September | 2018 | | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Bengaluru Buzz: HC adjourns pothole case | Fuel price reduced by Rs 2 | Whitefield presses for GIL closure

September 27, 2018 News Desk

From potholes to sewage mismanagement to polluting industries — a recap of recent headlines on burning issues for Bengaluru that you may have missed.

“Time is money…we must ensure it is not wasted in Bangalore traffic”

September 26, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

As his term comes to an end, outgoing mayor Sampath Raj answers questions on his tenure, BBMP administration in general and what the new mayor of Bengaluru should prioritise.

Detox Bengaluru with Plog Run on October 2, 2018, register now!

September 25, 2018 Meryl Mammen Kurien

Pick the plastics while you run. Get set to clean your locality on 2nd October, 2018, with Plog Run!

95% commuters vote against bus fare hike in Bengaluru’s BMTC buses

September 21, 2018 Vinay Sreenivasa

Though the poll held over two hours covered only a small number of commuters, the results reflect the larger sentiment among commuters.

These social ventures are re-inventing recycling, re-using and reduction of waste in Whitefield

September 20, 2018 Sahitya Poonacha

What happens when a community becomes aware of the problems of generating excess waste and hoarding unwanted things? Renting, selling, upcycling – there are many ways to deal with it, and they will all be explored. An enterprising story from Whitefield.

Commissioner demands that BBMP be brought into a disciplined financial system

September 20, 2018 News Desk

Data shows that recent years have been better in terms of estimated and actual money received by the BBMP, but there is a need for better planning and transparency on the expenditure front.

Bengaluru Buzz: Kannada on signboards | Drop in PoP Ganesha idols | LED to light-up KIA runway

September 18, 2018 News Desk

Been too busy to keep pace with what’s been happening in your city, or what plans for its future are? Here’s a recap of some of the most important developments in Namma Bengaluru over the last week.

Forum bats for reducing BMTC’s bus ticket price

September 17, 2018 News Desk

Forum urges the government to not hike bus fares, so that citizens are saved from bearing the brunt of fuel price hike.

E-city shows the way with eco-friendly Habba

September 15, 2018 Vinay Kumar

Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA) recently hosted an environmental-friendly cultural festival. In collaboration with Infosys, the team pulled off an extremely successful fete, promoting green and sustainable living.

Bees Saal Baad: Down memory lane with the organisers of India’s first ‘academic’ gay rights symposium

September 14, 2018 Meenakshi Ramesh

In the wake of the historic SC judgment decriminalising homosexuality, we speak to Arvind Narrain and Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte, who organised a gay rights seminar in the city way back in 1998, as students at National Law School, Bangalore. This was the first such event in an academic institution.

Tips to make BMTC’s Android app more useful and helpful

September 14, 2018 Nagesh Aras

BMTC has an Intelligent Transport System, and an ITS mobile application too. How to make this system more efficient to help public transport and people? some inputs.

Retrospective applicability of Green Tribunal’s lake buffer rule: Citizens in the soup?

September 14, 2018 Shree D N

Plan sanctions for many projects near lakes and drains were given by the BBMP when there wasn’t enough attention on buffer zones. With the Green court’s push for buffer zone and lack of clarity over time frame from which it is applicable, 1000s of property buyers and owners in Bengaluru are in a quandary.

Eco-friendly initiatives in Bengaluru: will Ganesha Chaturthi be greener this year?

September 13, 2018 Seema Prasad

Seed Ganeshas have donned the markets this year, while mobile immersions and immersions in specified tanks inside lake areas have been facilitated by the BBMP. Will this Chaturthi be more eco-friendly than ever?

Bengaluru Buzz: Green wedding mandate | Lag in clean air action plan | Advertisers’ petition heard

September 12, 2018 News Desk

What’s Bangalore talking about? Catch some of the most important headlines from your city in our weekly news wrap here.

What is the fate of properties in the B register?

September 10, 2018 Seema Prasad

The A-B-(C) of A Khatha and B Khatha are becoming more and more complicated by the day. Here’s the latest from BBMP on conversion of properties in the B register and what it could mean.

KSRTC deploys 1200 additional buses during Gowri-Ganesha festival

September 7, 2018 News Desk

A press note from Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) states that as many as 1200 buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Sringeri, Horanadu,

Rs 350, time and sanity: What a missed rail yatra cost me!

September 7, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

The author missed the train during Bengaluru’s recent Rail Yatra, and her ordeal afterwards shows exactly how good it will be for citizens to have a suburban train service to travel around the city.

Apartment Adda’s Rise High Awards are back again

September 6, 2018 News Desk

The Rise High Award recognises and honours exemplary apartment community initiatives in Bengaluru. The event will be held on September 8, 2018.

What can Bengaluru expect from BBMP’s 14.4-crore plan to send pourakarmikas to Singapore?

September 6, 2018 Revathi Siva Kumar

More than 500 pourakarmikas have already visited Singapore at a cost of Rs 80000 each, as part of BBMP’s plan to send a targeted 1800 waste workers for training and international exposure. But what have they brought back and how much of it is being implemented?

When it cost 20 times more for a return journey in Bengaluru

September 5, 2018 Amogh Arakali

Reaching Carmelaram costs Rs 20 and 105 minutes with 60 minutes of walking, while the return journey costs Rs 402 and 160 minutes!