BBMP Bangalore
BBMP commissioner ordered BBMP officials to cancel the licences of garbage contractors if they do not start off with the work. The Councillor of Vidyaranyapura ward said that BVG India Ltd has taken the garbage contract four months ago but still it has not started with the work. BVG India Ltd has neither supplied materials [...] Continue Reading »
M Visvesvaraya Layout, located near Nagarbhavi, is a BDA layout in Bangalore which is presently experiencing a difficult situation of water crisis. The layout in the western part of Bangalore is facing acute water shortage problem as land ownership issues have blocked a crucial water supply project. M Visvesvaraya Layout was developed before the cursed [...] Continue Reading »
Keep your property documents ready before survey department officials come to your door steps for registration under Urban Property Ownership Record (UPOR) process. This is the first initiative in India to streamline the ownership registration of urban properties. It is expected to start soon in Bangalore. The move includes issuing of Property Records (PR) cards [...] Continue Reading »
BBMP plans to take over a major part of land from the farmers of Karenhalli, 35 kms away from Bangalore in Ramangaram district, to set up a solid waste management plant. In return, they plan to give the farmers only a Transferable Development Right (TDR) certificate. As there is a likeliness that there might be a [...] Continue Reading »
The Budget 2013 does not hold any hope for Bangalore which has been reeling under garbage crisis. Moreover, the two big landfills at Mandur and Mavallipura area a great failure. Member of the Supreme Court appointed committee says that waste- to- energy and industrial solution projects are not applicable. Environmentally, they are risky as they [...] Continue Reading »
All property tax defaulters who claimed their four-stored houses as two-storyed in the self assessment scheme will face problem now. The Palike is going to verify the tax paid by defaulters through random check. BBMP Commissioner has set a deadline of one more month for his officials to track property tax defaulter across the city [...] Continue Reading »
Now even the people living in the outskirts of Bangalore have to pay equal property tax. The BBMP council approved the reorganization of six tax zones for tax collection. After the state government approves the BBMP’s proposal, the process of re-classification will begin. People living in the outskirts of the city which falls in c, [...] Continue Reading »
Many residential and commercial associations are coming forward with promises to clean garbage by having their own solid waste management and scientific disposal system, after the BBMP’s campaign ” Wake up, Clean up Bengaluru” happened earlier this month. The waste from bulk generators in the city will no longer be transported to the landfills. Instead, it will [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is in dilemma over the implementation of its proposal to raise the property tax by 15%. In the BBMP council meeting, commissioner Siddaiah has proposed a hike in property tax, but the minister in charge, Ashoka has opposed the property tax hike proposal fearing the backlash of voters in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) hinted that Bangalore may face water crisis this summer. An BWSSB officials said the Cauvery tribunal award notified that, despite the water shortage in the state’s reservoirs, Tamil Nadu will be supplied Cauvery river water. The situation has became worse in the last five years. Water level [...] Continue Reading »
