Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
While the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) announced to start the tax collection drive, it was alleged that it had targeted lower and middle class to collect property tax. Now, the BBMP has come up with the list of 20 major property tax defaulters, who owe almost Rs 16.58 crore to the civic agency. Big [...] 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 »
Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar is to order a probe into the alleged irregularities in the work taken up by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in removing silt from drains in the last three years. CM stated this in response to the janata Dal (Secular) member M Srinivas’s allegations, which said payments had been made [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka High Court rapped Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, for its inaction against illegal constructions and saying that BBMP. A Division Bench headed by Justice D V Shylendra Kumar was hearing Public interest litigation (PIL) against former Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda accused of illegally constructing a commercial complex in a residential layout. The PIL [...] Continue Reading »
Karnataka high court on Monday gave 45 days’ time to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a report on the irregularities in its 25 divisions. Former Mayor P R Ramesh, along with few others, had moved to the high court, seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities stating that they do not [...] Continue Reading »
Spat was caused between Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Residents Welfare Association of Pillana Garden area due to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) asserting residents of the area to pay half the money to re-lay the footpaths that were being broken by the civic utility. According to the residents, the BWSSB broke [...] Continue Reading »
After having received complaints regarding undue delays in getting khata, plan sanction, violation of zoning regulations and bureaucracy in the BBMP from the builders, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)has offered builders under CREDAI (Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association- Karnataka), to work with the municipal agency towards a “slum-free city”. The invitation is laid [...] Continue Reading »
In a move to generate more revenues for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a new proposal has been forwarded to garner an additional Rs. 140 crore by bringing malls under the tax net. The 107 malls in the city would be divided into groups on the basis of area they cover in sq. ft. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may face charges of contempt of the court as the High Court in a hearing put BBMP under scanner for entering into a third party deal with Maverick Holdings for construction of flats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) at Ejipura. The Bench heard many folded petitions filed by some [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to construct shelter homes and is in the process of identifying land for the project. Palike has already received Rs nine crore from the State Government for the project. The BBMP has already set up temporary shelter homes at 13 locations in the city accommodating a total [...] Continue Reading »
