Bangalore
Bangalore is a thirsty city, and faces a shortage of 225 million litres of water per day (mld). This shortfall is expected to go up to 1030 mld by 2036. Even the Cauvery is not enough for a Bangalore and The BWSSB is now looking far and wide, and proposes to fetch water from the [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of the upscale Sadashivanagar had wanted the civic authorities to either restrict movement of vehicles on 18th cross road or to provide them with more parking space. BBMP responded to it, saying it would widen the road at the cost of pavements to give residents their desired parking space. Now the civic body [...] Continue Reading »
An amendment to the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Act was made in August 2009 to make rainwater harvesting system (RWH) mandatory for new constructions and a nine-month deadline for existing buildings but there was confusion as the specifics were not clear. The government now cleared the air by issuing the necessary guidelines [...] Continue Reading »
Everybody involved in the TDR (transferable development rights) tangle seems to have forgotten a simple truth. The TDR was a scheme meant to preserve open spaces and heritage buildings in the heart of a city, moving development to outskirts. But in Bangalore, it has morphed into taking chunks of land away from home owners. BBMP, [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the ongoing Metro Railway work and in view of the fourth one-day international cricket match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, City Traffic police have requested the people to use alternative zones to park vehicles. Thousand policemen include 16 ACPs, 50 police inspectors, 100 sub inspectors, 100 head constables and 660 constables have been deputed [...] Continue Reading »
The idea to have underground parking lots beneath playgrounds was mooted some months ago in view of the acute paucity of land for parking spaces. The BBMP is going ahead with parking slots under some playgrounds but there has been no public notice on this hotly-debated project, which was once declared “shelved”. Malleswaram residents say [...] Continue Reading »
It must be made absolutely clear to all property owners that TDR is `optional’ says panel. The panel has instead advocated Town-Planning (TP) schemes for road widening. Reduced Floor Area Ratio (FAR) is another main recommendation. The committee said that unless this happens, TDR will not be effective in Bangalore. Transferable development rights (TDR) is [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Defence Colony in Indiranagar have been suffering from stomach upset and gastroenteritis symptoms for the past 15 days. The residents also complained that the water that they received was green in colour and smelt bad. But for the entire fortnight they were unaware about what led to the problem. It was later discovered [...] Continue Reading »
There’s nothing hide-and-seek about paying or accepting bribes in government offices. In fact, Bangalore has sped ahead of other cities to top the chart and leads in India’s bribery chart. It scores from among 200 cities, followed by Mumbai, Chennai and Pune. Bangalore leads the tally on the website (www.ipaidabribe.com) with 259 bribe reports about [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP will send notices to the property tax defaulters of 2008-09 and 2009-10 across Bangalore to adhere to the payments, failing which the civic body would attach properties of the defaulters for the year 2010-11.Fed up with the poor response despite several reminders to meet the tax payment deadline of November 29, the Bruhat Bangalore [...] Continue Reading »
