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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may face charges of contempt of the court as the High Court in a hearing put BBMP under scanner for entering into a third party deal with Maverick Holdings for construction of flats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) at Ejipura. The Bench heard many folded petitions filed by some [...] Continue Reading »
The condition of Victoria Road in Bangalore city is in pathetic condition causing problem to patients coming to Victoria hospital and to the Majestic-bound motorists from Ulsoor, Viveknagar and other areas. The BBMP authorities, who create a lot of fuss whenever a house owner digs road for water or electricity connection, are not taking any [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to construct shelter homes and is in the process of identifying land for the project. Palike has already received Rs nine crore from the State Government for the project. The BBMP has already set up temporary shelter homes at 13 locations in the city accommodating a total [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been permitted to borrow Rs 1,000 crore loan from banks and financial institutions as it is facing a financial crunch by Karnataka government. The Corporation recently presented a budget of Rs 9500 crore and has been pleading the state government for financial assistance. The cabinet has approved the [...] Continue Reading »
Police are furious with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) plans to construct a Palike Bazaar and an underground parking lot at Freedom Park. Police have been allowing protests, demonstrations and large gatherings at Freedom Park as they fear the proposed projects at Freedom Park will result in an acute space crunch. A police officer [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) budget session was committed to Ramky Environ, which manages the Mavallipura dumping yard. Opposition leader MK Gunashekar questioned the mayor that why the ruling party was protecting Ramky’ engineers who were responsible for water and air pollution in the area and surrounding villages. Gunashekar accused Ramky of polluting the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has planned to install a biometric system in order to make flawless issue of permanent khatas (property ownership documents) and to eliminate corruption in property transactions, including doctoring of khatas. This move will safeguard the genuine property owners’ interests. The fingerprints will be matched in order to authenticate the ownership. [...] Continue Reading »
The opposition leader MK Gunashekar has said that the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for 2012-13 is highly unrealistic and many infrastructure projects planned for this year will not be executed in the BBMP council on Monday. Ruled by BJP, the BBMP has failed to maintain transparency in preparing the budget and the budget [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday presented an inflated budget for 2012-13 fiscal with an outlay of Rs. 9,498.90 crore which is Rs. 100 crore more than the 2011-12 budget. Chairperson of the Standing Committee for Taxation and Finance K.A. Muneendra Kumar said the total anticipated revenue was Rs. 9,288.95 crore, while the [...] Continue Reading »
The state government has issued a notification regarding nominating 16 persons to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council on Thursday. The nominations have been made on the basis of constituency. All the nominees are senior BJP workers and followers of MLAs and ministers, BBMP sources said. Most of the nominees did not succeed in [...] Continue Reading »
