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Satellite Town Ring Road : (STRR, [1] NH 948A and NH 648) is a 280.8-kilometre (174.5 mi) ring road under construction around Bangalore city, the capital of Karnataka state in India. This road passing through Dabaspet, Dodda Belavangala, Doddaballapur, Devanahalli, Vijayapura, Nandagudi, Malur, Sathyamangala, Perandapalli (Hosur), Beragapalli ...
Forest Survey of India (FSI), founded in June 1981 and headquartered at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, is the Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organisation which conducts forest surveys, studies and researches to periodically monitor the changing situations of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning, conservation and sustainable ...
The forest is the last one surviving in Bengaluru. It has slowly been encroached upon. It has also been used as an illegal garbage dump, which has negatively affected the wildlife. [17] [18] Frequent fires during the summers, both natural and those caused by locals, have significantly impacted certain species of plants that grow in this forest. [3]
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. [1] Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present. [2]
The Outer Ring Road (ORR) is a ring road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.This 60-kilometre-long (37 mi) road [1] was developed by the Bangalore Development Authority and different sections were opened progressively between 1996 and 2002.
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By way of comparison, the 'Urban Green Guidelines, 2014' issued by the Government of India calculates the average green space for cities worldwide at 18.6% and Bangalore's area of green space at less than 5%. [57] Bangalore compares unfavourably with New Delhi, which has retained 20% of its urban area as public open space. It also demonstrates ...
Yelahanka is a premium locality in north Bangalore and also a Taluk of Bangalore Urban district in the Indian state of Karnataka. [3] One of the zones of BBMP.It is the oldest part of present Municipal Bengaluru (Bangalore) city and the northern end of the city.