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Jan 15, 2018: Over 2 lakh Indians join the movement to #SaveAarey
Dec 9, 2017: 60% of winter days in Koramangala were of poor air quality: Jhatkaa’s air quality monitors
Dec 7, 2017: National Briefing Paper – Revised Thermal Power Plant emission control norms
Nov 25, 2017: PMPML ignores BEST, expert committee recommendations for CNG buses; considers purchase of 400 diesel buses: RTI
Oct 26, 2017: Punekars wait on PMPML to address concerns over purchase of 400 diesel buses
21/06/2017: Over 5,000 Indians call on Environment Minister to cancel air pollution extension for thermal power plants
03/06/2017: Public Participation Essential for Successful Greening of Bengaluru
11/05/2017: Jhatkaa.org launches Air A!ert - A people-powered platform for clean air
24/04/2017: BBMP ineffective in tackling garbage burning despite strict penalty orders, citizens testify
20/4/2017: RTI reveals that Samanvay and Greening Committees “not in existence” since 2014
19/10/2016: More than 1,00,000 Jhatkaa members join the movement to protect Bangalore’s trees
13/7/2016: Jhatkaa.org launches an online interactive #BangaloreIsBurning map
12/7/2016: Powerful photos displayed at the #Bangaloreisburning photo exhibit
PRESS HITS
May 23 , 2019: IIn Active Bengaluru, Conversation with folks from Jhatkaa.org | Radio Active CR 90.4
May 15 , 2019: IPune NGO launches petition seeking increase in PMPML bus ridership | Hindustan Times
April 14, 2019: India’s last remaining stretch of unbroken forests set to be lost to mining | Times of India
March 16, 2019: Online petition campaign against Ola, Uber polluting cars | IBC World news
March 16, 2019: Bengaluru: Ola, Uber should not run polluting cars; Petitioners | Deccan Chronicle
March 14, 2019: Online petitions go viral as B'luru residents plan to oppose elevated corridor | The News Minute
March 16, 2019: Karnataka High Court Asks Government To Rest Elevated Corridor Project in Bengaluru | Metro saga
Feb 24, 2019: What’s keeping the BMTC from inducting electric buses? | The Times of India
Feb 16, 2019: Smoke alarm | The Times of India
Jan 24, 2019: Campaign against K'ntka's proposed statue on river Cauvery gets 10k signatures | The News Minute
Jan 24, 2019: Campaign against 125 foot statue on cauvery river gets stronger | City today
Jan 23, 2019: 9,000 say no to Cauvery statue at Krishnaraja Sagar Dam | Deccan Chroncile
Jan 19, 2019: Campaign against Cauvery statue, Disneyland at KRS | Deccan Herald
Jan 16, 2019: Stop widening NH4A’: Why activists are opposing expansion of Karnataka-Goa highway
| The News Minute
Dec 30, 2018: Political will lacking to tackle Bengaluru's water crisis, says V Balasubramaniam
| Deccan Chronicle
Dec 29, 2018: Save Bannerghatta: Over 12,000 people send their objections to the Ministry of Environment | One India
Dec 29, 2018: Over 45,000 citizens sign petitions against ESZ reduction | The Hindu
Dec 18, 2018: When our forests lose out to jungle raj | Daily hunt
Dec 18, 2018: For the first time in three years, an Indian bison was spotted in Bannerghatta National Park, even elephants are back! | India Times
Dec 17, 2018: Conservationists oppose reduction of eco-sensitive zone around Bannerghatta National Park | India Today
Dec 9, 2018: Discovery of deer carcass near Bannerghatta National Park sets off alarm bells | The Hindu
Nov 29, 2018: Bengalureans ramp up campaign to save Bannerghatta forest | India Today
Nov 28, 2018: BNP buffer zone cut: Online oppn gains momentum | Deccan Chronicle
Nov 9, 2018: Delhi pollution: Pair of clean artificial lungs installed before Diwali turns completely black in six days | Firstpost
Nov 9, 2018: Delhi post-Diwali: In just 6 days, ‘artificial lungs’ turn from white to black, AQI still ‘hazardous’ | Mirror Now
