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Varsity may find it difficult to hold on (Cached) 30.7.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

July 29: Untill a decade ago, the 1,300 acre UAS campus was not even considered a part of Bengaluru city. The comprehensive development plan had placed it within the protected green belt around the city. Then the airport shifted to Devanahalli, and Bellary Road was widened to eight lanes to accommodate the increased traffic.
Many things changed. Property values shot up, dense neighbourhoods emerg

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Mavallipura, city’s killing fields (Cached) 26.7.2010 Bangalore Mirror: City
Two deaths in less than ten days have sparked a protest by residents who want the city's official dumping yard shifted...
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Dengue strikes Mavallipura - Express Buzz 25.7.2010 ESG: google news
Dengue strikes Mavallipura Express Buzz Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group said the landfill was terribly mismanaged. He said regulatory agencies such as Karnataka Pollution Control Board ... ...
Dengue strikes Mavallipura 25.7.2010 NIE: Bangalore
BANGALORE: A day after a 15 year old boy died due to dengue in Mavallipura, 20 KM north of Bangalore, the residents blamed it on c..
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High-profile casualties on Race Course Road - Express Buzz 24.7.2010 ESG: google news
High-profile casualties on Race Course Road Express Buzz Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group said a wide road might ensure easy flow of traffic on that stretch but narrow roads before and after it meant that ... ...
High-profile casualties on Race Course Road 24.7.2010 NIE: Bangalore
BANGALORE: There are many prominent buildings on Race Course Road, that will have to bear the brunt of the BBMP's bulldozers for r..
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Bangalore's garbage killing people in Mavallipura - MyNews.in 24.7.2010 ESG: google news
Bangalore's garbage killing people in Mavallipura MyNews.in Environment Support Group has extensively surveyed the damage to the local environment and human health due to the illegal landfills and a comprehensive ... ...
Bangalore's garbage killing people in Mavallipura - Northern Voices Online 23.7.2010 ESG: google news
Bangalore's garbage killing people in Mavallipura Northern Voices Online Environment Support Group has extensively surveyed the damage to the local environment and human health due to the illegal landfills and a comprehensive ... ...
Wider roads could make for narrower communities (Cached) 30.6.2010 DNA: Top News
Leo Saldanha of the Environment Support Group explains to DNA that road widening comes with some social consequences.
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War within corporate world over war memorial (Cached) 22.6.2010 CNN-IBN: India
A proposed war memorial in Bangalore splits the city's business tycoons -- Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks in favour while Infosys' Mohandas Pai wants it shifted.
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Green, development: We can have both (Cached) 22.6.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

June 21: It’s a problem that defies an easy answer. While the city has no choice but to cater to a growing population by widening its roads and building a Metro rail, flyovers and subways, it is losing the green cover which makes living in it so pleasant, in the process, throwing up the question : Is there no mid-way ? Can the city not remain green and still gain in infrastructure?

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Air Crash: Running Away - Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine 21.6.2010 ESG: google news
Air Crash: Running Away Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine Mangalore-based Environment Support Group (ESG) and Vimana Nildhana Vistarana Virodhi Samithi (Local Communities' Alliance against Airport Expansion) have ... ...
Bangalore will soon get more lung space - MyBangalore 19.6.2010 ESG: google news
Bangalore will soon get more lung space MyBangalore Another 30000-40000 trees would make way for the several infrastructure works planned, said the co-ordinator of the Environment Support Group , Leo Saldanha, ... ...
‘HC fiat ignored key issues’ (Cached) 17.6.2010 Bangalore Mirror: City
Green activist Leo Saldanha says the high court verdict on war memorial sidestepped the issue of diverting park land for non-park purpose...
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South Bengaluru residents come together to fight against road widening - Citizen Matters 12.6.2010 ESG: google news
South Bengaluru residents come together to fight against road widening Citizen Matters Leo F Saldanha who is the co-ordinator of Environment Support Group (ESG) and Sunil Dutt Yadav, a practioner of civil law, were invited by BSRWCA to advice ... ...
South Bengaluru residents come together to fight against road widening (Cached) 12.6.2010 Citizen Matters

Ring Road Property Owners Association (RRPOA) conducted a meeting to discuss BBMP’s road widening  plans along the stretch of road from Central Silk Board to Mysore Road which is about 14.5 kms.

The meet was held at Sri Krishna Kalyana Mantapa, near Jayanagar 9th block on 8th June. RRPOA is an umbrella organisation formed by Residents Welfare Associations (RWA’s) of BTM, JP Nagar, Eliyas Nagar and Rajajinagar.

Vidya Shankar, who is a President of the RRPOA, says the asociation’s next move is to approach the chief minister as well as the transport minister of the state regarding the issue. "We will bring…

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Protestors adamant, will appeal to Supreme Court against war memorial (Cached) 12.6.2010 DNA: Top News
Despite construction of the memorial having begun, protesters have not been persuaded that this is the best way to remember martyrs. The construction should stop, they say.
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Roads widen, tempers flare (Cached) 11.6.2010 Deccan Chronicle: Bangalore

June 10: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s ambitious proposal to widen around 216 roads in the city has hit a legal hurdle with some residents filing petitions against acquisition of their land for the project. Estimated to cost Rs 3,248, the civic body has identified about 37,000 properties falling along the roads for demolition. About 10,500 buildings would have to be razed to make space fo

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Dealing with the Damocles' sword of home demolition 9.6.2010 DNA: Top News
Now, thanks to the move to turn the 100-feet road from Silk Board junction to Mysore road into a 150-feet one, many residents stand to lose part of their homes.
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'Road widening will add to traffic woes' (Cached) 9.6.2010 TOI: Bangalore Times
BBMP's road-widening project is raising a lot of dust. Bengaluru South Residents Welfare and Cultural Association was the latest to protest on Tuesday against its consequences.
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