BBMP Bangalore
According to a circular, the public is barred from entering the BBMP Office before 3 pm. The circular was issued to ensure that officials get more time to work, which will improve efficiency and help files move faster.The public will be able to meet with officials only on working days between 3 pm and 6 [...] Continue Reading »
Several aggrieved residents of Lakshminarayanapura staged a protest opposite the sub-division office of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The residents complained that water is supplied only for one hour a day, and not according to any timetable.The protest was organised under the aegis of the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) and Democratic Youth [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is finally girding up to tighten its property tax collection process.The BBMP has formed 385 crack teams who will survey all properties in the Palike’s jurisdiction to ascertain whether they have been accurately assessed under the self-assessment scheme (SAS) and appropriate amount has been paid in tax. As on [...] Continue Reading »
Betterment charges might soon be reintroduced as ‘improvement charges’ at reduced rates. The proposal was approved by the Palike’s tax and finance committee on Tuesday. As per the revised tariff, rates will be Rs 50-60 lesser than what were fixed earlier. These improvement charges will be collected from all converted lands in the outer areas. [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court pulled up the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for not taking any action against erring officers responsible for irregularities in allotment of sites. The division bench was hearing a writ appeal filed by the BDA against a single-judge bench order dated December 14, 2009. Muni Reddy had filed a petition before the [...] Continue Reading »
By January 2011, all property owners of Bangalore will get their updated unique Property Identification (PID) numbers.The new PIDs will be a complete identity of your property. Currently, only properties in core areas have PIDs – majority of them still have the old ward numbers and there’s no uniformity in digits.After January, one can access [...] Continue Reading »
The proposal of charging a cess for garbage will soon be implemented if the proposals of the finance and taxation committee of BBMP are approved.The committee will meet Today (on Tuesday) to discuss this and other issues relating to solid waste management such as review proposals on garbage disposal and the process of initiating tenders [...] Continue Reading »
After a cabinet meeting on Monday, the state government gave green signal to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) proposal to widen the stretch between Mekhri Circle to Cantonment Railway Station, via Jayamahal Road.The state Cabinet gave administrative approval to widen the road which is set to widen the stretch to sixlane road at a [...] Continue Reading »
The new changes in zonal regulations may restrict TDRs and ancillary use of buildings in residential areas.The use of transfer of development rights (TDR) might be restricted to only large properties along wide roads. These new changes in zonal regulations are subject to government approval to recommendations for the revised Master Plan 2015. If approved, [...] Continue Reading »
The huge apartment complexes, large malls, restaurants at every corner of the road and people visiting the malls parking their vehicles on the sides of the roads add traffic and other civic problems. The residents are forced to park their vehicles at Sheshadripuram as people visiting the malls park their vehicles on both the sides [...] Continue Reading »