Nov 9, 2018: A Pair of Clean Lungs Was Installed In Delhi 6 Days Ago, This Is What It Looks Like After Diwali | News18
Nov 5, 2018: A Pair of Clean Lungs Was Installed In Delhi 6 Days Ago, This Is What It Looks Like After Diwali | News18
Nov 5, 2018: SHOCKING: Here's How Long Delhi's 'artificial Lung' Took To Turn From White To Black Under Prevailing Air Pollution | Republic
Nov 5, 2018: SHOCKING: Here's How Long Delhi's 'artificial Lung' Took To Turn From White To Black Under Prevailing Air Pollution | Republic
Nov 3, 2018: Installation depicting human lungs put up at hospital | The Hindu
Oct 1, 2018: Relentless burning of garbage in Bengaluru: Will the High Court come to our rescue? | The News Minute
Sep 21, 2018: Bad Air Year: India choked on 929 million tonnes of CO2 from thermal sector | The Times of India
Sep 21, 2018: What garbage burning does to Bengaluru: Asthma and heart attacks on the rise | The News Minute
Sep 18, 2018: Bengaluru's JP Nagar Residents sign petition to curb garbage burning | The New Indian Express
Sep 13, 2018: Garbage is a burning problem in Bengaluru and it refuses to die out | The News Minute
Sep 5, 2018: Air Pollution not a priority? K'taka skips filing action plan to curb air pollution | The News Minute
Aug 11, 2018: Little ‘lung’ pieces sent to officials | The New Indian Express
Aug 6, 2018: Air pollution cannot be taken lightly. And here’s proof | The Times of India
Aug 1, 2018: Why the Environment Ministry Should Be Expecting Pieces of Tarred Lungs In their Mail | CNN News18
Jul 27, 2018: Online petition against move to chop 200 trees at Indiranagar | Deccan Chronicle
Jul 3, 2018: "Kodaikanal Still Won't": What Unilever Should Know | The Indian Wire
Jul 2, 2018: Saved by the Bell? Delhi Citizens Give Missed Calls to Protect Their Trees | News 18
Jun 30, 2018: Real issue now out on reel; features Tamil Nadu as victim of environmental racism | The New Indian Express
Jun 29, 2018: 'Treat us like we are white': Sofia Ashraf, TM Krishna, Amrit Rao call out Unilever
Jun 29, 2018: ‘Kodai Still Won’t’: Sofia Ashraf & TM Krishna Hit Unilever Again | The Quint
Jun 22, 2018: Delhi rallies to save 16,500 trees from being cut | India Today
Jun 22, 2018: Delhi: 16,500 trees to be felled to build houses for govt officials | The Times of India
Jun 21, 2018: While Delhi Chokes Under Pollution, Govt May Chop Off 17000 Trees To Accommodate 'Babus' | InUth
Jun 21, 2018: 16,500 trees to be chopped in South Delhi to make way for government housing | Mirror Now
Jun 21, 2018: Experts to perform yoga wearing masks | The Times of India
Jun 20, 2018: While pollution is choking Delhi, 16,500 trees will be cut to build flats for sarkari babus, Bengaluru residents fume | Indiatimes
May 2, 2018: Army violates ban on burning of waste in open spaces, Bengaluru residents fume | The News Minute
Apr 13, 2018: New forest policy draws citizens' ire | Deccan Chronicle
Mar 27, 2018: Garbage burning: 'Jhatkaa' for BBMP zonal commissioners | Deccan Chronicle
Feb 28, 2018: How toxic is Bengaluru’s air? This installation shows you | The News Minute
Feb 28, 2018: Jhatkaa! Air pollution very high in Bengaluru | Deccan Chronicle
Feb 22, 2018: #Killbill bigger than #steelflyoverbeda? | The New Indian Express
Feb 21, 2018: Here’s where you can get air quality data for Bengaluru | Bengaluru Citizen Matters
Feb 12, 2018: Enough of compost plant stink, say protesting HSR residents | Deccan Chronicle
Feb 2, 2018: #SaveAarey: Metro III Depot – An Excuse To Develop Real Estate In Aarey? | The Logical Indian
Feb 2, 2018: When art helps drive home a critical message | Times of India
Jan 31, 2018: City NGO, artiste want Bengaluru to breathe easy | The New Indian Express
