October 2017 – The Softcopy

City turns a deaf ear to noise pollution around hospitals

October 17, 2017February 28, 2018 TeamSoftCopy1589

Spike in sound levels in silent zones such as hospitals affect patients and doctors. https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JvNfC8pCT9E?rel=0&showinfo=0 Bangalore, October 17, 2017: Noise pollution prevails around hospitals like Agadi Hospital, NIMHANS, Victoria Hospital, and BGS International. B. Nagappa , Senior Scientific Officer of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board’s (KSPCB) said, “This year the permissible decibel level during Diwali is 75. If the […]

Green Zone Regulations leave local industrialists worried

October 12, 2017March 1, 2018 TeamSoftCopy2846

The recent tightening of the Green Zone Regulation is adding to the worries of the industrialists in the region. Prasad M.R an industrialist expressed his despair at his inability to get a loan sanctioned by the bank. He said, “The bank told me that they cannot sanction the loan as I was borrowing it for […]

Two metro stations on NH4 to get underpasses

October 10, 2017March 1, 2018 TeamSoftCopy3055

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRa6ImqmNws Most metro stations along Tumkur road have an exit only on one side of the road. BMRCL is now building underpasses for two of them. Bangalore, October 10,2017: People getting off at the metro stations on the Tumkur Road who have to risk life and limb to cross the road are likely to get some […]

Namma Metro fails to quench commuters thirst

October 10, 2017February 28, 2018 TeamSoftCopy1770

Bangalore, 10th October: Metro stations like Trinity, Lalbagh, Krishna Rajendra market, and Mahatma Gandhi Metro Station do not have water in their water coolers. While at other stations, where the water coolers have water, the dispensers are unclean. A circular published by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL)says that basic amenities like drinking water and toilets are […]

A recent research by the IISc has shown how to make HIV -1 virus inactive

October 6, 2017January 29, 2018 TeamSoftCopy1803

A recent research by the IISc has shown how to make HIV -1 virus inactive by increasing the rate of mutation, bringing close, a potential treatment for AIDS. Of the two main types of HIV, HIV-1 is the most common and HIV-2 is relatively uncommon and less infectious. AIDS refers to the set of symptoms […]

Poor water supply, stinking public toilets

October 6, 2017March 1, 2018 TeamSoftCopy1902

The toilets run by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are smelly and unhygienic because they don’t have enough water. The toilets located at Jayanagar, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Subramanya Pura, Vasanth Nagar, Majestic, Hebbal, and many other places in the city stink because they cannot be cleaned regularly due to lack of water. Water is supplied […]

Kacharakanahalli Slum to be relocated, no land allotted yet

October 6, 2017March 1, 2018 TeamSoftCopy25111 Comment

Bangalore, October 6, 2017: The slum situated on the Kacharakanahalli Lake in HBR layout is being relocated. However, land has not yet been allocated for the relocation. Padmanabh, Executive Engineer of Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB), said that the Kacharakanahalli slum is being relocated but the government land is yet to be allotted. The Board […]

Month: October 2017