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Newborn Boy's Body Found In Train Dustbin In Bengaluru
The Karnataka Railway Police recovered the body of a newborn baby from a dustbin on a train in Bengaluru.
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Ragpicker In Bengaluru Finds "Dollars Worth 25 Crores" In A Pile Of Garbage
A ragpicker found a bag with 23 bundles of US dollars in a pile of garbage in Bengaluru. The value of the dollars in Indian currency is Rs 25 crore.
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BS Yeddyurappa Promises "Green And Clean" Bengaluru In 2 Years
Bengaluru will soon reclaim its "Garden City" status, with its most annoying elements - choked traffic, polluted and shrinking lakes, and garbage disposal - reducing considerably if Mission Bengaluru 2022, launched today by the Karnataka government, is anything to go by.
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Garbage Clogs Bengaluru's Largest And Oldest Green Lung
The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru is the city's oldest and largest green lung - a place that replenishes the crowded IT hub with fresh air. Close to the garden's main gate is an ancient rock topped by a tower built by the King Kempe Gowda centuries ago, to mark what he expected to be the limit of Bengaluru.
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GPS Helps Unearth Rs 400 Crore Garbage Scam In Bengaluru
Bengaluru's civic authority, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has decided to hand over the investigation of the garbage-disposal scam to Karnataka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Under the scam, the BBMP was ending up paying for garbage disposal vehicles that didn't exist.
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Bengaluru Volunteers Clean Their Way To The 'Amar Chitra Katha'
They are neither mythological characters nor epic heroes, yet an anonymous group of volunteers cleaning the Karnataka capital of garbage have caught the imagination of the publishers of popular comic book Amar Chitra Katha.
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PM Modi Insulted Bengaluru By Calling It A Garbage City: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "natural liar", and said he had insulted Bengaluru by referring to it as a garbage city.
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National Green Tribunal Refuses To set Aside Closure Of Auto Dealers Near Lake
A total of 76 polluting industries around the lake were shut down by the authorities in pursuance to the green panel's order after a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year, leading to massive pollution in the area.
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Moves From Froth To Fire, Smoke Fills The Air
After the froth, the flames - one of Bengaluru's two biggest lakes is following its pattern with a large fire reported this morning, hours after foam shot up from the water and sprayed drivers in the crowded eastern part of India's Silicon Valley.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Immediate Closure Of Industries Near Bengaluru Lake
The National Green Tribunal today directed an immediate and complete shutdown of all industries around Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year.
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Bengaluru, Garden City And Then Silicon Valley, Now Tagged Garbage City
The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bengaluru is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India's nicest places to live.
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In Bengaluru, A Protest Against Garbage
Residents of Kathriguppe and Srinivasnagara neighbourhoods took to streets on Tuesday, complaining about the frequent dumping of garbage.
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Who's Destroying Mangroves? Mumbai Residents Allege Government Apathy
Residents of Mumbai's Versova have launched protests against the government, slamming what they say is illegal dumping of garbage and construction debris in mangroves around the area.
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Bengaluru Residents Take to Streets With Protest Against Waste Plant
For residents of a south-east Bengaluru suburb the smell of rotting garbage is now and every day affair. After failing to convince authorities to relocate the waste management plant which they say is to blame for the persistent stink, they have brought their movement to the streets.
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Bengaluru's Streets Struggling to Cope With Dumped Waste
Solid waste management continues to remain one of the biggest civic challenges faced by Bengaluru. Segregation of garbage at source is still not happening much, waste management plants are still being readied and the existing units cannot cope with the city's estimated 4,000 tonnes of garbage a day. Dumping of organic waste after festivals makes th...
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Newborn Boy's Body Found In Train Dustbin In Bengaluru
The Karnataka Railway Police recovered the body of a newborn baby from a dustbin on a train in Bengaluru.
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Ragpicker In Bengaluru Finds "Dollars Worth 25 Crores" In A Pile Of Garbage
A ragpicker found a bag with 23 bundles of US dollars in a pile of garbage in Bengaluru. The value of the dollars in Indian currency is Rs 25 crore.
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BS Yeddyurappa Promises "Green And Clean" Bengaluru In 2 Years
Bengaluru will soon reclaim its "Garden City" status, with its most annoying elements - choked traffic, polluted and shrinking lakes, and garbage disposal - reducing considerably if Mission Bengaluru 2022, launched today by the Karnataka government, is anything to go by.
-
Garbage Clogs Bengaluru's Largest And Oldest Green Lung
The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru is the city's oldest and largest green lung - a place that replenishes the crowded IT hub with fresh air. Close to the garden's main gate is an ancient rock topped by a tower built by the King Kempe Gowda centuries ago, to mark what he expected to be the limit of Bengaluru.
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GPS Helps Unearth Rs 400 Crore Garbage Scam In Bengaluru
Bengaluru's civic authority, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has decided to hand over the investigation of the garbage-disposal scam to Karnataka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Under the scam, the BBMP was ending up paying for garbage disposal vehicles that didn't exist.
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Bengaluru Volunteers Clean Their Way To The 'Amar Chitra Katha'
They are neither mythological characters nor epic heroes, yet an anonymous group of volunteers cleaning the Karnataka capital of garbage have caught the imagination of the publishers of popular comic book Amar Chitra Katha.
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PM Modi Insulted Bengaluru By Calling It A Garbage City: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "natural liar", and said he had insulted Bengaluru by referring to it as a garbage city.
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National Green Tribunal Refuses To set Aside Closure Of Auto Dealers Near Lake
A total of 76 polluting industries around the lake were shut down by the authorities in pursuance to the green panel's order after a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year, leading to massive pollution in the area.
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Bengaluru's Varthur Lake Moves From Froth To Fire, Smoke Fills The Air
After the froth, the flames - one of Bengaluru's two biggest lakes is following its pattern with a large fire reported this morning, hours after foam shot up from the water and sprayed drivers in the crowded eastern part of India's Silicon Valley.
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National Green Tribunal Orders Immediate Closure Of Industries Near Bengaluru Lake
The National Green Tribunal today directed an immediate and complete shutdown of all industries around Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February this year.
-
Bengaluru, Garden City And Then Silicon Valley, Now Tagged Garbage City
The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bengaluru is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India's nicest places to live.
-
In Bengaluru, A Protest Against Garbage
Residents of Kathriguppe and Srinivasnagara neighbourhoods took to streets on Tuesday, complaining about the frequent dumping of garbage.
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Who's Destroying Mangroves? Mumbai Residents Allege Government Apathy
Residents of Mumbai's Versova have launched protests against the government, slamming what they say is illegal dumping of garbage and construction debris in mangroves around the area.
-
Bengaluru Residents Take to Streets With Protest Against Waste Plant
For residents of a south-east Bengaluru suburb the smell of rotting garbage is now and every day affair. After failing to convince authorities to relocate the waste management plant which they say is to blame for the persistent stink, they have brought their movement to the streets.
-
Bengaluru's Streets Struggling to Cope With Dumped Waste
Solid waste management continues to remain one of the biggest civic challenges faced by Bengaluru. Segregation of garbage at source is still not happening much, waste management plants are still being readied and the existing units cannot cope with the city's estimated 4,000 tonnes of garbage a day. Dumping of organic waste after festivals makes th...
