Bangalore
The BBMP had to arrange for five JCBs and 16 trucks to lift the garbage piles and clean up the shopping avenue which was filled with 90 tones of Diwali festival garbage leftover. The garbage piles created a pungent situation and the shop owners had to literally walk through the waste to reach their shops. [...] Continue Reading »
After the failure of various schemes like Ashraya Yojana and Rajiva Awas Yojana, the government is planning to build apartments for poor instead of independent houses which occupy more space. The government is planning to accommodate 2,000 to 3,000 citizens in each apartment complex. The Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authority (HDUDA), HDMC and the slum board [...] Continue Reading »
To create awareness regarding waste management among school children and their parents, the city corporation have organised an event. The event will have lectures and competition regarding the process of waste management. Belgaum City corporation (BCC) sources said that Bangalore city is facing severe garbage issues and the urban development department instructed all the state [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case against the real estate company DLF, a former administrator of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), and a former Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The First Information Report (FIR) registered states that a former commissioner of the BDA, the then administrator of the [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage contractors staged a protest in front of the office of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner demanding security for their vehicles and to take care of the garbage dumped at landfills. Rajneesh Goel, BBMP Commissioner declared that the BBMP would form a squad of five officials who will manage the sites during night [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has failed to resolve the matter of garbage crisis in the city is now knocking at the doors of department of mines and geology. In a meeting with the deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa and the ministers for large scale medium scale industries Murgesh Nirani regarding this issue, [...] Continue Reading »
East Bangalore locality Kaggadasapura have seen rise in rental values in the last one year. The rise in rental values in Kaggadasapura have eclipsed the increase in capital values. While capital values shot up by 10-15 per cent in the area, the rental values witnessed an escalation of 15-20 per cent during past year. The [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore’s office real estate is set to reach 100 million square feet by 2016-17. Bangalore’s commercial real estate capacity is going to double in just a span of seven years. Approximately 30 million square feet to the existing stock will translates into an addition of around 300,000 jobs over the next 4 -5 years. Since [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka government was rapped by the Karnataka high court for lack of initiatives taken up to tackle the mounting garbage problem. The high court has asked the government to identify five more landfill sites in five directions around Bangalore within two weeks for temporary disposal of garbage as there is no notifications of any [...] Continue Reading »
The recent rap by the High Court of Karnataka to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) concerning its feet on scientific garbage disposal, an initiation to set up a unique project was taken. This project will be set up near NMKRV college, Jayanagar. As per the segregation rule by the BBMP, the collected waste from the eight wards of Padmanabhanagar [...] Continue Reading »
