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User: esg Topic: Hasiru Usiru
Category: Hasiru Usiru
Last updated: Oct 13 2018 21:35 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Tree planting, cleanliness drive mark green day 5.6.2017 Deccan Herald - News
With "Connecting People to Nature" being the theme of this year's World Environment Day, many saplings were planted and distributed in the city on Monday. Cleanliness drives were also organised across the city. Volunteers from Hasiru Usiru and residents from Jayanagar planted over 1,000 saplings in LIC Colony Park and a road in Jayanagar. Residents of the locality participated in large numbers to green their locality to ensure that saplings replace the trees which were uprooted in the recent rain. Apart from this, over a 1,000 children participated in the children's rally organised by the Jayanagar ward committee. Over 150 children from Sadhguru Sainath School and 50 volunteers from United Way Bengaluru planted 600 saplings at Kudlu Doddakere near Kudlu. The 40-acre water body was adopted by United Way Bengaluru. The aim of the plantation drive was to enhance the biodiversity and restore the beauty of the lake. Bengaluru Development Minister K J George, Mayor G Padmavathy and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara ...
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119 tree falls reported 22.5.2017 Hindu: Bangalore
Of these, 40 were in West zone
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Cash-strapped BBMP wants to run pod taxis 10.5.2017 TOI: Bangalore Times
For years, Bengaluru has been listening to the promises of the BBMP. We have dreamed when the promises were made, waited for years for some of it to come true, and moved on when most of it doesn’t. So when BBMP paints a picture of the future that is Bengaluru -- a city where the last-mile connectivity issue of the Metro service is solved by a pod taxi network -- it is a thrilling one. Forget that the Metro itself is several years behind its deadline, and that the pod taxi network has not been implemented in the most developed of nations.
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Skywalks of inaccessibility 8.4.2017 deccanherald.com
Hardly anyone uses the existing skywalks. Yet, a hundred more are being built across the city, their landings encroaching upon footpaths. Should pedestrians be forced this way to help ease vehicular movement? An obsession with motorists has left most city roads deeply offensive to pedestrians. One look at those monstrous skywalks with their legs encroaching deep on the footpaths should convince everyone of a priority gone horribly wrong.A vehicular overload has left most roads too tough to cross for pedestrians young and old, able and disabled. Zebra crossings, once the favoured mode to get to the other side, have disappeared. Instead, walkers are told to climb up heights of 20 feet or more, negotiate unlit skywalks and risk their safety. Hardly anyone takes the existing skywalks. Either they are too high, located nowhere near where people want to cross or simply just unnecessary. Shouldn't this have convinced the state of the futility of the entire exercise? Undeterred, the authorities are putting up ...
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Skywalks of inaccessibility 8.4.2017 deccanherald.com
Hardly anyone uses the existing skywalks. Yet, a hundred more are being built across the city, their landings encroaching upon footpaths. Should pedestrians be forced this way to help ease vehicular movement? An obsession with motorists has left most city roads deeply offensive to pedestrians. One look at those monstrous skywalks with their legs encroaching deep on the footpaths should convince everyone of a priority gone horribly wrong.A vehicular overload has left most roads too tough to cross for pedestrians young and old, able and disabled. Zebra crossings, once the favoured mode to get to the other side, have disappeared. Instead, walkers are told to climb up heights of 20 feet or more, negotiate unlit skywalks and risk their safety. Hardly anyone takes the existing skywalks. Either they are too high, located nowhere near where people want to cross or simply just unnecessary. Shouldn't this have convinced the state of the futility of the entire exercise? Undeterred, the authorities are putting up ...
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Bengaluru wins again: Plan to chop 112 trees on hold 8.3.2017 TOI: Cities
After the scrapping of the expensive steel flyover project, here's yet another reason for hope: the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to defer the widening of Jayamahal Road until it gets clearance from every authority concerned.
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Bengalureans take up signature campaign against tree cutting 9.2.2017 deccanherald.com
Bengalureans on Thursday raised their voices against the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's proposal to axe 112 trees on Jayamahal Road to widen the stretch. Around 15 volunteers from two groups - Citizens for Bengaluru and Citizens Initiative of Jayamahal Area - collected signatures of Jayamahal Road residents. "We have collected around 300 signatures. Volunteers from various parts of the city joined hands for the campaign. People in the area are not convinced with the idea of road widening and do not want the trees to be axed and so they have shown their support," said Srinivas Avallili, member of Citizens for Bengaluru. Abhilasha Sachdev, member of Citizens Initiative of Jayamahal Area, said people were shown a piece of paper which stated that this is an objection to BBMP's proposal to cut trees to widen Jayamahal Road. "All those we approached have signed against the tree cutting. They have also agreed to email BBMP Forest cell to oppose the cutting of trees. The campaign will continue tomorrow in ...
