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Mohit M Rao

Katte and Kunte: The smaller, lesser-known water bodies that Bengaluru is losing to concrete

While 20% of Bengaluru’s lakes have been encroached on, the largest losses are seen among gokattes and kuntes, water bodies smaller than three acre.

Mohit M Rao
· Oct 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm
Adivasis are being made the scapegoat for the industrial-scale felling of trees along Betwa river

The dusty, drought-prone region was once covered with dense jungle where leopards, tigers and antelopes roamed.

Mohit M Rao
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Astha Choudhary
· Sep 26, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Buzzkill: The air pollution in Indian cities is causing behavioural and genetic changes in wild bees

The findings of the study by Bengaluru researchers underscore the need to raise India’s ambient air quality standards.

Mohit M Rao
· Sep 24, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Planned diversion of North India’s Betwa river will displace residents of 4,000 villages

Since 1970, constructions on the river have uprooted villagers’ lives and the local economy.

Mohit M Rao
&
Astha Choudhary
· May 09, 2020 · 08:30 pm