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The BBMP will levy the proposed Garbage Cess or Solid Waste Management (SWM) Cess from April 1. The cess will be levied on residential and non-residential units based on the dimensions of the land on which they stand. The annual cess will be levied on property tax. It has to be paid within the first [...] Continue Reading »
The 50 million litres per day (MLD) plant near Marathahalli was built by the BWSSB at an estimated cost of ` 40.2 crore to treat sewage from Kaggadaspura, Bairsandra, Marathahalli and C V Raman Nagar. The treated water is to be released into Varthur lake. The secondary waste water treatment plant at Kadubeesanhalli has literally [...] Continue Reading »
Mysore Lamps staff want to make CFL and LED lamps for the state’s Belaku project. Hundreds of employees are begging energy minister Shobha Karandlaje for work. Today, hundreds of employees of Mysore Lamp Works, a state-owned electrical company, are begging energy minister Shobha Karandlaje for work. Following the Karnataka high court’s decision to quash the [...] Continue Reading »
With the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) setting a March 15 deadline to implement the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2009, the BBMP’s technical staff will randomly test bags being sold and seize them if they don’t measure up. From Tuesday, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will seize plastic bags less than [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Water Supply And Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has been searching for an elusive electrical mechanic for the last four years. That’s the excuse water board is giving for not repairing equipment of treatment plant or at least that is the reason being cited for releasing untreated sewage into Narasapura lake near Vidyaranyapura. The effluent [...] Continue Reading »
[Pic] Bangalore Metro will cause more trees to go, this time from a stretch of Ambedkar Veedhi. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has begun to cut trees to make way for the underground station, between the High court and Vidhana Soudha. Shrubs and trees on the high court side too have been cut, [...] Continue Reading »
The practice of constructing illegal structures on public plots by obtaining stay orders sought from the city and civil court has only become rampant over the years. The BMC has requested the state government to bar civil courts in encroachment cases. If the proposal to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) Act is passed, only [...] Continue Reading »
The Bombay High Court has stepped in to resolve a 21-year-old fight between two neighbours living in a housing society at Altamount Road. A division bench asked the BMC to depute an officer to inspect the flat of Aparna Chawalla, who stays on the seventh floor of Vijay Apartments. The dispute was over renovations carried [...] Continue Reading »
Malleswaram residents don’t want Metro on public-private partnership (PPP). It’s all part of a people’s move to ‘Save Malleswaram’ from more congestion. On Sunday, residents and activists met their elected representatives and submitted a ‘people memorandum’ demanding the PPP agreement between Bangalore Metro and the private developer be cancelled. The residents and activists demanded the [...] Continue Reading »
The brave effort by chief conservator of forests UV Singh to stop gang of lake polluters has not only made him a hero but raised many questions among experts. U V Singh, chief conservator of forests, who heads the Lake Development Authority (LDA), was assaulted on Sunday by a corporator. But this is not his [...] Continue Reading »
