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Conflict of Commercialisation – How does it stop?

February 13, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

In some neighburhoods, citizens are vexed by an increasing number of bars and pubs, and the dramatic change in the surroundings as a result. There have been various instances of conflict between residents and these

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Whitefield residents rise in protest

February 21, 2017 Pravir Bagrodia

More than 200 residents living in BBMP’s Mahadevapura Zone walked peacefully on Borewell Road in Whitefield recently, demanding restoration of the road and civic amenities. Young and old, women and men, joined hands to cover the

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Park encroachment: Indiranagar residents demand punishment for landgrabbers

January 11, 2017 Akshai Mallappa

Defence Colony Cooperative Housing Society Ltd (DCCHSL) & Defence Colony Residents Association (DECORA) JOINT BRIEFING 1. The Defence Colony Cooperative Housing Society Ltd (DCCHSL) was formed by serving and retired Defence Officers. In July 1964,

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‘Open Streets’ event not in line with Indiranagar residents’ agenda

December 22, 2016 Aruna Newton

An evening scene from Indiranagar. Bengaluru city has been mushrooming over the years with little regard for any form of Town Planning and Governance. The fallout of this rapid growth is witnessed most acutely in

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My Place of Pride: An initiative to recognize eco-friendly communities

December 9, 2016 Sushma Mahabala

Rotary Palmville in association with B.PAC launched ‘My Place of Pride’, an initiative to recognise eco-friendly communities on 26th of November 2016 at Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Race course road.  The unprecedented growth of Bengaluru city has led to complex urban problems. Our City has a vibrant civic society

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Sarjapura Marathon to save Sarjapura’s lakes

September 1, 2016 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Sarjapura village/town, located in the south of Bangalore Urban District, has about 26 lakes in a radius of 7 km. Said to cover about 505 hectares, the largest lake is 271 acres big. If one

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Why Indiranagar residents don’t want an indoor stadium

July 12, 2016 Praveen S

In November 2015, Indirangar residents had taken to streets against the plans to convert a playground into a cricket pitch. Now there’s a plan for the same ground to be converted into an indoor stadium.

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Sure you aren’t contributing to garbage?

June 14, 2016 Whitefield Rising

Garbage isn’t exactly Rocket Science but given the filth around us, one would think it is! Given that the Government struggles with Execution and Enforcement of its well thought out policies and programs, we looked

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Reviving a dead lake in Akshayanagar Layout

June 6, 2016 Sapna Prabhu

This is the Akshayanagara Lake. Less than three years ago, it was a nothing but a patch of land with overgrown weeds and sewage as seen below.  The transformation is the work of a group

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Indira Nagar celebrates Environment Day

June 5, 2016 Poornima Kannan

Trees as we all know are of great importance for the whole human fraternity as well as managing the natural balance in the environment. However, we human beings are regularly cutting down the trees for

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House documents, plastic ban and more, from Whitefield

May 16, 2016 Whitefield Rising

House documents in order? Do you have your occupancy certificate in order? This is an important document to have BEFORE you occupy your new dwelling and one that the builder is supposed to get and

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Residents of Ward 80 meet with Subodh Yadav to address the garbage menace

May 12, 2016 Sneha Nandihal

Monday, May 9th brought us a surprise – the Commissioner for SWM Bangalore, Subodh Yadav was coming to Ward 80 for an interaction with RWA’s, residents and civic officials. I say surprise, because we were

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Hagadur and Doddanekundi wards join the campaign against plastic

May 4, 2016 Pravir Bagrodia

The morning of April 23rd saw around 25 residents of Mahadevapura Zone coming together in support of the anti-plastic ban. Volunteers of Whitefield Rising visited dozens of shops on Borewell Road, creating awareness about plastic

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Spotted: 27 species of trees

April 25, 2016 Poornima Kannan

Spurred by the recent tree cutting incident in the vicinity of the neighbourhood, a tree walk was organised on the morning of April 23rd by the BM Residents Welfare Association in Indira Nagar 1st Stage,

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When a tree falls, a community bands together

April 6, 2016 News Desk

On 31st March 2016, a 40-year-old African Tuilip tree in Indiranagar 1st stage, home to hundreds of parakteets and scores of nests nurturing young ones, was brutally felled by the BBMP. The reason: it was

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