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Remove models, not trees: Activists 26.11.2016 Hindu: News
The National Military Memorial Park project took shape in 2009-2010 amid intense opposition
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ಉಕ್ಕಿನ ಸೇತುವೆ ಟೆಂಡರ್ ರದ್ದತಿಗೆ ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ 7.11.2016 Thats Kannada
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ನವೆಂಬರ್. 07 : ಸ್ಟೀಲ್ ಫ್ಲೈಓವರ್ ತೊಲಗಿಸಿ ಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಿ, ಬೇಡವೇ ಬೇಡ ಸ್ಟೀಲ್ ಫ್ಲೈಓವರ್ ಬೇಡ, ಉಕ್ಕಿನ ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ, ಪರಿಸರ ಉಳಿಸಿ, ಹಸಿರೇ ಉಸಿರು. ಹೀಗೆ ಹಲವು ಭಿತ್ತಿಪತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಉಕ್ಕಿನ ಟೆಂಡರ್ ರದ್ದು ಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಸಿಟಿಜನ್ಸ್ ಫಾರ್ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸಂಘಟನೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಬೇಡ ಬ್ರಿಗೇಡ್ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ಸಂಘಟನೆಗಳು ಭಾನುವಾರ ಫ್ರೀಡಂ
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#whatsyourissue: Trees are the first casualty of ‘development’ works 19.10.2016 Hindu: Home
Environmentalist Yellappa Reddy blames the lack of application of mind for the excessive loss of green cover
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ಒಂದು ಗಿಡ ಬಿದ್ದರೇನಾಯಿತು? ಎರಡು ಸಸಿ ನೆಡೋಣ 9.8.2016 Thats Kannada
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಆಗಸ್ಟ್, 09: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಜಯನಗರ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಸಿರಿನ ಅಭಿಯಾನ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದೆ. ಜಯನಗರ ಶಾಸಕ ಬಿ ಎನ್ ವಿಜಯಕುಮಾರ್, ನಟಿ ಮಯೂರಿ 'ಹಸಿರಿಗೆ ಉಸಿರು' ಎನ್ನುವ ಅಭಿಯಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಚಾಲನೆ ನೀಡಿದರು. 'ಹಸಿರಿಗೆ ಉಸಿರು' "ಒಂದು ಗಿಡ ಬಿದ್ದರೇನಾಯ್ತು ಎರಡು ಸಸಿ ನೆಡೋಣ" ಅನ್ನೋ ಘೋಷಣೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಈ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಜರುಗಿತು. ಜಯನಗರ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಬೈರಸಂದ್ರ ವಾರ್ಡ್
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The big loopholes in India's smart cities plan 20.7.2016 Rediff: Business
India's cities are bursting at the seams because poor people are migrating to them in search of work.
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ರಸಗೊಬ್ಬರ ದರ ಗಣನೀಯ ಇಳಿಕೆ: ಕೇಂದ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದ 4.7.2016 Thats Kannada
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಜುಲೈ, 04: ರಸಗೊಬ್ಬರ ಪೂರೈಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸರಿಯಾದ ದರದಲ್ಲಿ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ದಿಟ್ಟ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಗೊಬ್ಬರ ದರವನ್ನು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಮಾಡಿ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಸಿಹಿ ಸುದ್ದಿ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಇಂದಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ಬರುವಂತೆ ಅಮೋನಿಯಂ ಫಾಸ್ಫೇಟ್ (ಡಿಎಪಿ), ಪೊಟ್ಯಾಶ್ (ಎಂಒಪಿ) ಮತ್ತು ಸಾರಜನಕ ಫಾಸ್ಫೇಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಪೊಟ್ಯಾಶ್ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ (ಎನ್ ಪಿ ಕೆ)
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Over 90 trees to face the axe at Kidwai, CAR 14.6.2016 Hindu: Bangalore
They will make way for concrete structures
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World Environment Day: Sapling-plantation drive at Hebbal industrial area from June 5 27.5.2016 Mysore - City - The Times of India
To commemorate World Environment Day, the stakeholders will launch 'Hasire Usiru', a sapling-plantation drive, at Hebbal Industrial Area from June 5.
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BBMP Budget 2016-17 - full text - Citizen Matters, Bangalore 29.3.2016 Google News
BBMP Budget 2016-17 - full text Citizen Matters, Bangalore On assuming the power, we have increased this to Rs. 1.00 Cr to old wards and Rs. 1.50 cr to new wards for civil works and Rs. 25.00 lakhs for water supply and maintenance to each ward through consultation with state government. Rs. 2.00 Cr grant for ...
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Subir Roy: For a garbage-free city 22.1.2016 All Opinion Stories
Friends in the city affirm that slowly, little by little, one neighbourhood at a time, there is a move for a return to the old glory of an exemplary garbage-free city
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Parking at Cubbon Park to be dearer in 2016 27.12.2015 deccanherald.com
Parking vehicles at Cubbon Park is set to be a costly affair with the horticulture department deciding to hike the fees from January or February next. The proposed hike will be applicable to two-wheelers, cars maxi cabs, minibuses and cars. According to department officials, the move is being made in the wake of motorists parking their vehicles for long hours on the park premises against a paltry fee. For the first time, the fee has also been fixed separately on the basis of the hourly duration of the parking. The rates have been fixed on the basis of the following: first three hours, three hours to six hours and more than six hours. For instance, the two-wheelers have to shell out Rs 15 for the first three hours of parking, Rs 45 for three to six and Rs 10 for every hour beyond that. The same pattern also applies to other categories of vehicles like cars, maxi cabs and minibuses. The parking fee will be collected by a private company the tender for which has been floated already, the department ...
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'We don't want Metro, we want trees' 24.11.2015 deccanherald.com
A public meeting called by the BBMP in regard to the proposed felling of 313 trees for the Metro rail project witnessed angry scenes and protest by members of the general public and NGOs at the Palike office in Malleswaram on Tuesday. "We don't want metro, we want trees," they shouted. The forest officials, who were under pressure, immediately asked the Metro authorities to conduct a GIS mapping of the entire network where trees were supposed to be cut. They then stopped the meeting midway abruptly. When a Metro official started talking of how transport had evolved from the ox-cart to the present day trains, an enraged public said: "We are aware of this. There is no need for this information." The Environment Support Group representative Leo Saldanha made a presentation on the effects of tree-cutting by Metro and later read out court documents to prove how this would happen and how the Metro should comply with the order. Saldanha said Namma Metro had to comply with the Karnataka Town and Country Planning ...
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Public Meeting Today to Discuss Felling of 313 Trees 24.11.2015 newindianexpress.com
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