Articles by Meera K

About Meera K

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.

How commute can be easy, safe during Metro work on ORR

October 4, 2021 Meera K, Naresh Sadasivan and Mukund Kumar

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.

BMTC launches new routes connecting Sarjapur Road with E-City; is this what residents need?

March 5, 2019 Meera K and Navya P K

BMTC has launched three new bus routes along the IT corridor, to service Sarjapur Road neighbourhoods. In a mini function today, MLA NA Haris, MLC Rizwan Arshad and Bellandur corporator Asha Suresh flagged off the

Bellandur singlehandedly contributes 103 Cr to BBMP’s 1926 Cr property tax collection

February 7, 2019 Meera K

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.

Making Bengaluru greener through collective efforts

June 19, 2018 Meera K

How can Bengaluru bring back the lost green glory? What can practically be done, and by whom?

Heat, dust and floods: What’s up with Bengaluru?

June 7, 2018 Nikita Vashisth and Meera K

Bengaluru is losing its greenery right in front of our eyes – how are we getting affected? What does the data show? First part of a new series.

Citizens drive the agenda in Bengaluru – is this a turning point?

May 2, 2018 Meera K

Candidates are now interviewed by citizens and participating in citizen-organised open forums; and their language is reflecting the citizen demands.

What does it take to evaluate an MLA’s performance?

April 25, 2018 Meera K

Bengalureans feel all MLAs have failed the city. But how can we objectively rate the elected representatives and prove this point?

When illegal maxicabs, vans serve the public, why not regularise them?

February 26, 2018 Meera K

Here’s how an archaic transport policy ensures Bengalureans’ need for public transport is not adequately served, and bans out of the box solutions.

Oh, for a Mayor who can do this and more!

November 29, 2017 Meera K

Take heart Bengaluru! With citizens’ involvement and ideas, we will see a Mayor doing the right things, sooner than later.

Hindi vs Kannada debate in Bengaluru: Where is it heading?

July 31, 2017 Meera K

So Hindi signages are going to be removed and Namma Metro is going to spend taxpayers’ money on removing the letters. Will this solve the issue?

Civic issues in Bengaluru: Easy to complain, but hard to resolve!

July 7, 2017 Meera K

Many Bengalureans are familiar with BBMP’s Sahaaya complaint tool, but how do issues actually get resolved. How can software help BBMP function better?

Pollution watchdog reviews implementation of e-waste rules

June 12, 2017 Meera K

KSPCB Chairman reviews the implementation of E-waste (Management) Rules, 2016 in Karnataka.

Muddy waters of Bellandur lake saga – is there any real progress?

May 11, 2017 Meera K

Will shifting sewage from Bellandur area in tankers help solve the problem? In what better way could the same money be spent?

HC tells BBMP to set up Ward Committees within a month, but will they be effective?

April 25, 2017 Meera K

Being a part of a Ward Committee is a great way to engage formally with the system to make the change happen.

Making walkways profitable for bidders

August 17, 2016 Meera K and Smitha Singh

A win-win economic model to incentivise private developers to build better public infrastructure.