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Four months before the Karnataka High court has asked to stop using the residential areas as commercial places. The implementation of the verdict became a big challenge for the authority. It is being noticed that the residential properties in Bangalore are converted to bookshops, restaurants and coffee joints. Many of these shops are operating without [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP has planned to outsource the additional work to clear mess created by the rain. They are planning to outsource the additional resources required during monsoon, as it will be a burden for the BBMP to keep more staff throughout the year. BBMP thinks that this decision will make the cleaning process faster as the [...] Continue Reading »
Kundanhalli Lake is surrounded by multi-storied buildings and apartments in Bangalore. The Lake bund is completely covered by the concrete jungle. According to the Supreme Court’s direction, it is illegal to construct any property within 30 meters from any lake bund. This rule is being violated by the builders and developers in Bangalore as many [...] Continue Reading »
Though the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) claims that they are prepared for the rainy season, the civic life of the city is always troubled during the monsoon. Every time it rains, the low-lying areas are flooded. The experts of civic issues have said that this happens as most of the primary and secondary storm-water [...] Continue Reading »
The Casa Ansal apartment residents at JP Nagar 3rd Phase in Bangalore are witnessing loads and heaps of garbage being dumped in front of their building’s compound wall. The whole of J P Nagar 3rd Phase is suffering this problem, however to the outer world the locality is one of the posh areas identified in [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP has planned to reconstruct the Ejipura EWS quarters. At present more than 1500 families are residing there and BBMP has started issuing biometric cards to people who were originally allotted houses by BBMP. After the collapse of few blocks of the quarters in 2003, many families moved out and rented their houses to other [...] Continue Reading »
To evacuate traders from the Russell market, BBMP has issued a notice to the traders at Russell Market that water supply to the market will be stopped and the toilets on the premises will be locked. Earlier the BBMP had disconnected the electricity supply in the market.But, the traders had pooled in funds and arranged [...] Continue Reading »
The road widening work at Jogupalya in Bangalore has been just started by BBMP. The illegal parking has congested Cambridge Road connecting the Jogupalya. BBMP has proposed road widening work to ease traffic congestion. This road widening will lead to demolition of houses and shops to allow space for parking vehicles. Though, the widening will improve [...] Continue Reading »
There is no civic body to take care of sewage water overflow at Siddapura Lake near Thobaralli and this has set a classic example of neglection shown by the civic authorities. The sewage water, which is flowing from thousands of dwellings including BEML Layout, ASC Layout and various apartments at different localities in Bangalore, is [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Development Authority has changed the rules for allotment of affordable apartments in Bangalore for the economically weaker section (EWS). BDA recently took up the residential apartment project for constructing 30,000 flats in 17 different places in Bangalore. According to the new rule ‘only people residing in BBMP’’s jurisdiction for not less than 10 [...] Continue Reading »
