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It is now up to citizens how they join hands with the government to break the pandemic chain and control its spread, he said.

Operation Kamal It’s usually unheard of in Bengaluru – because most infrastructure work happens in fits and starts – but after Kamal Pant took over as police commissioner, the city’s bottlenecks are being fixed with a very short turnaround time. In Whitefield, for instance, where water shortage abounds and water tankers even more so, residents had complained that traffic flow was being crippled as the tankers ply during critical hours. “We called a meeting with all the water tank ow...

As per BBMP Act, the zonal commissioner is the nodal authority for carrying out civic administration for the zone

A 100 make-overs in just over a month A 100 make-overs in just over a month ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST Solid Waste Management black spots The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Solid Waste Management (SWM) wing has a reason to smile. The SWM wing, which has been criticised for not doing much about removing black spots, has ended up beautifying 100 black spots in the city. The SWM department, in association with The Ugly Indian, began identify...

Palike yet to notice the plight of pourakarmikas Palike yet to notice the plight of pourakarmikas ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Special Commissioner (Finance) Tulasi Maddineni, while presenting the Budget on March 27, had claimed the welfare of pourakarmikas as the foremost priority of the BBMP. The Special Commissioner had announced the civic body’s plan of giving Rs 200 per month to each of the pourak...

8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners 8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST Changes based on burden on chief IAS officers as zonal commissioners of eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) zones, in the first of a series of administrative changes being rolled out in keeping with the BBMP Act, 2020. The burden of civic administration on the chief commissioner is expected to reduce with the zonal commissioners getting...

Contractors win the fees war against BBMP Contractors win the fees war against BBMP ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST Palike withdrew the order that said all work would be visually measured before clearing payments The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) has withdrawn its recent order that had directed the Technical Vigilance Cell ( bills. This is a victory for contractors who had opposed the move. In its letter order dated March 26, the civic body decide...

Hospitals should display bed availability and rate card at the entrance: BBMP Chief Bengaluru and Karnataka, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike does not want to be caught on the wrong foot again. Last year, there was a huge gap between the demand and supply of beds for covid patients. This year, in the few weeks that cases have started to rise, patients are feeling the shortage of beds already. To address this, N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Commissioner, has instructed private hospitals to r...

BNP to hold weekend sessions on BBMP Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Bengaluru NavaNirmana Party is holding an ‘Enabling learning in each function of BBMP’ (BNP BELIEF), a series of knowledge sessions administered by eminent practitioners on various issues relevant to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) from 6 p.m. on the weekends from April 3 to 25 on ZOOM. Sessions are largely focused on disseminating knowledge about various BBMP functions to residents of the city and obtai...

Farmers set to get compost at no cost Farmers set to get compost at no cost ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 06:00 IST The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) has decided to clear tonnes of second-grade compost piled up at Doddabidarakallu Solid Waste Processing Plant, by doling it out to farmers. “All these years, farmers used to bear the transportation cost of the compost to their farming lands. Now, we have decided to bear the cost and supply the compo...