BBMP Bangalore
Civic administration in Bangalore came to a halt on Wednesday as 12,000 employees of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stopped their work. The employees were protesting against the alleged interference of the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) in BBMP’s work. With the employees’ union threatening to continue with the protest a bunch of civic [...] Continue Reading »
Healthcare solutions provider e-Kshema has set up 18 affordable health kiosks in Bangalore. On the backdrop of rising dengue and malaria cases, it comes as a reprieve to the population belonging to low income section. These kiosks are set to provide medical check-ups including tests for just Rs.120. The facilities include general check-up of body [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council has passed a resolution to include Electronics City under its fold for administrative purposes. As per resolution, villages in and around Electronics City will be merged under the BBMP’s jurisdiction. At present the electronic city has a total built up area of over 3 crore sq. feet. Though [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) plan to include Electronics City under its jurisdiction, to raise more money, has angered the companies and their employees in the E-City. It is currently maintained by Electronic City Association, which is the best industrial estate of India and the pride of Bangalore. The association gets the cost of maintenance [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of Koramangala say that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) manipulated tenders to favour contractors and floated tenders to move trees after they were already moved. Between May 26 and 27, the BDA cut over 34 trees along Sarjapur Road for the signal-free corridor extending from Sirsi Circle to Agara Junction and passing through Koramangala, [...] Continue Reading »
Stray dogs in Bangalore have become a menace to people on the road, especially children and two-wheeler riders. There are about 2 lakhs stray dogs in the streets of the city. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials concede that the city’s stray dog number is on the rise despite BBMP’s Animal Birth Control programme [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to open Disaster Management Centres (DMCs) in all its eight zones. The DMCs will be set up to provide medical treatment to people in case of a terror attack or spread of diseases in the city. The civic body plans to open a center at its head [...] Continue Reading »
The parking policy which has been recently approved by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has brought no hope for the city drivers. The policy that was framed by the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) saw many changes and some other proposals were made by the civic body. The points which would had minimized the [...] Continue Reading »
After the recent High Court’s order, BBMP has plans of amending the betterment charge to a reasonable one. The betterment charge was first used for those sites getting converted from agricultural purposes to non-agricultural purposes after approval from the deputy commissioner. The Taxation and Finance (T&F) of the civic body has decide to modify a [...] Continue Reading »
The Casa Ansal apartment residents at JP Nagar 3rd Phase in Bangalore are witnessing loads and heaps of garbage being dumped in front of their building’s compound wall. The whole of J P Nagar 3rd Phase is suffering this problem, however to the outer world the locality is one of the posh areas identified in [...] Continue Reading »
