Ministers want Siddaiah to replace Goel as BBMP chief
With assembly elections fast approaching, BJP ministers and MLAs are said to be mounting pressure on the government to bring back principal secretary for higher education department Siddaiah as BBMP...
View ArticleNo SC/ST people in reserved ward:BBMP
The BBMP has stopped work on constructing toilets for SC/ST families in a ward on the grounds that there is no eligible beneficiary in the area. Never mind that the Palikeâs website itself states...
View ArticleBangalore civic body awards contracts for garbage lifting
The state government has given 77 of total 89 contracts for lifting garbage in the city. The new arrangement will come into effect from December 1. BBMP commissioner Rajneesh Goel intimated this to...
View ArticleFilling potholes takes BBMP four years
In a stark example of the monumental inefficiency for which it is known, the BBMPâs work orders for road improvement in the City have taken four years to be completed. The works include pothole...
View ArticleCity still not garbage-free, BBMP claims otherwise
Despite the BBMP going overboard to present a spic and span Bangalore before the media on Friday, it was evident that a long-lasting solution to the Cityâs garbage woes was still a distant dream. As...
View ArticleBBMP wants to take over all flyovers
Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy has written to Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, asking him to bring all the flyovers and underpasses under the Palikeâs purview. The Mayorâs letter comes in the backdrop...
View ArticleResubmit plan on strays, BBMP told
The high court on Thursday asked the BBMP to file a fresh affidavit on how it plans to control stray dog menace in the city. The courtâs decision came after it noticed contradictions in the...
View ArticleBMTF tasked with probing the latest BBMP scam
Scams come in multi-crores these days and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been hit with another one. The civic body on Thursday registered a case with the Bangalore Metropolitan Task...
View ArticleIf youre gulping trouble, BBMP simply cant help it
The BBMP is ill-equipped to keep a check on illegal sale of packaged drinking water, putting its consumers at the risk of diseases such as cholera and typhoid. The BBMP officials are aware of the...
View ArticleBBMP to open disaster management centres
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to open Disaster Management Centres (DMCs) in all its eight zones to provide medical treatment to people if...
View ArticleBBMP gives up move to recover Rs. 483 crore
It is common knowledge that the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is cash-strapped. Yet, the BBMP council, on Saturday, approved the move to drop the recovery of nearly Rs. 483 crore for which...
View ArticleTaking sting out of dengue: BBMP to pay for platelets
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will provide financial assistance to patients to buy platelets, commissioner MK Shankarlinge Gowda has said. The decision was taken during the BBMP...
View ArticlePalikes new project promises to take care of garbage in Bangalore
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is introducing new technologies to monitor and manage garbage. In its pilot project, it launched an off-site real time (OSRT) system to monitor garbage...
View ArticleBangalore civic body ousts officer, government quashes order
The BBMP has the knack of being in the news for all the wrong reasons. After facing the public backlash regarding the garbage crisis, the civic body has been rapped by the urban development department...
View ArticleDecentralise waste processing: Karnataka CM
With the city waging an uphill battle against garbage, chief minister Jagadish Shettar has asked the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to go for decentralised waste processing to combat the...
View ArticleTop officials booked for illegal road widening
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case against former Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrator, former commissioners of BBMP and BDA, and officials of Town...
View ArticleBBMP chief starts off with a clean slate
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner Rajneesh Goel seems to be in no mood of leaving the officials at the civic body work like earlier. The new chief on Monday issued instructions to...
View ArticleAt last, search begins for missing Bangalore boy
After DNA exposed police negligence in searching for a teen who is missing since Saturday, the other authorities concerned launched an elaborate hunt operation on Wednesday. DNA on Wednesday published...
View ArticleLayout name changed overnight
Bangalore, Nov 17, DHNS: Friday, November 18, 2011 --> Kamadhenu Nagar has been known by the name for more than 20 years. But now, the layout under the Devasandra ward of the BBMP, stands to lose...
View ArticleBBMP proposes, but hotels not keen to dispose
The garbage situation in the City is getting messier by the day. But there seems to be no forward action on the Palikeâs order asking bulk generators of waste like hotels, marriage halls and...
View ArticleBBMP nod for new ward panels
Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday passed a resolution deciding to form ward committee across all 198 wards in the city and urged the government to make provisions for...
View ArticleBBMP may accept ward panel byelaws drafted by civil society
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may consider implementation of byelaws for the ward committees drafted by the civil society, said the BBMP Special Commissioner K R Niranjan. He was...
View ArticleCongress demands CBI probe into BBMP works
Congress on Saturday asked the Karnataka government to order a CBI probe into the alleged Rs 15,000 crore scam in civic works undertaken by Bruhut Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in the last three...
View ArticleAnswer to disposal lies at home
Even as the BBMP finds itself in a catch-22 situation over garbage disposal, experts say the problem can be addressed to a large extent if the Palike considers solving it at micro level instead of...
