Municipality
Onset of New Year has left a mound of after party garbage in Brigade Road. But not to worry as Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike‘s (BBMP) new garbage sucker, Glutton is here! The new Belgian technology works on vacuum and can suck any amount of garbage including plastic covers, crackers, empty liquor bottles and any waste [...] Continue Reading »
The deadline for installing rain water harvesting (RWH) systems in all buildings was over December 31st. Out of 55,000 buildings, 33,338 units have complied with the deadline. Does it mean the other 20000 units have to face water disconnections? As per reports, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had plans of extending the deadline to March [...] Continue Reading »
The water pipeline project in Mumbai was about to be ready to use by the end of 2011. As usual the project is postponed! Due to procedural delays and slow pace work the water project has been postponed to upcoming year 2012. It has been three years since this water project started and the Navi [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) suggested that BBMP has been assigned to take care of illegal buildings. The civic body can deny any occupancy certificate if it founds any discrepancy. KERC also tells that BESCOM does not have any right to deny power supply to such buildings. Whether the flat is legal or illegal, BESCOM has [...] Continue Reading »
Footpaths are at its worse in Bangalore city! Footpaths are meant to be used, however they are never used by the pedestrians. Half of the population walk on roads thus creating disturbance to the commuters which intern results in traffic chaos, traffic jam or even road accidents! There is a chain of problems which follows [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Bangalore can breath a sigh of relief! The December 31 deadline for installing rain water harvesting system (RWH) has been shifted to March 31, 2012. This shifting of deadline could only be possible after a council meet between BBMP, BWSSB and various party leaders. Prior to shift of deadline, BWSSB had claimed to [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Radhakrishna Temple Ward are worried over lack of basic facilities and garbage menace for many days. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has to provide the basic amenities but has been neglecting the task of clearing garbage from the areas. The areas under the ward include HIG North, RMV Second Stage, Dollar Apartment, Lottegollahalli, [...] Continue Reading »
The present road medians and the tar roads are now planned to be re-constructed using cement. This is the latest initiative taken by Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The main agenda behind BBMP laying these new type of medians is the increase in number of accident cases on Sarjapur Main Road near the Agara Tank [...] Continue Reading »
Promises are kept aside as promise, they are never turned into actions! This is the down feel the residents of Bellandur ward has towards Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). The civic authorities in Bangalore seems to have never made up their mind to fill the potholes which are almost gaining the sizes of craters which [...] Continue Reading »
Now, developers have to do some social service to get an extra bit of floor space index (FSI)! According to the new development plan (DP), it has been proposed that extra FSI will be granted to those who are willing to build a public toilet on a part of their land. The new plan is [...] Continue Reading »