Jan 20, 2018: Mumbai: Hello, Mr CM, Please Don't Build Metro Shed In Aarey, Say Citizens | Mid-day
Jan 16, 2018: Campaign to save Aarey from Metro car shed construction gets 2 lakh Mumbaiites’ support | Hindustan Times
Jan 14, 2017: Green vs Growth: Forest dwellers demand scrapping of project | NewsX
Dec 21, 2017: Why India’s Deadly Coal-Power Plants Will Continue Polluting | IndiaSpend
Dec 12, 2017: Industry’s policy on new Indian pollution curbs: ignore them | Asia Times
Dec 12, 2017: Breathing clean air or poison? | Deccan Chronicle
Dec 11, 2017: These campaigners give Jhatkaa to govt agencies to work harder | Deccan Chronicle
Dec 10, 2017: As Thermal Power Plants Miss Clean Up Deadline, Environment Ministry Mulls Over New Time Frame | News18.com
Dec 8, 2017: Activists call for action against coal plants | The Hindu
Dec 8, 2017: Coal-based power units flouting emission control norms: Report | ET-EnergyWorld
Dec 8, 2017: 300 coal power plants throw pollution norms to wind | DNA
Nov 30, 2017: Pune Bus Service Not Too Fussy About Environment | Mid-day
Nov 2, 2017: CNG buses pushed in Indian city | The Manila Times
Oct 31, 2017: Don’t buy 400 diesel buses, buy CNG: Pune citizens write to PMPML | Hindustan Times
Oct 22, 2017: Increase in noise levels reported during Deepavali | Deccan Herald
Oct 21, 2017: Bengaluru breathes easier this diwali | The New Indian Express
Residents restart campaign against compost plant | The New Indian Express
Residents join hands to save trees | The New Indian Express
Chipko: HAL residents hug trees | Deccan Chronicle
Over 3,000 sign petition against KCDC plant | The Hindu
PMPML mulls procuring 400 brand new CNG-run buses | Times of India
Air Pollution: Going the Delhi Way? | NDTV
Under Cubbon Park canopy, citizens gather for trees | The New Indian Express
Not enough green cover for people in the city, says expert | Deccan Herald
Bangalore-based startup Jhatkaa.org sets up new platform to demand cleaner air | IndiaToday
RTI Query Belies BBMP Claim On Green Panels | Deccan Herald
Treeson on Jayamahal | Bangalore Mirror
No Study Done On Decision To Axe 112 Trees On Jayamahal Road | The New Indian Express
Does BBMP Care About Bengaluru’s Trees? According To Its RTI Replies, Not Really | The News Minute
Trash Burns, Corporators Muck About | The New Indian Express
Garbage Burning In Bengaluru A Burning Problem | The Hindu
The Air We Breathe Is Killing Us | Bangalore Mirror
Fumes From Burning Garbage More Harmful Than Vehicle Emissions | The Times of India
May 23 , 2019: IIn Active Bengaluru, Conversation with folks from Jhatkaa.org | Radio Active CR 90.4
May 15 , 2019: IPune NGO launches petition seeking increase in PMPML bus ridership | Hindustan Times
April 14, 2019: India’s last remaining stretch of unbroken forests set to be lost to mining | Times of India
March 16, 2019: Online petition campaign against Ola, Uber polluting cars | IBC World news
March 16, 2019: Bengaluru: Ola, Uber should not run polluting cars; Petitioners | Deccan Chronicle
March 14, 2019: Online petitions go viral as B'luru residents plan to oppose elevated corridor | The News Minute
March 16, 2019: Karnataka High Court Asks Government To Rest Elevated Corridor Project in Bengaluru | Metro saga
Feb 24, 2019: What’s keeping the BMTC from inducting electric buses? | The Times of India
Feb 16, 2019: Smoke alarm | The Times of India
Jan 24, 2019: Campaign against K'ntka's proposed statue on river Cauvery gets 10k signatures | The News Minute
Jan 24, 2019: Campaign against 125 foot statue on cauvery river gets stronger | City today
Jan 23, 2019: 9,000 say no to Cauvery statue at Krishnaraja Sagar Dam | Deccan Chroncile
Jan 19, 2019: Campaign against Cauvery statue, Disneyland at KRS | Deccan Herald
