In the run-up to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections scheduled before the end of this calendar year, Bengaluru’s civil society organisations are getting more active to highlight civic issues that need urgent attention. As a first step, on June 24th, the Civil Society Forum (a coalition of civil society groups based in Bengaluru) submitted its “Manifesto for Development of Bengaluru in next five years” to senior representatives of political parties. The manifesto does not pull any punches. When it says, for instance; “Local self-government, with transparency, accountability and people’s participation, as envisaged in the 74th Constitutional Amendment (CAA)…
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M G Devasahayam is a former Army and IAS (Haryana cadre) Officer. His urban experience includes Administrator, Chandigarh Capital Project; Chief Administrator, Haryana Urban Development Authority; National Consultant to the UN-Habitat sponsored Sustainable Chennai Project; National Consultant for the CDIA-GTZ sponsored City Development Plan for Chennai and Member, Monitoring Committee, CMDA.