Tag Archives: pollution

It is ironic but the fully-built Bangalore Metro stations in North-South Corridor by Namma Metro are delayed beyond the schedule as usual. The residents and travellers in these roads have patiently took it on their stride to circumvent the millions of road-blocks and delays for the last five years but still they have to wait for few more months before ...

Reiterating India’s commitment to carbon emission reduction, Union Environment, Forests & Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said India, along with 100 other nations would ratify the COP 21 Global Climate Agreement on April 22. The pact, COP 21, reached at Paris summit in December 2015 would be ratified at a high level signing ceremony to be convened at ...

For those who had seen Bellandur lake in Bangalore a year ago filled with chemical pollutants igniting fire, the surface of Ulsoor lake should come as a bigger shock as many dead fish have filled its banks, pointing not merely pollution but poison in the water. While some attribute it to lower oxygen levels of the water, others have pointed ...

Beijing and New Delhi, both capitals of Asia’s biggest neighbours and the most populated countries are facing similar fate though their culture and ruling styles differ. The life-threatening air pollution have shut down these cities during the Christmas weekend with highest pollution levels ever created. While Delhi took upon the European cities model of Odd-Even vehicular policy allowing only odd ...

When Bellandur lake with froth made news two years ago, there were expert missions which visited the scene and submitted their report. Again two years ago when the waste from garment units mixed into the lake and caught fire due to methane generated inside, the local IISc scientists visited and submitted their report. The outcome remained lukewarm from the local ...

Eating less is not the only solution to prevent obesity, however it plays a major role in maintaining a healthy body weight. People under 25 are often seen complaining about their weight gain, the major reason of this is because of our lifestyle and environment. Youths are exposed to environmental pollutants, timing of food intake(which is the most important factor ...

Researchers belonging to the Cities at Night project have obtained nighttime images of cities from the International Space Station (ISS) in order to gauge the light pollution globally. The new study that was released on Tuesday at IAU XXIX General Assembly in Hawaii, established that the diffuse glow that is witnessed from space is nothing, but dispersed light from streetlights ...

With the rising population, effects of modernization and globalization, people want to have the best of everything and the urge is leading to the destruction of natural resources, amounting to an enormous increase in pollution of all sorts. Of these, air pollution seems to be a major concern. The environment ministry on Thursday notified that India suffered over 35,000 mortalities ...

Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day national level discourse for preparing the Detail Project Report (DPR), Uma Bharti who is the Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation told besides the religious perception, the focus of protecting the Ganga (Ganges river) should also be from the economic perception because several people look upon the river for ...

Bellandur Lake in Bangalore caught fire on Saturday due to froth released by nearby garment factories that accumulated for over two weeks covering one side of the lake. Though the strange phenomenon lasted for 5 minutes, it is raising eye-brows in the tech city’s posh area neighbourhood and that too in the largest lake of the city that is awaiting ...