By Anuksha Dey After lying dormant for about two years in KR Puram, the Metro line…
Category: Civic
BBMP receives international honor in energy-efficient street lighting; residents call it a ‘pseudo achievement’
By Qamar ZJ The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has won the silver medal for its…
Found a messy toilet or broken footpath? Report now for end-to-end solution!
By Chandrima Mazumdar To reduce public urination and fix the broken footpaths within the year, Janaagraha,…
BBMP promises compensation to victims of bad infrastructure; Twitterati responds
By Aratrika Dey On December 1, the BBMP published a public notification in the papers, promising…
RTI: How to make public sector banks answerable to you
By Aratrika Dey The right to information should be a fundamental right of every citizen. Given…
‘Smart Cities Mission’ is anti-poor, non-inclusive, and against the constitutional mandate: Experts
By Qamar ZJ & Chandrima Mazumdar While the 2015 idea of ‘100 Smart Cities Mission’ promised…
After many road accidents and public pressure, Iblur skywalk is finally ready!
By Chandrima Mazumdar After more than two years of accidents and protests at the Iblur junction,…
Citizens oppose Yelahanka ‘signal-free corridor’ plan; find it highly pedestrian-unfriendly
By Aratrika Dey The BBMP has proposed a plan to build a 1.6 kilometer-long integrated flyover…
Citizens remove 383 nails and 2000 pins from one peepal tree
By Aratrika Dey The other day, Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) member Raghavendra Poojari tweeted that…
Stop Agara, Bellandur and Varthur lakes from becoming polluted ponds: Citizens set 31-point agenda for the government
By Zahid H Javali & Aratrika Dey The Bangalore Environment Trust (BET), a 33-year-old advisory body…
Waterlogging alert: When it rains, avoid Koramangala and its surroundings
Originally tweeted by Muralidhar Rao (@murali772) on November 16, 2020. By Chandrima Mazumdar The lives of…
City’s footpaths invaded by vehicles
By Aratrika Dey Bengalureans have increasingly taken to social media to voice their frustrations regarding the…