Protesting village residents relent, garbage dumping to resume
There is relief in sight for the city as the residents of villages around the S. Bingipura landfill have agreed to allow the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to dump waste there for the next...
View ArticleMayor swamped by distress calls at control room
Mayor G Padmavathi was seen manning the control room and visiting rain-affected areas on Saturday. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) control room was flooded with many distress calls from...
View ArticleGarbage piles up on streets as landfills go dysfunctional
BBMP admits things difficult, but says new waste units hold out hope Uncleared garbage is piling up in several parts of the City as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) struggles to dump and...
View ArticlePiles of garbage dumped along Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway
The sudden appearance of piles of garbage along Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, between Bidadi and Ramanagaram, suspected to have originated from southern and south-eastern parts of Bengaluru over the past...
View ArticleBBMP inspects restaurants
Officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Thursday inspected several restaurants in and around Indiranagar. A team led by Sarfaraz Khan, Joint Commissioner, Solid Waste Management (SWM)...
View ArticleRemove garbage dumped in Bagalur quarry, NGT tells BBMP
The tribunal also directed the officials to remove all solid waste dumped in the quarry and segregate it scientifically. File Photo The National Green Tribunal on Friday pulled up the Bruhat Bengaluru...
View ArticleFill garbage in quarry pits, develop gardens, George tells BBMP
With garbage piling up in many “black spots” across the city, the State government has now decided to dump garbage – mixed waste – in abandoned stone quarry pits in different Assembly constituencies....
View ArticleAt last, garbage clearance begins in City
Festival pile-up adds to the existing woes of residents Bengalureans can now heave a sigh of relief as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has begun clearing the piled-up waste since...
View ArticleTrading charges over illegal dumping
Several loads of garbage from Bengaluru have been mysteriously appearing in many areas on the city’s outskirts. Ever since problems erupted in areas surrounding the processing units, the Bruhat...
View ArticlePiles of garbage dumped along highway
The sudden appearance of piles of garbage along Bengaluru-Mysuru highway, between Bidadi and Ramanagaram, suspected to have originated from southern and south-eastern parts of Bengaluru over the past...
View ArticleBengaluru: Uncleared garbage creates health scare
The IT Capital of the nation is once again all set to grab international headlines with uncleared garbage piling up across the city since the last three...
View ArticlePost Ayudha Puja, heaps of garbage lie uncleared in city
A huge pile of garbage lies uncleared at K R Market on Sunday, after Dasara. DH Photo. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is faced with an onerous task of clearing mounds of garbage...
View ArticleRain compounds problem of uncleared garbage
The heavy downpour in the city has left it stinking. Road users are forced to cover their noses, while crossing wet garbage piles. Deputy Mayor Hemalatha Gopalaiah blamed local residents for the mess....
View ArticleGreens join hands against felling of trees on Nrupathunga Road
Tree lovers and conservationists from the city came together on Friday against the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) decision to fell 18 healthy trees on Nrupathunga Road for developing...
View ArticleNotice to BBMP on plan to build stadium on playground
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered issue of notice to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on a PIL petition questioning the civic body’s decision to construct a stadium at a...
View ArticleThe ‘hole’ story: How BBMP left city, its roads to rot
A few days of incessant rain and the average Bengalurean struggles to find a stretch of road amidst the potholes. Waterlogging is a problem even on flyovers, leaving craters where the asphalt has been...
View ArticlePothole padayatras get at ground truth in Bengaluru
Bengaluru’s traffic hold-ups have grown worse with potholes, but the city’s residents are not at their wits’ end when it comes to protesting. After turning road craters into painted mermaid ponds,...
View ArticleBBMP revives elevated corridor project to ease traffic movement in east...
Bengaluru: In a bid to ease vehicular movement in east Bengaluru, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to develop a 2.4km-elevated corridor between Koramangala and Ejipura Junction....
View Article14 RWAs join hands to fight against commercialisation of residential areas
Over 44 per cent of land classified as ‘Residential (Main)’, 7.11 per cent as ‘Residential (Mixed)’, 0.77 per cent as ‘Commercial (Business)’, and nothing as ‘Commercial (Central)’. This is what the...
View ArticleBBMP plans 11-km flyover to decongest west Bengaluru
Bengaluru: If everything goes as planned by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), residents of west Bengaluru will soon get a solution to their connectivity issues. The proposed 11-km flyover...
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