DULT identifies docking stations for first phase of bicycle sharing system
By Manoj Sharma DULT has identified 345 docking stations in the Central Business District; recommends getting 6,000 cycles in the first phase of public bicycle sharing system Traffic weary Bengalureans...
View ArticleViolence adds to Bengaluru’s garbage woes
Garbage collection and its disposal in several parts of the city were disrupted for two days following Monday’s violence over the Cauvery row. With garbage lorries not in a position to...
View ArticleBBMP plans grand memorial to Kempegowda in Magadi village
The BBMP plans to build the Kempegowda memorial at Kempapura village in Magadi on a large scale. Speaking after inspecting the memorial on Thursday, the chairperson of the BBMP’s Standing Committee for...
View Article'Retired HC judge to probe irregularities in BBMP'
A panel headed by a retired high court judge will look into the irregularities in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike as pointed out by the Kataria Committee, Bengaluru Development Minister K J...
View ArticleCitizens suggest ideas on effective garbage management
Proving that garbage remains one of the primary issues, more than 40 members from residents’ associations and citizens’ groups across the city attended an interaction with Sarfaraz Khan, Joint...
View ArticleIndiranagar residents see garbage dumping as a retaliatory act
Sneha Nandihal’s mother, over 80 years old, was sitting in the living room of their home in Indiranagar with the main door open on Friday morning, when garbage was flung randomly into their compound. A...
View ArticleFires draw the ire of villagers
What triggered anger and fear among residents of villages surrounding Bingipura is the outbreak of fires at the landfill. Villagers around the Lakshmipura landfill recently protested by cooking food by...
View ArticleBDA to build 50 homes for those affected by rain
An aide to George said the minister spoke to a few residents and urged them not to dump garbage in the SWD as that could lead to waterlogging. dh file photo The government will build 50 houses for the...
View ArticleKSHRC files case against BBMP for not clearing garbage
Is a mound of garbage festering in our markets a violation of human rights? The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission thinks so, and has registered a case against the officials of...
View ArticleSoon, Clean-up Marshalls to catch litterbugs on streets
Retd armymen may be roped in to penalise violators Think before you spit and litter in public. ‘Clean-up Marshalls’ are watching you. In an attempt ensure clean neighbourhoods, the Bruhat Bengaluru...
View ArticleHow hygienic is your favourite eatery?
“We found a cockroach in our food!” says an online review of a well-known restaurant in the city. There are similar complaints of people finding unpleasant surprises in their food when they eat out....
View ArticleNeighbourhoods take waste disposal into their own hands
Fed up of waiting for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to resolve their garbage problems, an increasing number of residents’ associations across the city — in Kalyan Nagar, Yelahanka,...
View ArticleBBMP looks to eliminate contractors
There seems no end in sight to the city’s garbage woes. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is besieged with a fresh problem with the new garbage disposal tenders failing to attract bidders...
View ArticleBBMP starts penalising people for littering, not sorting waste
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started penalising people almost a week after the rule on mandatory segregation of waste at source came into force. While segregation of waste at...
View ArticleUnofficial garbage tax bites citizens in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: For residents of 20 apartments in Silverwood Enclave in Tatanagar, it has been a miserable three weeks. Garbage collection was irregular here and it finally came to a standstill hree days...
View ArticlePalike in trouble over finding land for soild waste management
BBMP The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is in trouble over finding land amid people's opposition in setting up solid waste management (SWM) plants in all 198 wards. After the High Court of...
View ArticleVillages won't take rubbish, City stares at garbage crisis
Kannahalli, Seegehalli processing units have stopped receiving waste The city may face a garbage crisis again as waste processing units at Kannahalli and Seegehalli on Magadi Road have stopped...
View ArticleBBMP garbage contractors protest direct payment system
Uncleared garbage at Hampinagar near Vijayanagar traffic police station on Saturday. Photo by S K Dinesh S K Dinesh For the third time in three months, garbage contractors prevented pourakarmikas from...
View Article'Can't act against Terra Firma as BBMP itself was on wrong side'
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cannot initiate any action against the Terra Firma off Doddaballapur Road for violating the tender condition as the BBMP itself was on the...
View ArticleBrouhaha over garbage disposal mechanism
Blaming the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for the 'faulty' tender conditions regarding municipal solid waste disposal, opposition BJP corporators said the city is sitting on piles of...
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