Jan 16, 2019: Stop widening NH4A’: Why activists are opposing expansion of Karnataka-Goa highway | The News Minute
Dec 30, 2018: Political will lacking to tackle Bengaluru's water crisis, says V Balasubramaniam | Deccan Chronicle
Dec 29, 2018: Save Bannerghatta: Over 12,000 people send their objections to the Ministry of Environment | One India
Dec 29, 2018: Over 45,000 citizens sign petitions against ESZ reduction | The Hindu
Dec 18, 2018: When our forests lose out to jungle raj | Daily hunt
Dec 18, 2018: For the first time in three years, an Indian bison was spotted in Bannerghatta National Park, even elephants are back! | India Times
Dec 17, 2018: Conservationists oppose reduction of eco-sensitive zone around Bannerghatta National Park | India Today
Dec 9, 2018: Discovery of deer carcass near Bannerghatta National Park sets off alarm bells | The Hindu
Nov 29, 2018: Bengalureans ramp up campaign to save Bannerghatta forest | India Today
Nov 28, 2018: BNP buffer zone cut: Online oppn gains momentum | Deccan Chronicle
Nov 9, 2018: Delhi pollution: Pair of clean artificial lungs installed before Diwali turns completely black in six days | Firstpost
Nov 9, 2018: Delhi post-Diwali: In just 6 days, ‘artificial lungs’ turn from white to black, AQI still ‘hazardous’ | Mirror Now
Nov 9, 2018: A Pair of Clean Lungs Was Installed In Delhi 6 Days Ago, This Is What It Looks Like After Diwali | News18
Nov 5, 2018: A Pair of Clean Lungs Was Installed In Delhi 6 Days Ago, This Is What It Looks Like After Diwali | News18
Nov 5, 2018: SHOCKING: Here's How Long Delhi's 'artificial Lung' Took To Turn From White To Black Under Prevailing Air Pollution | Republic
Nov 5, 2018: SHOCKING: Here's How Long Delhi's 'artificial Lung' Took To Turn From White To Black Under Prevailing Air Pollution | Republic
Nov 3, 2018: Installation depicting human lungs put up at hospital | The Hindu
Oct 1, 2018: Relentless burning of garbage in Bengaluru: Will the High Court come to our rescue? | The News Minute
Sep 21, 2018: Bad Air Year: India choked on 929 million tonnes of CO2 from thermal sector | The Times of India
Sep 21, 2018: What garbage burning does to Bengaluru: Asthma and heart attacks on the rise | The News Minute
Sep 18, 2018: Bengaluru's JP Nagar Residents sign petition to curb garbage burning | The New Indian Express
Sep 13, 2018: Garbage is a burning problem in Bengaluru and it refuses to die out | The News Minute
Sep 5, 2018: Air Pollution not a priority? K'taka skips filing action plan to curb air pollution | The News Minute
Aug 11, 2018: Little ‘lung’ pieces sent to officials | The New Indian Express
Aug 6, 2018: Air pollution cannot be taken lightly. And here’s proof | The Times of India
Aug 1, 2018: Why the Environment Ministry Should Be Expecting Pieces of Tarred Lungs In their Mail | CNN News18
Jul 27, 2018: Online petition against move to chop 200 trees at Indiranagar | Deccan Chronicle
Jul 3, 2018: "Kodaikanal Still Won't": What Unilever Should Know | The Indian Wire
Jul 2, 2018: Saved by the Bell? Delhi Citizens Give Missed Calls to Protect Their Trees | News 18
Jun 30, 2018: Real issue now out on reel; features Tamil Nadu as victim of environmental racism | The New Indian Express
Jun 29, 2018: 'Treat us like we are white': Sofia Ashraf, TM Krishna, Amrit Rao call out Unilever
