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Karnataka Assembly passes BBMP Amendment Bill empowering civic body to levy charges for building plans and permissions. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar addresses concerns about circular and High Court ruling, clarifies government's stance on fee increase.

According to the BBMP health officer, the amount of waste generated this time was significantly less than the previous year. The amount of plastic generated was around 70% less than the previous year. Raj from the Ploggers Army, who was part of the volunteering, said, “As per the BBMP officials and marshals, over 800 kg of plastic was collected last year; this year it was reduced to 280–300 kg by the second day.

Despite continuous directives from the High Court urging the BBMP to conduct a survey of illegal construction in the city, the problem persists. Due to the failure of ward engineers to fulfil their duties, the decision to transfer the responsibility to the town planning department was made.

Despite continuous directives from the High Court urging the BBMP to conduct a survey of illegal construction in the city, the problem persists. Due to the failure of ward engineers to fulfil their duties, the decision to transfer the responsibility to the town planning department was made.

The BBMP was supposed to develop two apps where volunteers coordinate with it in monitoring activities in lakes and parks.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Certain Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, which empowers the state capitals civic body, to levy charges pertaining to building plans and other permissions was passed by the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has adopted a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines/parameters to be followed by Tree Officers/Deputy Conservator of Forest, BBMP, for felling of...

The new tender was brought in after reports of underperformance in many BBMP schools due to unqualified teachers. 

The Palike is planning to take 5,100 hand-written registers mainly from the Revenue Department and digitise them. Often hand-written papers are vulnerable to the test of time and sometimes not legible. The new digital version will provide for easier readability and preservation for longer intervals.

The BBMP has issued a notice to these service providers asking them to submit the details by December 20.