Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
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 Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is blamed for the potholes in many arterial roads in the city, which is in turn has aggravated the traffic problem in the city. The pothole-ridden arterial roads across the city, particularly in the central business district, particularly in Majestic area, are being identified as the main culprit of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to issue Property Identity (PID) numbers to all property owners from September 15. The aim is to bring 16 lakh properties in Bangalore under the tax net to increase the revenue collection. Palike sources state that PID scheme is in the final stages. Properties in the [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which enforces building bylaws has reportedly turned a violator itself. The new eight-storey building constructed at the civic agency’s headquarters allegedly violates norms made mandatory by the authority. Contrary to bylaw stipulations that buildings over 15 metres tall should have an underground basement and ground floor reserved for parking, [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP has decided to discuss ECC Road widening issue with the residents of Sunflower Villas, Whitefield. When nearby villagers pulled down compound walls of two villas and also dug up pits in front of them, the police had to intervene. According to sources, the major works department at the BBMP head office is widening [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to set up a biogas plant in Bangalore. The civic body has roped in Pune-based Mailhem Engineers to build a biogas plant. The plant designs to convert tonnes of waste generated at Krishna Rajendra Market to power. Mailhem Engineers, which generates biogas using high-rate biomethanation technique, will convert [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
The Karnataka High Court has put its trust on independence of the Technical Vigilance Cell under the Commissioner (TVCC) of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and directed the TVCC to submit a report within 45 days on the outcome of the ongoing scrutiny of civil works by BBMP in 25 zones. The order came [...] Continue Reading »
The commissioner of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), MK Shankarlinge Gowda, announced on Tuesday, that the authority is looking for more partnerships with realty developers in building houses for economically weaker sections (EWS) in the city. During the interaction of BBMP with Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), Adarsh Developers M.D, BM [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit on the plan of action relating to reconstruction of 1,640 flats for the eligible persons from economically weaker sections (EWS) at Ejipura. The BBMP had constructed 1,512 flats spread over 42 blocks and allotted them [...] Continue Reading »
