Bangalore
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is blamed for the potholes in many arterial roads in the city, which is in turn has aggravated the traffic problem in the city. The pothole-ridden arterial roads across the city, particularly in the central business district, particularly in Majestic area, are being identified as the main culprit of the [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore civic administration has promised to rid the city from thousands of tonnes of overflowing garbage. However, search for land to dump garbage is not yet over. The residents around Mandur, about 45 km north of Bangalore, have agreed to resumption of dumping of garbage in the area on the fulfillment of certain conditions. The [...] Continue Reading »
Whitefield has emerged as a real estate hub in Bangalore as it has witnessed both commercial and residential developments. The credit befalls good connectivity. Marathahalli bridge construction has been a boon for growth of real estate in the area. Residential facilities, along with well designed office space are increasingly coming up. The Old Airport Road, [...] Continue Reading »
Ramky Group came under fire from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP Mayor Venkatesh Murthy has committed to initiate criminal action against the Ramky group for serious violations of contractual obligations. The violations include non-compliance with various environmental and social standards and for contaminating soil and water in Mavallipura and surrounding villages. The mayor conceded [...] Continue Reading »
Residential prices have soared in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, an area located in South Bangalore. The locality in Bannerghatta road enjoys good metro connectivity along with good road infrastructure. Apart from schools, colleges and hospitals, the locality offers ample scope for residential needs to be catered to. The last six months witnessed price rise across residential sector. [...] Continue Reading »
The office space market in Bangalore seems to have taken a hit as office space absorption has been dropping by about 12 percent quarter-on-quarter. According to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) India, the first quarter witnessed growth due to companies like Axis Aerospace & Technologies leasing space in Vaswani Centropolis, KPMG leasing space in Salarpuria Hallmark [...] Continue Reading »
Yelahanka in Bangalore is witnessing a peculiar trend where independent villas have come up in a significant number. Although big apartments have become the norm after IT revolution in Bangalore, few pockets still have demand for villas. About 80 per cent of the dwellings set up in the stretch extending from Yelahanka to Doddaballapur are [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP is on the hunt to identify vacant land in Bangalore to dump garbage. They are searching for available land on the outskirts to dump garbage on a temporary basis. Sources reveal that BMTC’s rocky vacant land in city limits will be used as temporary dump yards. The deputy mayor’s efforts to convince the villagers [...] Continue Reading »
As BBMP plans to make segregation of waste at source mandatory in Bangalore very soon, active citizens have been already following the procedure in few areas of the city. Areas like RT Nagar, HMT Layout, Anandnagar, Sanjaynagar and Dollars Colony have been practicing segregation at source for over six months now. Full Circle Trust, a [...] Continue Reading »
JnNURM directorate under the Ministry of Urban Development has issued a circular to the principal secretaries of urban development departments of all the states and union territories to adopt BBMP’s model of the property identification (PID) system. Based on Geographic Information System(GIS), BBMP has developed PID numbers to be allotted to properties for property tax [...] Continue Reading »
