Shree D N

Sep 27, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Shree D N

Food carts, eateries, junk jewellery, mobile accessories, clothes, books… You name it; Church Street, Museum Road and Rest House Road have it. Many street vendors make their living on the footpath on these roads. However, this also sometimes blocks pedestrians’ space. Residents and shop owners are irked by garbage from the hawkers, traffic jams, and blocked entrances to homes and shops.

Sep 14, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Shree D N |Udbhavi Balakrishna

Bengaluru: What do Bengaluru’s traffic cops do when they see a pothole obstructing the smooth flow of traffic? They simply roll up their sleeves and fill the potholes themselves. Then, they post the pictures on their social media handles, secretly hoping for some systemic action. Regular commuters of the Outer Ring Road in Bengaluru might be familiar with the sight of traffic cops fixing potholes. A senior traffic police officer in Bengaluru explains why they do it: “We are the immediate responders.

Sep 14, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Shree D N

Bengaluru: Dipti Ramesh, a resident of Malleswaram in Bengaluru, broke her foot and could not work for two months after the new footpath was made near her home. "Its height and curve were the reason for my fall," she says, pointing at the pedestrian-unfriendly design of the footpaths. Malleswaram has seen many experiments related to walkability and improving footpaths. Citizens have always been vocal about the issue, but this has not helped solve the problem.

Sep 6, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Shree D N

Bengaluru: In 2013, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) was hailed as the first metro system to install rainwater harvesting facilities. However, this covered just a few kilometres of tracks between Mahatma Gandhi Road and Swamy Vivekananda Road metro stations. A decade later, the rest of the tracks do not have a solid system to capture rainwater. “The advantage of metro tracks is that the viaduct on the top is very clean, with no petrol, oil, grease or other pollutants.

Aug 23, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Shree D N

On a quiet afternoon, cries of peacocks hidden inside weeds and water plants echoed amid Narasappanahalli Lake, in contrast to the noise from an engineering industry nearby. On a compound side, two small tanks containing putrid semi-treated water quietly discharged it to the lake area. The smell and ambience in the area was unbearable. This lake inside the Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru is just one of the lakes bearing the brunt of industrial pollution. It is unkempt and has no caretakers.