Bangalore
Another effort made by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to eliminate garbage all over the city has been noted where 410 garbage trucks were sent to four landfills. Concerning the waste disposal, recently the High Court of Karnataka criticized the civic body for exhibiting a decent picture of the garbage clearance in the city. The count of [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seems not to get any respite from garbage issues. In a petition, the new approved garbage tender proposals floated by BBMP have been challenged by old contractors. The counselor for the petition says that the new proposals have many discrepancies. The new proposals require a pourakarmika to sweep at least [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent announcement made, the citizen services offered at the State Secretariat level will be brought under Sakala. All sakala services will be made online by March 31, 2013. This announcement was made by S. Suresh Kumar, Minister for BWSSB, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, after including 114 new services, including 12 offered by the Bangalore Development [...] Continue Reading »
With the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) decision to segregate the waste has only worsened matters and has increased the litter. As always, the street corners and the vacant sites have been the targets of litterbugs who are shying away to segregate the garbage instead opting for an easy way out. This eventually contradicts BBMP’s decision of increasing [...] Continue Reading »
In a drive against selling tobacco, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is set to stop selling tobacco and cigarettes within a 100-metre radius of educational institutions. Even smoking in public places will be restricted from November 9. A proper legal notice was filed, around 87 cases under Section 4 and 68 cases under Section [...] Continue Reading »
With the garbage crisis all over the city, Rajneesh Goel, Commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has promised to create a different Bangalore to the Bench of the Lok Adalat in the coming months. Goel stated that they are working towards introducing a total garbage disposal mechanism different from all these years. He also [...] Continue Reading »
The State Bank of India (SBI) has conducted a mega loan mela on the 20th & the 21st of October in North Karnataka (Hospet) in association with commonfloor.com. The mela was a grand success with well known builders and promoters, car companies, and even the prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce participating the event. [...] Continue Reading »
The civic authorities of Bangalore seem to have come up with a unique plan as a segregation plant, biogas converter and a gas-to-power plant will be set up in a vacant land near NMKRV College. The waste collected from eight wards in Padmanabhanagar Assembly constituency will be first segregated and converted to biogas. Then the [...] Continue Reading »
HRBR Layout in North Bangalore has witnessed significant appreciation in residential prices. The layout and its surroundings have developed rapidly in the past couple of years, leading to appreciation in housing prices. HRBR Layout is connected to Hennur Road. The locale has good educational institutions in and around the area. Also, there are several commercial [...] Continue Reading »
As the Metro Rail project progresses in Bangalore, the property prices in the vicinity have witnessed an increase. Now that phase between M G Road and Byappanahalli is complete, more and more people are using the metro service to commute to work and back on a daily basis. This trend is set to spread across [...] Continue Reading »
