Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
The residents and commuters of Nanjappa Road in Shantinagar are facing lot of problem every time they pass through this stretch. To lay drain pipes, the road was dug four months ago but now the work has stopped and the road is filled with huge holes and the number of accidents on the road has [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) informed the High Court that it has constituted 182 ward committees out of 198 wards in the City. The HC ordered BBMP to display the names of the committee members on notice board and its website with the names, phone numbers (both landline and mobile) and addresses of all [...] Continue Reading »
The deadline issued by the communities living around Mandur landfill came to an end on January 31. As the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will need another three or four months for making alternative arrangements to dispose garbage , said commissioner Siddaiah. The Commissioner said the BBMP officials to request the villagers to bear with the [...] Continue Reading »
The new contractors hired by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) were initiated to start the work from December 1. But the contractors have failed to keep up their word. The contractor was expected to begin work in five packages coming under the Yelahanka zone. But due to inadequate manpower and machinery, the work could [...] Continue Reading »
While the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to extend the deadline to end dumping waste at Mandur, the villagers of Mandur are getting ready for another protest if in case the BBMP fails to keep their promise. A member of the Mandur Gram Panchayat, said that the villagers have decided not to allow [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is thinking of a new game plan to collect more property tax. After a detailed study of commercial properties now the civic body is focusing on domestic properties. A senior official, said that BBMP was planning to use the khata and electoral details to collect more property tax. Many [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP’s plan of shifting the EWS slums on five acres of land each in Sarjapur and Iblur near Chandapura till their houses get constructed was opposed by the local MLAs and the public. The builder who has got the tender to construct a mall and housing complex for the original slum-dwellers is set to [...] Continue Reading »
The Mysore Road flyover, built in the 1990′s, will be closed till February 1 for the renovation work between Royan Circle and Sirsi Circle. So commuters will now have to take left ramp down to join Chamrajpet I Main and Sirsi Circle through Body Builders junction from City Market and NR Road. The same stretch [...] Continue Reading »
To find out the actual waste generated in the city, the Karnataka High Court ordered the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to make an arrangement to measure all garbage collected from the city. The weighing of garbage should be conducted from 1st of February for 30 days and the weighing mechanism will be placed at [...] Continue Reading »
The state government is planning to introduce ‘B’ khata system in the Mysore city limits along the lines of the one existing in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits. There are indications that the scheme may be extended to six other city corporates. The Urban Development Department (UDD) has already sent the proposal to [...] Continue Reading »
