Water bodies in Bengaluru Metropolitan Area

Objective of the project is to create a database on water bodies in Bengaluru Metropolitan Area (Jurisdiction of BBMP and BDA) by identifying the water bodies through physical verification; assessing the water quality class, based on the water quality analysis; to prepare the water body database and to prepare the lake atlas with manual cartogra

Publication Date: 
01/11/2017
Environmental Management and Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Lakes, Lake Pollution, Bangalore, Karnataka, Water Quality, Urban Habitat
Air Pollution

A long way to go before we can breathe easy

All monitoring stations in Bengaluru continue to record higher than permissible limits of air pollution

Publication Date: 
14/09/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, WHO, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Health Effects
Air Pollution

Number of vehicles in Bengaluru more than doubles to 70 lakh in 10 years

BENGALURU: The number of vehicles registered in Bengaluru has climbed to 70.28 lakh -- 48.69 lakh two-wheelers and 13.58 lakh four-wheelers.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2017
Times Of India (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Vehicular Pollution, Bangalore, Public Transport, Metro, Air Pollution Control
Climate Change

All three extreme events and the cause common

The bouts of rainfall that battered Houston, Mumbai and Calcutta last week, albeit in vastly different amounts, may earn tags of extreme rain events that weather scientists say are becoming more co

Publication Date: 
04/09/2017
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Rainfall, Kolkata, Scientists, Droughts, Floods, Climate Impacts

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