Considering a report that showed that the city municipal corporation, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), had collected a penalty of only Rs 11.66 crore from 3.84 lakh violators of the Rules between 2019 and 2023, the high court said the penalty amount recovered from each violator is too small to work as a deterrent.
Hundreds of dead fish were found floating in a Bengaluru lake over the weekend.
The KSPCB has identified 17 river stretches as polluted and want to study them.
"Having received clarification from the KSPCB, Bosch will commence operations at its location in Adugodi and Koramangala," Bosch Group India President Soumitra Bhattacharya said in a statement here today.