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Bengaluru lakes can be maintained only with local community support: Usha Rajagopalan

On June 28th, the Puttenahalli Neighbourhood Lake Improvement Trust celebrated its 15th anniversary. Usha Rajagopalan, founding trustee and chairperson, talks about the journey.

by Navya P K July 12, 2025

Chennai / Governance

Eviction a humanitarian crisis: A call to strengthen the state’s resettlement-rehabilitation framework

by Vanessa Peter

Chennai / Civic

Councillor Talk: Jayaraman of Chennai’s Ward 4 strongly opposes GCC’s WTE project

by Shobana Radhakrishnan

Bengaluru / Water Supply

Perception vs reality: Is free filtered water at restaurants a safe and plastic-free choice?

by Priyanka Jamwal and Durba Biswas July 8, 2025

Bengaluru / Civic

Bengaluru’s homeless shelters in dire straits after expiry of central programme

by Harshitha Padmavinod July 7, 2025

Mumbai / Civic

How to be safe during the Mumbai monsoon

by Shruti Gokarn July 3, 2025

Mumbai / Environment

Saving Kavesar Lake: Citizens campaign against beautification plans for Thane wetland

by Kailash Anerao and Purnima Kartik July 2, 2025

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Eviction a humanitarian crisis: A call to strengthen the state’s resettlement-rehabilitation framework

by Vanessa Peter July 11, 2025

Bengaluru / Water Supply

Perception vs reality: Is free filtered water at restaurants a safe and plastic-free choice?

by Priyanka Jamwal and Durba Biswas July 8, 2025

Mumbai / Environment

Saving Kavesar Lake: Citizens campaign against beautification plans for Thane wetland

by Kailash Anerao and Purnima Kartik July 2, 2025

Eviction a humanitarian crisis: A call to strengthen the state’s resettlement-rehabilitation framework

by Vanessa Peter July 11, 2025

Chennai / Civic

Hoarding menace returns: A step backwards for Singara Chennai 2.0

by V Sriram June 18, 2025

Bengaluru / Governance

Five questions to ask of ourselves after the tragedy of the Bengaluru stampede

by Kathyayini Chamaraj June 13, 2025

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Bengaluru lakes can be maintained only with local community support: Usha Rajagopalan

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by Shruti Gokarn

Councillor Talk: Jayaraman of Chennai’s Ward 4 strongly opposes GCC’s WTE project

by Shobana Radhakrishnan July 9, 2025

Bengaluru / Civic

Bengaluru’s homeless shelters in dire straits after expiry of central programme

by Harshitha Padmavinod July 7, 2025

Mumbai / Civic

How to be safe during the Mumbai monsoon

by Shruti Gokarn July 3, 2025

Bengaluru lakes can be maintained only with local community support: Usha Rajagopalan

by Navya P K July 12, 2025

Mumbai / Environment

Saving Kavesar Lake: Citizens campaign against beautification plans for Thane wetland

by Kailash Anerao and Purnima Kartik July 2, 2025

Delhi / NCR / Environment

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