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City Kemp NewsKSRTC celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 and honoured wives of martyrs - Mahadevi Koppad and Asha Nagesh; besides issued free Bus Pass to martyrs family - wife, children and parents at KSRTC Central Office. Transport Minister. Ramalinga Reddy gave Rs. 50,000/- cash to each martyr family
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City Kemp NewsWhile Namma Bengaluru has been losing a lot of its green cover, Koramangala, fortunately still retains some greenery providing shade and filtering us from some of the air pollutants. However, the green cover does increase the work load on our Pourakarmikas during the leaf shedding months of January
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Neeraja ShettyDECLARING war on the use of plastic bags has not been easy in many cities, but Koramangala, HSR Layout can be a model after its admirable success. On 28th January 2016, Ms. PadmashreeBalaram, a Koramangala resident visited the BDA complex of HSR layourfor some purchases and realized that they didn’t
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City Kemp NewsThe State Cabinet on Thursday cleared a final notification to ban the manufacture and use of various kinds of plastic items including Carry bags, banners, buntings, flags, flexes, plates, thermocol cups, spreading sheets, among others, irrespective of their thickness. The ban will come into effect once the notification is
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THE BEST OF KERALA & MUCH MORE IN BENGALURUHaven't made a trip to God's Own Country yet? Don't worry, there is now a place in Bangalore with the food and the ambience that will make up for it. Malabar Bay, located conveniently near Forum Mall off Hosur Road, is an
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Over the last 2 weeks, there has been a major awakening amongst the citizens of Bellandur to make the area a plastic free zone. What has been the driving change ? The last few months have seen the garbage crisis blow out of proportions in Bengaluru city. Earlier, the city's waste
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A delegation of Karnataka Members of Parliament led by the Union Ministes Ananth Kumar, D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Prahlad Joshi, MP (LS) met the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal in New Delhi today (Feb 26) regarding the Karnataka power crisis.
Read MoreCity Kemp News Bowing to the demands of residents of Koramangala, Bangalore City Traffic Police has restored the earlier system of 2-way traffic on Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road prevailing prior to April 2015. Vehicles will now be allowed to proceed along Hosur Road from Madivala Check Post Junction upto Silk Board.
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On Valentines' Day, the campaign to stop using plastic bags starts officially. In the last few weeks, BBMP has launched vigorous campaigns to explain to the general public the evils of using non-recyclable plastic bags and the enormous environmental damage this causes, as these bags get easily torn and discarded
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Volunteers working in the solid waste management and Koramangala Plastic Carry Bag Ban have requested the traders, shop owners, companies, eateries and commercial establishments in Koramangala and adjoining areas to join and support in making Koramangala a plastic free zone. Here is why we need to ban single use plastic
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