The silt just got real
The silt just got real
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
Around 1,500
farmers tilling around 5,000 acres of land between them are keen to use Varthur Lake’s
silt as manure for their fields
All the silt produced while rejuvenating Varthur and
Bellandur lakes is creating fresh challenges for the
Bangalore Development Authority on how to dispose it of. However, if all goes well, around 1,500 farmers will take some of the silt from Varthur Lake off
BDA’s hands, to be used as manure. This will not only reduce BDA’s bills of transporting silt to quarries in
Act against illegal loudspeakers at religious places, says HC
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State government told to direct police and KSPCB to initiate measures
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State government told to direct police and KSPCB to initiate measures
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the State government to immediately issue directions to the police and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to initiate action on use of amplifiers and loudspeakers in religious places in the State in violation of laws on noise pollution and the directions issued by the apex court.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, issued the directions while hearing a PIL petition, filed by one Girish Bharadwaj, a resident of Bengaluru.
Here’s why the Koramangala valley stinks
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 12:51 IST
A survey of 10 km of rajakaluve has revealed a dirty truth: 538 homes have been discharging
untreated sewage into the
stormwater drain
A recent survey of the Koramangala valley by a team of officials from different departments showed that at least 538 houses were discharging untreated sewage into the storm water drain (SWD) for the last 30 years. Don’t be fooled by the number. The survey covered a 10 km area, while the City has over 800 kms of primary and secondary drains.
Conducting a survey along the drain which apparently is the first one in decades – was however not an easy task for the officials. The found most of the people living in unhygienic conditions, in
The spotlight is on effluent disposal
The spotlight is on effluent disposal
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 06:00 IST
water bodies of the city coming to light,
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (
KSPCB) has issued a circular directing all
industries to dispose of chemical effluents at the nearest
Chemical Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs).
“In case any industry intends to hand the effluents over to a CETP that is not the closest one to them, they shall give reasonable justification to the Board for doing so. The Board will either accept or reject the proposal after due consideration,” the KSPCB Member Secretary said in the circular. The circular is for industries that have obtained consent under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, to dispose effluents to CETPs.
Cannon the Barbarian
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If you want to see taxpayers’ hard-earned money disappear into thin air, look at the mist cannons BBMP bought at Rs 56 lakh a piece to fight the coronavirus
Three months into pandemic, in July, the
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike had bought two mist cannon machines to spray disinfectants in public places and
containment zones to reduce the spread of
covid and remove the virus from surfaces. Each of these machines cost Rs 56 lakh and the BBMP had plans to purchase 27 more, one for each assembly constituency.
Now with the number of covid cases dropping, the BBMP has found a new use for the machines – pollution control. The Palike has pressed two cannon mist vehicles into service on Ballari Road to reduce air pollution.