Articles by Pragathi Ravi

Pragathi Ravi was a Reporter with the Bengaluru Chapter, writing at the intersection of labour, infrastructure and ecology. She is also a recent graduate of the Urban Fellows Programme at Indian Institute for Human Settlements and was an intern with Land Conflict Watch prior to joining Citizen Matters. Her work has previously appeared in Indiaspend, Frontline Hindu, Article 14 and Gaon Connection.

Find out how Anekal Assembly Constituency is faring and what has been happening in this constituency. Learn about the incumbent MLA B Shivanna (INC) and other candidates -K P Raju (JDS) and Srinivas C Hullahalli (BJP). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? MobilityCitizen engagementConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: B ShivannaList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: B Shivanna, INCCandidate: Srinivas C Hullahalli, BJPFull list of candidates  Past elections results About the constituency Anekal constituency includes Anekal Town, Sarjapura, Attibele, Hebbagodi, Bommasandra, and some panchayats in the taluk. While the constituency is close to Electronics City (which…

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Find out how Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA S Raghu (BJP) and other candidates, including Anand Kumar (INC) and Mohan Dasari (AAP). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: S RaghuWork in the termIn the newsList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: S. Raghu, BJPCandidate: Anand Kumar S, INCCandidate: Mohan Dasari, AAPFull list of candidates  Past elections results About the constituency CV Raman Nagar is a neighbourhood located in the eastern part of Bengaluru. It is at…

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Find out how KR Puram Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA B A Basavaraj, and other candidates, including DK Mohan (INC) and C Venkatachalapathi (JDS). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: B A BasavarajWork in the termIn the newsQuestions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: B A Basavaraj (BJP)Candidate: D K Mohan, INCCandidate: C. Venkatachalapathi, JD(S) Full list of candidates  Past elections results About the constituency The Krishnarajapuram or the KR Puram assembly constituency…

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Find out how Jayanagar Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA Sowmya Reddy (INC) and other candidates, including C K Ramamurthy (BJP), Mahalakshmi C (AAP). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingCitizen engagementHealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: Sowmya Reddy (INC) Work in the termIn the newsQuestions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: Incumbent MLA Sowmya Reddy, INCCandidate: C K Ramamurthy (BJP)Candidate: Mahalakshmi C (AAP)Full list of candidates  Past elections results About the constituency Famous as the first planned layout of Bengaluru,…

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Find out how Gandhinagar Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao (INC) and other candidates, including AR Sapthagiri Gowda (BJP) and V Narayanaswamy (JDS). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: Dinesh Gundu Rao, INCWork in the termIn the newsQuestions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: Dinesh Gundu Rao, INCCandidate: AR Sapthagiri Gowda (BJP)Candidate: V Narayana Swamy, JD(S)Full list of candidates  Past election results About the constituency Located in central Bengaluru, the Gandhinagar…

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Find out how Padmanabhanagar Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA R Ashok (BJP) and other candidates. Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters – How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealth Constituency mapCitizen demands Incumbent MLA: R AshokWork in the termIn the news List of candidatesIncumbent MLA R Ashok, BJP V Raghunath Naidu, INCAjay Mayanna Gowda, AAPFull list of candidatesPast election results About the constituency Located in the south of the city, the Padmanabhanagar constituency consists of the Umamaheshwari ward, Ganesh mandir ward, Vikram Nagar and…

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Find out how Bangalore South Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA M. Krishnappa (BJP) and other candidates, including AAP's Ashok Mruthyunjaya and Congress's RK Ramesh. Table of contentsAbout the constituency Key issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare?Schooling MobilityCitizen engagement HealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: M KrishnappaWork in the termIn the news Questions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA M Krishnappa (BJP) Candidate: Ashok Mruthyunjaya (AAP)Candidate: RK Ramesh (INC)Full list of candidatesPast election results About the constituency The Bangalore South constituency, which is part of…

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The plan to build a 25-foot road right across Hosakerehalli Lake has been stopped. But the result is the vicinity lake being covered in heaps of mud, construction debris and the tire tracks of excavators. Vehement protests by residents living in the lake’s vicinity forced the BBMP to stop the road construction. By then, however, they had already dumped mud into the lake to reclaim the land. According to officials, the road was to facilitate heavy vehicles' movement to carry out the lake's de-silting. However, the protesting residents believe the road was to cater to the existing and new luxury…

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Indian National Congress' Dinesh Gundu Rao and the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Gandhinagar met with apartment owners in Gandhinagar on April 8th to listen to their grievances. He promised to devise solutions for the same. The former state Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has won from Gandhinagar five times in a row. He had called out the ruling party for the crumbling infrastructure in the city and criticised the inaction over pothole-ridden roads. He holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communications from BMS College of Engineering.…

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After much fanfare Bengaluru's new Whitefield (Kadugodi) and Krishnarajapura (KR Puram) metro line, which finally put Whitefield on the Namma Metro grid, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25th, and opened to the public on March 26th. Despite being made fun of by netizens for the line missing between Baiyappanahalli and Krishnarajapuram, which is currently bridged by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation's (BMTC) feeder buses, the Whitefield metro line logged a ridership of 16,319 on the first day of operations. The line, which is proposed to connect Baiyappanahalli and Whitefield through Krishnarajapuram (KR Puram), is essentially an…

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