Jun 29, 2018: ‘Kodai Still Won’t’: Sofia Ashraf & TM Krishna Hit Unilever Again | The Quint Jun 22, 2018: Delhi rallies to save 16,500 trees from being cut | India Today Jun 22, 2018: Delhi: 16,500 trees to be felled to build houses for govt officials | The Times of India Jun 21, 2018: While Delhi Chokes Under Pollution, Govt May Chop Off 17000 Trees To Accommodate 'Babus' | InUth Jun 21, 2018: 16,500 trees to be chopped in South Delhi to make way for government housing | Mirror Now Jun 21, 2018: Experts to perform yoga wearing masks | The Times of India Jun 20, 2018: While pollution is choking Delhi, 16,500 trees will be cut to build flats for sarkari babus, Bengaluru residents fume | Indiatimes May 2, 2018: Army violates ban on burning of waste in open spaces, Bengaluru residents fume | The News Minute Apr 13, 2018: New forest policy draws citizens' ire | Deccan Chronicle Mar 27, 2018: Garbage burning: 'Jhatkaa' for BBMP zonal commissioners | Deccan Chronicle Feb 28, 2018: How toxic is Bengaluru’s air? This installation shows you | The News Minute Feb 28, 2018: Jhatkaa! Air pollution very high in Bengaluru | Deccan Chronicle Feb 22, 2018: #Killbill bigger than #steelflyoverbeda? | The New Indian Express Feb 21, 2018: Here’s where you can get air quality data for Bengaluru | Bengaluru Citizen Matters Feb 12, 2018: Enough of compost plant stink, say protesting HSR residents | Deccan Chronicle Feb 2, 2018: #SaveAarey: Metro III Depot – An Excuse To Develop Real Estate In Aarey? | The Logical Indian Feb 2, 2018: When art helps drive home a critical message | Times of India Jan 31, 2018: City NGO, artiste want Bengaluru to breathe easy | The New Indian Express Jan 20, 2018: Mumbai: Hello, Mr CM, Please Don't Build Metro Shed In Aarey, Say Citizens | Mid-day Jan 16, 2018: Campaign to save Aarey from Metro car shed construction gets 2 lakh Mumbaiites’ support | Hindustan Times Jan 14, 2017: Green vs Growth: Forest dwellers demand scrapping of project | NewsX Dec 21, 2017: Why India’s Deadly Coal-Power Plants Will Continue Polluting | IndiaSpend Dec 12, 2017: Industry’s policy on new Indian pollution curbs: ignore them | Asia Times Dec 12, 2017: Breathing clean air or poison? | Deccan Chronicle Dec 11, 2017: These campaigners give Jhatkaa to govt agencies to work harder | Deccan Chronicle Dec 10, 2017: As Thermal Power Plants Miss Clean Up Deadline, Environment Ministry Mulls Over New Time Frame | News18.com Dec 8, 2017: Activists call for action against coal plants | The Hindu Dec 8, 2017: Coal-based power units flouting emission control norms: Report | ET-EnergyWorld Dec 8, 2017: 300 coal power plants throw pollution norms to wind | DNA Nov 30, 2017: Pune Bus Service Not Too Fussy About Environment | Mid-day Nov 2, 2017: CNG buses pushed in Indian city | The Manila Times Oct 31, 2017: Don’t buy 400 diesel buses, buy CNG: Pune citizens write to PMPML | Hindustan Times Oct 22, 2017: Increase in noise levels reported during Deepavali | Deccan Herald Oct 21, 2017: Bengaluru breathes easier this diwali | The New Indian Express Residents restart campaign against compost plant | The New Indian Express Residents join hands to save trees | The New Indian Express Chipko: HAL residents hug trees | Deccan Chronicle Over 3,000 sign petition against KCDC plant | The Hindu PMPML mulls procuring 400 brand new CNG-run buses | Times of India Air Pollution: Going the Delhi Way? | NDTV Under Cubbon Park canopy, citizens gather for trees | The New Indian Express Not enough green cover for people in the city, says expert | Deccan Herald Bangalore-based startup Jhatkaa.org sets up new platform to demand cleaner air | IndiaToday RTI Query Belies BBMP Claim On Green Panels | Deccan Herald Treeson on Jayamahal | Bangalore Mirror No Study Done On Decision To Axe 112 Trees On Jayamahal Road | The New Indian Express Does BBMP Care About Bengaluru’s Trees? According To Its RTI Replies, Not Really | The News Minute Trash Burns, Corporators Muck About | The New Indian Express Garbage Burning In Bengaluru A Burning Problem | The Hindu The Air We Breathe Is Killing Us | Bangalore Mirror Fumes From Burning Garbage More Harmful Than Vehicle Emissions | The Times of India