On December 27, 2018, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), passed a resolution in the council, declaring all 198 wards as ODF ...
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Karnataka
Karnataka
Yediyur ward in Bengaluru is generating 50 kilowatts of electricity from five tonnes of waste daily. It hopes to increase the power capacity to 250 kilowatts soon ...
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Bengaluru based Eco365 has an innovative solution to India’s water woes – water saving aerator, which saves 80 per cent of the water ...
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The performance audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General on 'Solid Waste Management in Urban Local Bodies’ found that there is mismanagement of plastic waste the assessment of waste was not realistic and the state policy prepared in 2004 was not fully operational ...
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has also asked Bengaluru’s civic body to deposit Rs. 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), of which Rs. 10 crore will be transferred to the state pollution board ...
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A group of citizens from Bengaluru came together in 2014 to end the littering menace near the Jakkur lake through weekly cleanup and tree plantations drives ...
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What started with improving the state of menstrual hygiene in India by providing safe menstrual products has turned into an awareness programme ...
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Contractors responsible for collection and disposal of garbage had given an "inflated number of vehicles", nearly 1000 vehicles existed only on paper ...
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The Supreme Court also pulled up the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for "doing nothing" to curb pollution in Bengaluru even as the city was grappling with the problem ...
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As per a proposal submitted by Karnataka’s Department of Forest Environment and Ecology, students will have to plant 10 saplings each and nurture them for at least three years to get additional 10 marks ...
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From refusing single use plastic, practising composting at home, to producing natural cleaners at home, 57-year-old Vani Murthy’s Dasara Golu has everything you need to live a green life ...
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In a bid to put a full stop on the use of disposable cutlery, a trio from Bengaluru initiates a #BYOCSelfie Challenge, asks people to carry their own reusable tableware and click a selfie ...
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