Meera K is the co-founder of Citizen Matters, the award-winning civic media platform. She also helped initiate Open City, an urban data platform (opencity.in).
Meera is an Ashoka Fellow, recognised for her work building open knowledge platforms that allow citizens to collaborate and improve their cities. She is Founder-trustee at Oorvani Foundation.
With Metro construction starting on Outer Ring Road, many are worried about worsening traffic jams here. But this can be resolved if BMRCL takes some steps.
Bellandur includes residential and tech park properties on Outer Ring Road and Sarjapur Road. This contributes the most property tax, followed by Shantala Nagar that covers the Central Business District area.
Many Bengalureans are familiar with BBMP’s Sahaaya complaint tool, but how do issues actually get resolved. How can software help BBMP function better?