Municipality
BBMP asks citizens to alert civic body about illegal dumping of debris in lakes and other places. Their names will not be made public. At the same time, they will be given a Rs 2,000 cash reward while the culprits will be fined Rs 10,000. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) wants the help of citizens [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body) to evolve a mechanism in two months time to prevent fire accidents in high rise buildings resulting in loss of human lives. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice A S Bopanna passed the order while hearing a [...] Continue Reading »
In the last three months alone, the Hakimpet Kunta lake originally spread over an area of over 10 acres has shrunk by a good 10-15 per cent, thanks to illegal dumping of debris in the water body. While Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials had in the past fenced the lake to keep encroachers at [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found a series of lapses on the part of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in preventing pollution in the Bangalore Metropolitan Area (BMA). CAG report nails KSPCB, BDA, BWSSB & KPCL. According to the report for the financial year 2010 tabled in the Assembly, [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP will levy the proposed Garbage Cess or Solid Waste Management (SWM) Cess from April 1. The cess will be levied on residential and non-residential units based on the dimensions of the land on which they stand. The annual cess will be levied on property tax. It has to be paid within the first [...] Continue Reading »
With the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) setting a March 15 deadline to implement the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2009, the BBMP’s technical staff will randomly test bags being sold and seize them if they don’t measure up. From Tuesday, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will seize plastic bags less than [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Water Supply And Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has been searching for an elusive electrical mechanic for the last four years. That’s the excuse water board is giving for not repairing equipment of treatment plant or at least that is the reason being cited for releasing untreated sewage into Narasapura lake near Vidyaranyapura. The effluent [...] Continue Reading »
[Pic] Bangalore Metro will cause more trees to go, this time from a stretch of Ambedkar Veedhi. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has begun to cut trees to make way for the underground station, between the High court and Vidhana Soudha. Shrubs and trees on the high court side too have been cut, [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP give an option to the builders either leave open spaces or pay market value As if the dwindling tree cover is not enough, it is an open invitation to expand the concrete jungle that Bangalore is becoming. The BBMP has given an option to the builders of apartment complexes either leave 10% for open [...] Continue Reading »
Tension prevailed at Sardar Patel Nagar in Kukatpally on Saturday as the GHMC officials got demolished several ‘illegally built’ structures and houses while the residents of Sardar Patel Nagar-Kukatpally tried to resist them. Accompanied by huge contingents of police led by Kukatpally ACP T. Sarat Babu and demolition squads, the GHMC town planning unit officials [...] Continue Reading »
