BBMP Bangalore
The BBMP had to arrange for five JCBs and 16 trucks to lift the garbage piles and clean up the shopping avenue which was filled with 90 tones of Diwali festival garbage leftover. The garbage piles created a pungent situation and the shop owners had to literally walk through the waste to reach their shops. [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage contractors staged a protest in front of the office of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner demanding security for their vehicles and to take care of the garbage dumped at landfills. Rajneesh Goel, BBMP Commissioner declared that the BBMP would form a squad of five officials who will manage the sites during night [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seems not to get any respite from garbage issues. In a petition, the new approved garbage tender proposals floated by BBMP have been challenged by old contractors. The counselor for the petition says that the new proposals have many discrepancies. The new proposals require a pourakarmika to sweep at least [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quarters in Ejipura have staged a dharna opposing their eviction by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP have started the eviction to facilitate the joint development of the land with a private partner. As per the agreement, 1,512 flats for EWS will be constructed on one half [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Malleswaram, Bangalore have shown the way to manage the waste in a neat manner. They have launched a project ‘My Malleswaram’, to dispose of waste scientifically. The project will be carried out in association with BBMP, where 90 per cent of the wet waste collected from houses and commercial establishments in Malleswaram will [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has claimed that its garbage segregation strategy has met with ‘partial success’ and that there has been a huge demand for wet waste. As reports of segregation failing in many parts of the city appeared in the media, the civic body has put forward the example of Yelahanka zone [...] Continue Reading »
With just three days left for the mandatory segregation of waste imposed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), there have been grave efforts put by the BBMP, the Residents Welfare Associations (RWA) and the Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) to ensure that the city is all spick and span and is able to manage the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will begin a crackdown against illegal hoardings from today. The illegal hoardings will include posters/flex boards/bill boards put up by political personalities/supporters/organisations conveying birthday wishes/festival greetings/obituaries on the roadside, electric poles and tree trunks. The civic body has decided to produce video graphed evidence against culprits in the court [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to verify the proposal for widening 216 roads in the city within a month. Roads in various ares like Goripalya, Padarayanapura, Gandhi Bazaar and Chamarajpet have been inspected by mayor D Venkatesh Murthy, following complaints from commuters. A committee has been formed to verify the proposals to widen [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started an extensive drive to collect dues from property tax evaders from the city. The civic body has begun the drive as they are taking a strict stand against tax evaders. The municipal commissioner stated that they will start to seize properties of those who refuse to pay [...] Continue Reading »
