Articles by Renuka Viswanathan

BBMP’s budget ignores truths that were thrown up by last year’s challenges. Sadly, it offers not a glimmer of a brave new world for the city’s residents.

This Whitefield colony was another forgotten settlement, abandoned without work, food or hope. Who lives there? How could the government have helped them?

A few key items in the 209-page document are enough to reveal the sordid picture. Almost every important graph on the excel sheet is in sharp decline, reflecting disarray in city administration and the pulls and pressures that have prevented it from meeting even the basic needs of the city’s residents.