Bangalore
The Residents of SJR Redwoods at Haralur road had a painting exhibition in their apartment by Vani and Sujatha.Many art lovers were facinated by these oil paintings. Most of the paintings were based on themes like abstract, figurative, religion, spirituality etc. The painting exhibition was held at club house of the SJR Redwoods apartments. The [...] Continue Reading »
As the city spread and grew out of the central business district (CBD), many homeowners are renting out their residences to retailers as there is a huge demand for commercial property around residential areas. According to a survey, a mere 4-5 million sqft of ready retail space is currently available for retailers in the country. [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP is going tech savvy and introduce an automated building plan approval system. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in its budget, has proposed to introduce an automated building plan approval system that would curtail the time in obtaining plan approvals. The proposal is expected to serve two purposes firstly – avoid delay and enable [...] Continue Reading »
After much delay and dodging, an ambitious Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike budget was presented on Monday. This is also the first budget of the BBMP, formed after incorporating several areas into the city. The Budget lays emphasis on improving road network in the city. To address the infrastructure woes of the burgeoning metropolis, the Bruhat [...] Continue Reading »
An auto-pooling initiative undertaken by Seetharam Vishwanath, general manager, Outer Ring Road Companies Association(ORRCA), has gathered pace and 200-odd companies and 500-odd Bangaloreans have formed an auto-sharing fraternity. In fact, the ORRCA is currently trying to streamline its autorickshaw-pooling program in a structured manner. If everything falls in place, a city-wide launch of the auto-pooling [...] Continue Reading »
The Ejipura Ward Corporator Saroja Veerappa who noted the irregularities in cleaning the roads and clearing the garbage undertook an intensive cleaning drive in association with the BBMP and ST Bed Residents’ Welfare Association. ST Bed RWA president Rajendra Babu stated that some of the vacant sites had become the dumping ground for garbage and [...] Continue Reading »
Under the aegis of Federation of Senior Citizen Forums of Karnataka over 500 senior citizens took part in protest on August 16th 2010 in Cubbon Park. This was a part of a nationwide protest, organized by the Joint Action Committee of Senior Citizens demanding better implementation of pension policies and other government schemes meant for [...] Continue Reading »
Photo-Courtesy : Bhagya Prakash K (The Hindu) Ambalipura Lake, a 2.9-hectare water body which was earlier under the Forest Department, almost died at one point of time as the urban sprawl ate into its inlet and outlet streams. Moreover, sewage was being let into it. The rise in water logging and contamination killed nearly 250 [...] Continue Reading »
During an extensive property tax verification drive, BBMP found that the Diamond District apartment complex has not paid taxes since 2003. Diamond District on Old Airport Road owes the BBMP a mind-boggling Rs 9.9 crore. “This time, we will net all the big fish. By recovering the taxes and arrears pending, the BBMP can mop [...] Continue Reading »
It is not uncommon to hear BBMP officials demanding various sums of money to ‘get the work done’. But there is also a success story amidst them, which has inspired many others in the city to follow suit.People can apply for khatas in their apartments without paying any bribe. Basically there are two ways of [...] Continue Reading »
