4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (416+ words) Mangaluru City Corporation is preparing a data-driven overhaul of waste management by mapping nearly 900 sanitation workers, drivers and loaders, along with collection vehicles, to identify service gaps and assign clearer responsibility across the city. MCC commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey said…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (337+ words) Subheadline: Telangana’s NGT affidavit records repeated exceedances of BOD, COD, suspended solids and coliform limits at treatment plants linked to Hussain Sagar, the Musi and several urban lakes. For the urban water system, that spread matters. The plants named in…...

6+ day, 11+ min ago   (388+ words) Bengaluru | September 8, 2026 Bengaluru has ranked 32nd among India’s million-plus cities in the 2026 Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan, placing it among the bottom 10 performers despite measures under the National Clean Air Programme and clean-fuel schemes. The city scored 152.6 points in the assessment announced by…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (960+ words) urbanacres.in Bengaluru Air Pollution Exposes the Limits of Clean-Air Schemes Subheadline: Bengaluru’s low position in the 2026 clean-air rankings points to a problem spread across traffic, industry, waste systems and household energy use. Standfirst: Bengaluru has ranked 32nd among India’s million-plus…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (979+ words) urbanacres.in Bengaluru Lakes Pollution Shows the Cost of Urban Growth Without Sewage A study of three lakes in north Bengaluru has brought into focus a problem that extends beyond the condition of individual water bodies: the city’s expanding urban…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (981+ words) Manipal Hospitals’ Greenfield Plan Tests Urban Healthcare Growth urbanacres.in Manipal Hospitals’ Greenfield Plan Tests Urban Healthcare Growth Manipal Hospitals’ plan to add 2,426 beds by 2030, with about 80 per cent coming from hospitals built from scratch, marks a shift in how…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (875+ words) urbanacres.in Bengaluru Lake Pollution Shows the Cost of Growth Without Sewage Three north Bengaluru lakes are showing different forms of ecological stress, but the pattern identified by Bangalore University researchers points to a common urban problem: the city’s expansion…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (416+ words) urbanacres.in Bengaluru Animal Crematoria Plan Targets Citywide Gap Bengaluru is set to expand its animal-welfare infrastructure with plans for crematoria across the four city corporations that currently lack such facilities. The move comes as the city scales up sterilisation…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (929+ words) Residents in parts of Perambur and Anna Nagar have spent up to a month dealing with foul-smelling or interrupted Metro Water supply. Officials suspect water mains may have been affected during storm-water-drain construction, but the evidence reviewed by Urban Acres…...