Articles by Manoj Sharma

As per the BBMP delimitation proposal, ward boundaries will be redrawn so that over two dozen existing wards will be replaced with new ones. Read on to find which wards will be affected.

It turns out that the Bangalore Development Authority’s mammoth rejuvenation plan for Bellandur Lake is not how the experts conceived it. Fears that this crucial project – to be carried out under the gaze of the National Green Tribunal – becoming another brick and mortar-centric exercise, may not be unfounded.

ನಗರದ ಇನ್ನೂ ಮೂರು ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಸ್ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ಪಥಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಚಿಂತಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಸಧ್ಯ ಕೆಆರ್ ಪುರಂ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಲ್ಕ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್ ನಡುವಿನ ಬಸ್ ಆದ್ಯತಾ ಪಥದ ಸೌಕರ್ಯಗಳು ಅಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಹಾಗೂ ನಿಯಮಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ಜಾರಿಗೊಳಿಸದಿರುವುದು ಈ ಪಥಗಳ ಮೂಲ ಉದ್ದೇಶವನ್ನೇ ಸಾಕಾರಗೊಳಿಸಿದಂತಿಲ್ಲ.

Defiance from public, political intervention, non-cooperation of police is making their job difficult.

Even as the BBMP is considering BPLs on three more stretches in the city, incomplete infrastructure and lax enforcement on the three-month-old BPL from Silk Board to KR Puram could undo the benefits of the initiative.