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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has violated the Karnataka High Court’s order by granting permission to construct nine commercial complexes in Malleswaram. An interim order passed in January, HC said, it will not be giving permission to reconstruct or redevelop residential areas near private homes in areas like Jayanagar, Malleswaram, Richmond Town and Vasanthnagar. [...] 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 »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for 2012-13 will be presented only after Hindu Lunar month of ‘Ashada’ considered ‘inauspicious’. The BJP, which is the Ruling Party in the BBMP Council, has promised a realistic budget. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy and chairperson of the Standing Committee for Taxation and Finance K.A. Muneendra Kumar had [...] Continue Reading »
Mysore Road widening work shocked the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) works panel as they found out that the consultancy services monitoring the work does not have a laboratory in Bangalore. The service of M/s Cos Consultancy has been cancelled immediately by Committee chairman NR Sridhar Reddy and he decided to send notices to the [...] Continue Reading »
As monsoon has started in Bengaluru, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) says that it is ready to meet any monsoon emergencies this year. BBMP commissioner M K Shankarlinge Gowda said, storm water drain (SWD) system is efficient and is capable of carrying storm water even with a high intensity of rain. Preventive measures are been [...] Continue Reading »
Mayor, D Venkatesh Murthy has announced that the budget for the city for the year 2012-13 would be introduced by the end of this month. He said that the upcoming budget will be a real one. He also said due to the slow progress of few other projects, which had been under way for three-four [...] 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 »
BESCOM will help the BBMP to identify all the properties in Bangalore, which will help BBMP to find out all the property tax defaulters in the city. The BBMP will collect data available with BESCOM, based on electricity meter connections. BBMP has estimated that there are more than 22,000 apartment buildings in Bangalore with more [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified sources from where it is losing revenue. In a survey to reassess buildings in tech parks for property tax at Mahadevapura revealed that the Palike has been cheated of crores by commercial and IT buildings, which do not pay tax according to the law. BBMP found that 10 [...] Continue Reading »
Marathalli was a small village on the outskirts of Bangalore. Recently the area has emerged as a colony for a sizable IT population of Bangalore. Property market of Bangalore saw a rapid growth in Marathalli. Several high rising luxurious apartments are present in Marathalli. Recently the residents of the apartments in Marathalli are facing many [...] Continue Reading »
