BBMP Bangalore
The BBMP officials are trying hard to find a solution for the uncleared garbage in the city. A permanent solution needs to be found to manage the estimated 3,500 tonne waste generated in the city. The residents of Mavallipura and Mandur have made it clear that they wont allow Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to dump anymore [...] Continue Reading »
Civic society members have raised their concerns on the constitution of the ward committees and transparency in their functioning as the Karnataka High Court directed the BBMP to form ward committees before 21st January. An NGO in association with several RWAs, had called for a workshop on ward committees. A higher official from Bruhat Bengaluru [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP committee explained that different approaches will be adopted to handle various types of waste. The committee made it very clear that the residents will be punished if segregation is not done at source. BBMP will not collect waste which are not segregated. Apartments in Bangalore too will have to segregate waste at source. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to replace the expansion joints on the Sirsi Circle flyover and the flyover will be partially closed to traffic. All the 14 joints will be replaced at a cost of Rs. 2.65 crore. Replacement of each joint will require at least five days. There was a huge [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted a report on the amount spent on garbage disposal, including salaries paid to pourakarmikas. They have spent Rs 25,708 lakhs on salaries of pourakarmikas, health inspectors and vehicles in the last four years, according to BBMP. Last week, the High Court asked BBMP to furnish this information. At [...] Continue Reading »
Basavanagar is one of the fast developing areas of Vignana Nagar ward in Bangalore. Basavanagar has become one of the wanted locality for people looking houses to rent. A number of builders have launched housing projects in the locality. The real estate in Basavanagar is increasing as it is close to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and other [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has marked 600 acres of land near Togarighatta village in Koratagere taluk of Tumkur district in order to dump garbage. A private developer has proposed to build a garbage processing unit in Togarighatta for which both the State Pollution Control Board and BBMP have given the green signal. The [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP has finally decided to withdraw the three percent garbage cess on the property tax collected from bulk generators in the Palike council meeting. The cess had become a argument between the bulk generators and the civic agency. The high court questioned Palike about the logic behind imposing garbage cess when the bulk generators [...] Continue Reading »
The Kanakapura road’s condition is deteriorating as well as the traffic gives the people in the area nightmares. Once a lush green area, Kanakapura has become a bustling commercial suburb after it became a part of the National Highway 209. The life of locals in this area and the commuters travelling on this road is [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The residents of Govindapura area in Nagawara ward have been facing a series of civic issues including water shortage, poor infrastructure, lack of proper sanitation and sewage system for past many years. Though the area comes under BBMP limits, there is no drinking water and bore-well water is supplied ten days once, complained residents. [...] Continue Reading »
