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The Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR) project is stabilising in the four cities of Mysore, Shimoga, Hubli-Dharwad and Mangalore. The plan is to electronically link the offices of the sub-registrars, corporations and municipalities, courts, and the Department of Survey, Settlement and Land Records (SSLR). Once the project is over, detailed record of the properties can [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has cancelled partial occupancy certificates for few blocks in IBC Knowledge Park on Bannerghatta Road. According to BBMP’s notice which was issued in December last week, Block C and Block D of the Knowledge Park did not comply with the building guidelines by IBC group developer. The partial occupancy certificate [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is soon planning to build towers on important entry points within the authority limits on the boundary of the city. Founder of Bangalore city, Kempegowda had constructed four such towers which marks the boundary of the city. If everything goes according to the plan, people entering Bangalore city will be welcomed by splendid [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- On one side the villagers of Tumkur Zilla have decided to protest the decision of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to dump garbage there while on other side, residents of Madhur have set up their campaign to get BBMP stick to their promise of not dumping any garbage from February 2013. Mandhur residents had several meetings with the concerned authorities [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has marked 600 acres of land near Togarighatta village in Koratagere taluk of Tumkur district in order to dump garbage. A private developer has proposed to build a garbage processing unit in Togarighatta for which both the State Pollution Control Board and BBMP have given the green signal. The [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP has finally decided to withdraw the three percent garbage cess on the property tax collected from bulk generators in the Palike council meeting. The cess had become a argument between the bulk generators and the civic agency. The high court questioned Palike about the logic behind imposing garbage cess when the bulk generators [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Mandur residents are annoyed as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continues unsystematic dumping of mixed garbage at the landfill without providing them adequate health services and drinking water as promised earlier. Residents are exposed to health hazards as the garbage is being dumped unscientifically. Dangerous diseases like dengue, influenza and malaria have become [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has directed all its 550 health inspectors and environment engineers to take pictures of uncleared garbage and upload them in the designated folder of BBMP website. For this purpose they have been provided with Android phones too. Only after the high court’s interference with BBMP regarding its inefficient management [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The construction of an organic waste convertor unit at Jayanagar was opposed by the residents fearing the negative effects of the convertor. Concerned about the health hazards associated with the organic waste converter unit, the residents of Jayanagar staged a protest to stop the unit from being set up on the Jayanagar swimming pool [...] Continue Reading »
Despite the Defence Colony residents sincerely segregating dry and wet waste, the unconcerned Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) pourakarmikas are mixing up the waste collected from them. Distressed residents are now planning on a systematic disposal of waste through private agencies. The untrained garbage collectors have been messing up the segregated wastes in the garbage trolleys, [...] Continue Reading »
