Grocery supplies of offline and online stores are disrupted in the city. The workers were not able to reach their shops due to the curfew despite showing ID cards and wearing uniforms, and some were even lathi-charged. Others were allowed when a letter from their employees was shown. Many vans carrying essential goods were asked … Read more
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has set up a command and control centre ‘war room’ to tackle the coronavirus epidemic in the city. In the first such directive from the cell, the residents are requested to dispose off masks and gloves in a sealed cover separately. In addition, cashless transactions are encouraged to reduce transmission … Read more
The Bangalore police is hunting down people violating the home quarantine rules to combat COVID-19. Such persons can be put behind bars for six months or pay a hefty fine or both. While some residents feel that the stamp could be hidden by gloves, the others recommend the Singapore model of contact tracing using GPS … Read more
In an informal survey by the Whitefield Rising group, 570 people voted and the result was that as of March 14, 2020, 52.5% people were working from home. While the state government had requested the IT/BT companies to exercise the ‘work from home’ (WFH) option, the reality is that only a few sectors are able … Read more
Alert marshalls did a fabulous job of getting a water tanker seized for carrying hazardous chemicals and preparing to dump it in unauthorised areas. The exercise required them to follow the water tanker on their vehicles from Kottegepalya to Yelahanka. After establishing the facts, they coordinated with the RTO officials and traffic police to nail … Read more
Take it seriously. Don’t bother with people who say that you are simply panicking as there are no deaths in India so far, and only about 74 people are infected. The reasons the counts are less could be because it takes 14 days for the virus to show up through symptoms, and by then imagine … Read more
A restaurant in Indiranagar gets fined for using flex; food delivery boy loses scooter; laptop/smartphone lost due to negligence and a drug user is arrested for violating the narcotics act.
QR code scams have risen in Bangalore and this case in Whitefield is the latest.
With information overload, fear mongering, and much misinformation spreading across the social media channels, it is important to know about the most reliable sources of information. For example, there was news that China had approved a vaccine for coronavirus, when the truth is that there was no such news by any official source of the … Read more
This is a recurring problem on Airport Road. It is about time there is an agency dedicated to the upkeep of the lights on this important thoroughfare. Similarly, many stretches of Outer Ring Road are just as bad. One concerned citizen shot a video of this on Airport Road to highlight the gloomy scene when … Read more
The BBMP has teamed up with the ever-famous The Ugly Indian, an anonymous group of citizens hellbent on cleaning up the city, and Embassy Builders to beautify the 101 pillars of the elevated road between Hebbal flyover and the Bangalore Airport. It’s truly a joy to see colours on a drab, cemented structure. Here are … Read more
The demolition of the Rs 21-crore Jayadeva flyover that began on January 20 is slowly being erased from Bangalore’s landscape. One resident documents it before it goes away completely. For more on traffic diversions due to this activity, you can click here. MA Ravinder says that the dismantling of the flyover appeared to be “too … Read more