Municipality
Trees planted by forest department nine years back have been chopped to make way for a new road. The new road will connect Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK) campus to University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus in Hebbal. GKVK campus begins from one end of Sahakaranagar. This road will also help connect Vidyaranapura to Bellary [...] Continue Reading »
According to a circular, the public is barred from entering the BBMP Office before 3 pm. The circular was issued to ensure that officials get more time to work, which will improve efficiency and help files move faster.The public will be able to meet with officials only on working days between 3 pm and 6 [...] Continue Reading »
Several aggrieved residents of Lakshminarayanapura staged a protest opposite the sub-division office of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The residents complained that water is supplied only for one hour a day, and not according to any timetable.The protest was organised under the aegis of the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) and Democratic Youth [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has decided to introduce e-payment facilities for vehicle registration and driving licenses, vehicle permits and fitness certificates. The facility will first be introduced for registration of vehicles by dealers and then extended to payments. The department has tested the software and is now making certain modifications to make it more simplified. The [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is finally girding up to tighten its property tax collection process.The BBMP has formed 385 crack teams who will survey all properties in the Palike’s jurisdiction to ascertain whether they have been accurately assessed under the self-assessment scheme (SAS) and appropriate amount has been paid in tax. As on [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is asked to give details of unauthorized residential flats constructed in the city and the action taken by the agency against such constructions. The Madras High Court has directed the CMDA to file an affidavit giving the details. The affidavit should be filed by November 12. The matter has [...] Continue Reading »
Betterment charges might soon be reintroduced as ‘improvement charges’ at reduced rates. The proposal was approved by the Palike’s tax and finance committee on Tuesday. As per the revised tariff, rates will be Rs 50-60 lesser than what were fixed earlier. These improvement charges will be collected from all converted lands in the outer areas. [...] Continue Reading »
By January 2011, all property owners of Bangalore will get their updated unique Property Identification (PID) numbers.The new PIDs will be a complete identity of your property. Currently, only properties in core areas have PIDs – majority of them still have the old ward numbers and there’s no uniformity in digits.After January, one can access [...] Continue Reading »
The proposal of charging a cess for garbage will soon be implemented if the proposals of the finance and taxation committee of BBMP are approved.The committee will meet Today (on Tuesday) to discuss this and other issues relating to solid waste management such as review proposals on garbage disposal and the process of initiating tenders [...] Continue Reading »
The huge apartment complexes, large malls, restaurants at every corner of the road and people visiting the malls parking their vehicles on the sides of the roads add traffic and other civic problems. The residents are forced to park their vehicles at Sheshadripuram as people visiting the malls park their vehicles on both the sides [...] Continue Reading »