View ArticleSewerage scam in Palike raises stink
G Manjusainath, Bangalore, Dec 22, DHNS: Thursday, December 22, 2011 --> Misappropriation of Rs 650 crore took place in BBMP between 2007 and 2010 More skeletons are tumbling out of the Bruhat...
View ArticleCivic body drafts rules governing functioning of ward committees
Close on the heels of the High Court of Karnataka fixing responsibility of monitoring garbage clearance on Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and ward committees, the civic body has drafted...
View ArticleBBMP pins hopes on govt to okay revenue models
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is hoping that the State government, which is at the fag end of its tenure, will approve policies that bring in the much-needed moolah. It expects that...
View ArticleBBMP fails to remit PF, in soup
BANGALORE: Here's one more case of mismanagement of funds in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). It has failed to deposit both the employer's and employees' share of Provident Fund (PF)...
View ArticleBBMP unearths Rs 523-crore scam
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has unearthed a major fraud worth Rs 523 crore, similar to the fake bills scam. Palike officials investigating the case said the money could have been...
View ArticleWe need punitive laws to tackle garbage crisis: outgoing BBMP commissioner...
BANGALORE: From advocating the need to trifurcate Bangalore for better administration, to seeking punitive clauses to keep the city clean, outgoing BBMP commissioner Siddaiah tells TOI there is no...
View ArticleBBMP set to launch zero garbage model from July 1
Ever since the garbage problem erupted in the city last August, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been making noises about segregation of waste at source. Though segregation has been...
View ArticleBBMP leaves SC, ST parents in a fix over fees
For Manjunath Swamy (name changed), it is his dream to see his two children well educated. A group D employee with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), he has admitted his children in a...
View ArticleBBMP leaves Dalit parents in the lurch over fees
For Manjunath Swamy (name changed), it is his dream to see his two children well educated. A group D employee with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), he has admitted his children in a...
View ArticleBBMP budget left outer wards in cold: NGO
The city corporation’s new wards, which are under-developed, have been allotted a paltry amount in the city budget as compared with well-to-do wards. City-based not-for-profit organisation,...
View ArticleBBMP budget skewed: Janaagraha
Bengaluru: High disparity between needs and budgetary allocations, lack of accountability and budgetary neglect of wards on the fringes of the city are some of the major problems with the BBMP budget,...
View ArticleUneven fund allocation in BBMP budget: Janaagraha
While presenting the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for 2013-14, Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy said stress will be given to the development of outer wards. However, this is not the case,...
View ArticleBBMP team to track illegal hoardings
BANGALORE: BBMP commissioner M Lakshminarayana on Wednesday said he'll form a special team of officers to identify illegal advertisements and hoardings which will submit its report within 30 days....
View ArticleComplaints galore at BBMP meeting
D. Venkatesh Murthy’s last meeting as Mayor witnessed councillors complaining about poor administration in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Right from lapses in the education department...
View ArticleIs it back to the future for BBMP?
The state government is contemplating dividing the BBMP for more effective administration of the city, but the proposal may attract widespread unease among civic activists and the BJP, which controls...
View ArticleBad roads? Blame BWSSB and BESCOM, says BBMP
The city’s roads are in a bad shape because of the frequent road cutting by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom); the Bruhat Bangalore...
View ArticleSnail-paced progress. So what's new?
It has been over a year since the deadline for the construction of Dr BR Ambedkar multi-purpose building at Mahadevapura lapsed, and the building is still nowhere near completion. The building is...
View ArticleBBMP's EPIC drive to begin on April 16
As per the election commissioner of India's (ECI) directive, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will conduct special summary revision of the electoral rolls of the city's 27 assembly...
View ArticleCitizens doubt civic bodys commitment
Lack of citizen participation in BBMPâs mandatory segregation at source initiative has irked residentsâ welfare associations (RWA) and NGOs. Not only has nothing been done to create awareness,...
View ArticleBBMP gives cold shoulder to peoples initiatives
Nowadays there is no dearth for people to make announcements and giving eloquent speeches on how to prevent the Garden City from becoming Garbage City. There are a few residential welfare associations...
View ArticleInstead of bandage, all they got was red tape
Access to quality medical care is a far cry for the urban poor. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), last December, launched an ambitious health insurance scheme for those belonging to...
View ArticleBBMP corrupt on its home front too
It appears that Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is not sparing any part of its jurisdiction without the blemish of irregularities. This time, it is regarding allotment of residential quarters for...
View ArticleBangalore: BBMP? We should call it 'BB empty' instead
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is in a veritable financial mess, and few have a clue about bow to extricate the Palike from it. In spite of available data on municipal finances, little...
View ArticleTwo BBMP engineers suspended
Two engineers of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have been suspended for failing to check the building bylaw violation that lled to the collapse of the six-storey building. Two persons...
View ArticleCivic apathy thwarts Bellandur residents' clean-up drive
BANGALORE: BBMP frequently emphasizes the importance of people's participation in lightening its burden. Last week, it even launched Namma Bengaluru, Namma Koduge, an initiative that aims to involve...
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