2000 and 2009 Pics - Lakes gone missing!?

silkboard - 8-SEP-2009

Lakes, environment etc, pictures tell this better. Assuming google earth has accurate satellite pics, sample some lakes, and how they may have changed in the nine years from 2000 and 2009.

Abbigere Lake, 2000 and 2009

Prof Ramachandra @ IISc - meeting report

sanjayv - 7-SEP-2009

Attendees (meeting): Manjari, Shekar, Deepak, Sanjay, Naveen, Srivatsava, Pranav, Ritesh

Meeting with Prof. Ramachandra (IISc) regarding Bangalore lakes

sanjayv - 29-AUG-2009

 Prof. T.V. Ramachandra and colleagues of the Energy and Wetlands research group has published several studies on the wetlands (lakes) of Bangalore.

India's power backup bill Rs 130,000 cr a year

murali772 - 26-AUG-2009

It’s not just suffering the blackouts. The cumulative cost of nationwide power outages is a staggering Rs 1,00,000 crore.

A Radical town planning approach, advantages and disadvantages

psaram42 - 11-AUG-2009

There is a need to have some changes in the current thinking, as far as the town planning aspects of cities like Bangalore are concerned.

Rejoice - Indians are happier, healthier - Happy Planet Index

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 29-JUL-2009

Source: Deccan Chronicle dated 29th July 2009

India ranked 35th among 143 nations

- Happy Planet Index (HPI)-Compiled by UK Based New Economics Foundation

India's Climate Control Policy is self-contained

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 9-JUL-2009

80 per cent of global green house gases are being spewed by 17 highly developed nations including USofA, European Union, G5, G8 and G17 nations. 

Tree row: Representative suit filed in City Court - Star of Mysore June 25

indian - 26-JUN-2009

Three youth from the city have filed a representative suit in the Second Additional Munsiff Court here against felling of trees for widening the Lalitha Mahal Road.

Judge Radhakrishna allowed the petition yesterday.

Minister asks KSPCB to withdraw closure notices on served on govt hospitals

murali772 - 22-JUN-2009

Medical Education Minister Ramachandre Gowda has said that the government would direct the beleaguered Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to withdraw the closure notice slapped by it on nine government hospitals for lack of permanent effluent treatment plants (ETPs).

Shouldn't EIA apply to Kukke temple 'development' also?

murali772 - 18-JUN-2009

The Minister for Housing and Endowment, Sri Krishnaiah Setty (though he has just stepped down, I am not sure the proposal will get shelved) had stated that Shree Kukke Subramanya temple, deep in the middle of dense rain forests, would be developed at a cost of Rs 180 crore, and the department has already issued work order for Rs 60 crore.