A Waste-to-Energy plant that has been in the process of being established from a long time can help Bengaluru to shift to cleaner energy Chandana, the chief engineer for the upcoming Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Kannahalli looks around the dim meeting room of the Kannahalli Waste Management Plant, as she explains in technical terms her […]
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Fewer ragpickers are willing to collect glass waste owing to the low resale value and fragility of glass. Marie, a 48-year-old woman who has been working for 30 years now in one of the glass waste recycling depots in the Jolly Mohalla in Bangalore, while sitting amidst a heap of glass waste in a pink […]
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Despite its various benefits, sustainable living in the city isn’t a popular choice. It was during the early years of 2000, when she and her husband thought about shifting to Bengaluru. All that they wanted was a house of their own, which is sustainable in some way. After extensive research and years later, it was […]
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The unskilled workforce is forced to work under inadequate wages with no hope of increments Fayaz Pasha, a worker in an electrical shop located in Bengaluru’s Banashankari, goes to work every day from Monday to Saturday. He works round the clock in a 12-hour shift. He lives with his 3-year-old daughter and a sister, in […]
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Over the years, urban and peri-urban farming in Bangalore and Mumbai has been practiced extensively at the micro level but it fails to reach the macro level. “Welcome home” reads the sign board at Hamsah Organic Farm and Sustainable Living located 25 kilometers (km) from Bangalore city in Dommasandra. Surrounded with farmlands, narrow lanes, etc., […]
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Urban flooding has become common in the low lying areas of Bengaluru. As a result, people are dealing with murk, stink, and diseases in flood–prone areas. It was a warm March afternoon. The cars were parked in front of the houses on the sloped street that led to the lake. A few brown leaves were […]
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Construction workers complain at government’s apathy towards their on-site working and living conditions. Labourers lament the deplorable conditions at their living place with no urinals or clean drinking water provision as Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai kick-started thePublic Works Department’s state government officers’ quarters project in Vasanth Nagar. Workers living in tin sheds complain about the […]
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We have not eased curbs, says BMRCL A crowd of commuters enters Namma Metro stations, many of them with either no masks or their masks hanging on their chins. Sanitizer and thermal screening stations at the entrances remain unused for the most part. Trains are so packed that there is hardly any space to move. […]
Continue ReadingThe local people found a 31-year-old auto driver dead at around 8am today opposite to Veeresh theatre on Magdi road. His body was found on the stairs of Lakshmi auto agency. Police claims that left side of his face seem to be badly thrashed. Police are still investigating the case to find if it’s a […]
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Crossing I Cross, Magadi Road, is a big challenge. People trying to cross I Cross, Magadi Road, face a big challenge. The reason: The foot overbridge is broken, forcing them onto a road with overspeeding vehicles. The Observer found several pedestrians struggling to cross the road. A young woman clutched the hand of her five-year-old […]
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