Report cards for Bengaluru MPs and MLAs based on how they have spent their Local Area Development (LAD) funds.

"Uncovering the Hidden Pollution in the Arkavathi - Emerging Contaminants Impacting Bengaluru & Beyond" is a report from Paani.Earth on the contaminants found in Arkavathi river due to testing. This report summarizes the results of pollution testing along the Arkavathi River conducted by Paani.Earth, in collaboration with the International Centre for Clean Water, in February and March 2024. The study quantifies the risks of emerging pollutants such as pesticides, hazardous industrial pollutants, and heavy metals by evaluating dry season pollution samples from seven sites along the Arkavathi and its tributary, the Vrishabhavathi River. Paani tested samples for 65 unique water and 20 unique sediment pollution parameters. This report then compares testing results to national and international standards and guidelines for freshwater and sediment pollution. Citation: Paani.Earth. (2025). Uncovering the Hidden Pollution in the Arkavathi: Emerging Contaminants Impacting Bengaluru & Beyond.

Booth level votes data for Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban and Pune district assembly constituencies.

NEERI report on lakes in Bengaluru in collaboration with BBMP.

Assessment of long-term changes in lakes and natural drainage patterns of Bengaluru city using historical satellite images is a research paper from November 2019. Authors: R.Hebbar, V.Poompavai, R.Sudha, T.R.Nagashree, S.Ramasubramoniam, K.S.Ramesh, K.Ganesha Raj, Uday Raj : NSRC, ISRO, India Seema Garg, C.K. Shivanna, Ramacharya, Honniah, R.Velumani, K.P. Akash: KLCDA, Government of Karnataka, India

Independent Report On Status of Lakes in Bangalore Under Lake Development Authority is a report by the Environment and Sustainability Group (ESG).

Survey of Irrigation Tanks as wetland habitats is a report by B.K. Chakrapani, Milind Desai, Joseph George, S. Karthikeyan, M.B. Krishna, U. Harish Kumar, O.C. Naveein, S. Sridhar, T.S. Srinivasa, N. Srinivasan, S. Subramanya

Study of Anganwadis in 5 districts of Karnataka is a study by the following organisations: ESP Vijayapura Unit headed by Teyol Machado SJ 1. Center for Non-Formal Education, Vijayapura 2. Nava Sannidhya, Vijayapura 3. Sangama CIRD, Sindagi 4. Nirmalalaya, Almel 5. JMJ, Devara Hipparagi 6. Deepalaya, Indi 7. Sevasadan, Muddebihal 8. Snehasadan, Kanakal ESP Mundgod Unit headed by Jerald D Souza SJ 9. Loyola Vikas Kendra, Mundgod 10. Loyola Vikas Kendera, Hangal 11. Jyothi, Mundgod 12. Roshni, Hangal 13. Holy Cross, Mainalli ESP Manvi Unit headed by Don Prem Lobo SJ 14. Loyola Center for Social Action, Manvi 15. Vimukthi Charitable Trust, Pothnal 16. Janodaya, Manvi 17. CIRW, Anekal

Analysis of criminal cases of candidates from Bengaluru Urban from major parties in the 2024 General Elections. The report is from BPAC and Daksh

Climate Resilient Cities - Assessing differential vulnerability to climate hazards in urban India is a report from WRI India. It is authored by: Lubaina Rangwala, Sudeshna Chatterjee, Avni Agarwal, Bhanu Khanna, Ike Uri, Bina Shetty, Raj Bhagat Palanichamy, and Ananya Ramesh.

How Water Flows Through Bengaluru is a report on the Urban Water Balance in Bengaluru. The report is from WELL Labs and authored by Rashmi Kulranjan, Shashank Palur and Muhil Nesi

Libraries in Pune

Ground water depth in Bengaluru

Resettled in the Paths of Floods is a report from IRCDUC from Dec 2023. It highlights how resettlement in response to floods has tended to settle families in flood vulnerable areas repeatedly.

Five years of the National Clean Air Programme is a report from Climate Trends, a research organisation.

Urban Govt and Master Plan of Bangalore City is a report from the Institute of Town Planners from 2010. It is a critique of the Bangalore Master Plan of 2015 and how it can be improved.

Study by EMPRI, Government of Karnataka on the presence of heavy metals in vegetables sourced in markets in Bengaluru City.

Urban Planning Characteristics to Mitigate Climate Change in context of Urban Heat Island Effect is a report prepared for EMPRI by TERI India. The objective of the report is: "To study the Urban Heat Island effect within different pockets of Bangalore with respect to urban planning and develop relation between planning characteristics and microclimate, which will be useful for urban planners/authorities to mitigate UHI and climate change in newly developing areas of Bangalore"

Locating the public in environmental decision-making is a report of a study by Meenaki Kapoor and Krithika A. Dinesh for the International center for not-for-profit law.

Missing forests of Mumbai is a report by Vanashakthi, a Mumbai based NGO.