User: esg Topic: Bangalore
Category: Air Quality
Last updated: May 18 2013 04:54 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Time to put garbage on the table 18.5.2013 Hindu: Home
With no long-term planning and policy reforms, the country’s burgeoning waste management problem is set to become a health and environmental crisis
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Sucker machines to sweep dust on road 14.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
Pollution Control Board writes to BBMP to continue using super sucking machines as dust may create serious health problems.
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Go for regular check-ups to avoid asthma complications 7.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Existing buildings can now go Green with Indian Green Building Council rating (Cached) 26.4.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Existing buildings can now go Green with Indian Green Building Council rating
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Energy-efficient and cost-effective 25.4.2013 Deccan Herald - Supplements
Energy-efficient and cost-effective
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Energy-efficient and cost-effective 25.4.2013 Deccan Herald - Supplements
Energy-efficient and cost-effective
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Are we ready for cycles yet? 22.4.2013 DNA: Popular News
Despite infrastructe related backdraws, cycling is catching up as a huge draw in city.
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Industrialists demand cancellation of trade licences 21.4.2013 deccanherald.com
Cancellation of trade licences, amendment to laws on pollution and nomination of members from the industry to the government were some of the demands put forward by industrialists before the political parties facing Assembly elections.

"The laws governing pollution are extremely unjust. The government charges a consent fee based on an investor's land and building, office machineries instead of levying the fee based on the amount of emission generated by industries.

"How are water and air pollution connected to a land and building fees?" J Crasta of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), said at a press conference on Saturday.

Representatives of Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Peenya Industrial Association, Commerce and Industries Helpline and Advisory Board of Karnataka were present at the press conference.
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Discussion forum for apartment residents 20.4.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Discussion forum for apartment residents
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Go green, go clean 20.4.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Go green, go clean
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Research institute moots daily report on air quality (Cached) 18.4.2013 Bangalore Mirror: City
Expert says monitoring ground-level ozone quantity will help asthma patients...
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Bangalore may get ozone level indicator 17.4.2013 DNA: Popular News
Bangalore likely to follow precedent set by Toronto.
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'Rising Ozone levels choking Bangalore' 17.4.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Children falling victims to air pollution in City, says study 17.4.2013 deccanherald.com
Children falling victims to air pollution in City, says study
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Two-wheelers are biggest pollutants in Bangalore (Cached) 14.4.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Two-wheelers are biggest pollutants in Bangalore
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‘Let's regain Bangalore's lost glory’ 10.4.2013 newindianexpress.com
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A city that lost its identity in burgeoning traffic and narrow roads 8.4.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Traffic cops to stop nailing trees 4.4.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Report on ward quality soon 2.4.2013 newindianexpress.com
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In the throes of water woes... 31.3.2013 deccanherald.com
For decades, the residents of Whitefield and its surroundings basked in the past glory of the 18th century Eurasian settlement, taking pride in nature's bounty. But now, in the middle of another cruel summer, they are faced with a daunting water shortage. It couldn't get any worse particularly for those living outside the gated communities and the apartment complexes. The problem is getting acute in the villages in Whitefield area, which are part of the 110 brought under the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The water woes get worse when even the basic infrastructure is non-existent. D Venkateshiah, a resident of one such village, Ramagondanahalli, recalls how used to go with friends to swim in the Varthur Lake on Whitefield's periphery. Today it is a cesspool. "I have been living here for the past 60 years and have seen all the shades of this area. Water was never a crisis as it was available in abundance, catering even to the agricultural fields. But now the same residents have to ...
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