2017 | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

BBMP plans for LED street lights, yet again. What’s different now?

December 29, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

BBMP hopes to save Rs 8 crores per month through LED streetlights. This isn’t the first time – BBMP has been talking about LED lights for a long time now. What’s the plan now?

Bengaluru Roundup: Metro Phase II on target

December 29, 2017 News Desk

Updates from Bengaluru – from Metro – Phase II’s status to new Bengaluru logo to suspension of white topping work on roads…

HSR explores new avenues of waste management, with a community garden

December 29, 2017 Smita Kulkarni

Community gardening and composting are the new buzz words with the residents of HSR layout.

Why STPs for older apartments won’t work in Bengaluru

December 27, 2017 Srikanth Narasimhan

Apartment dwellers do not want to hinder the efforts to save lakes. However retrospective STPs are not going to work, say apartment owners.

Here’s why you must vote in 2018 state elections

December 27, 2017 Whitefield Rising

In what way does your vote matter? Why should you register as a voter? Some answers to basic questions that bother a citizen.

Elected reps promise solutions for Bellandur pedestrians

December 22, 2017 Naresh Sadasivan

The recent death of a 19 year-old pedestrian in Bellandur finally threw the plight of pedestrians into focus and has galvanised the officials into action.

Finding new home in Bengaluru as an expat student

December 22, 2017 Keane Matenga

Once you find an accommodation, life is enjoyable in Bengaluru. But how do you find a house? What help is available?

How to plan Bengaluru: A city for people and not for profit

December 20, 2017 Swetha Rao Dhananka

The workshop unpacked a few underlying assumptions of master-planning, to display its inadequacy for the current reality of Bengaluru’s cityscape.

Citizens demand justice for Anekal gang rape victim

December 20, 2017 Tara Krishnaswamy

Citizens urge the Home Minister to help Anekal gang rape victim by providing speedy justice.

Is fogging hiding the real issue behind city’s mosquito menace?

December 19, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

People demand fogging when they see mosquitoes. And BBMP does it in some places. But is it really useful? Does it kill all types of mosquitoes? Does it help control dengue?

Can interlinking rivers and greening their banks save our cities?

December 18, 2017 News Desk

Planting trees along riversides may not be good sometimes, as it might interfere with the ecology of the area. This, and many other issues related to river rejuvenation were discussed.

Announcing ‘Master the Master Plan’ – awareness and analysis contest!

December 16, 2017 News Desk

Get to know what master plan is all about, think about it, write and win the prize! Engage in making Bengaluru better!

Is integration without displacement possible at Cantonment metro station?

December 13, 2017 Navya P K

A residents’ group in Benson Town is fearing displacement, as Metro surveys land to change the alignment again. BMRC has not explored options to avoid displacement in the original alignment.

Cantonment metro station: BMRC – Railways standoff continues

December 12, 2017 Navya P K

BMRC has been silent for months, even as citizens questioned the rationale behind the change of Cantonment metro station location. The silence continues and many questions remain, and a residents’ group has now got involved.

‘#BekuBeda’ Beda – don’t reduce public policy to hashtags

December 11, 2017 Nitin Seshadri

This is Public Policy 101 on Steroids. Reducing public policy down to the lowest common denominator with catchy hashtags embodies the twitter moment of today.