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Potholes in Yelanahalli Road, Bengaluru
Commute

Yelling at BBMP won’t solve Bengaluru’s problems

October 12, 2017 Ashwin Mahesh

What can solve the issues with roads and potholes Bengaluru is sustained involvement with the political class.

Civic

Million Mahadevapura voters want to rise, will BBMP help?

August 23, 2017 Akshatha M and Anjali Saini

Six months after application, some apartment residents haven’t got EPIC numbers or voter id cards in Whitefield. The Million Voter Rising campaign is trying to overcome such hurdles, as it works to get more people onto the rolls.

Civic

Educated lead the way in littering Lalbagh

August 21, 2017 Hema Mahesh

People abuse the famous park at the heart of Bengaluru, by throwing litter. Why this negligence towards our own public assets?

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Governance

Help Bengaluru map its problem spots!

August 10, 2016 News Desk

Help the city administration pinpoint issues in the public streets and areas, by mapping them and presenting. Join this mapping project!

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Education

Want to be an athlete? Bengaluru isn’t the place for you!

June 22, 2016 Akshatha M

A city with 1/6th of the state’s population, yet Bengaluru cannot produce high performing athletes. Why?

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Governance

Bengaluru: epitome of urban destruction

June 16, 2016 Ranjeet Menon

How did Bengaluru change over the years? What makes people predict that the city be dead in next five years? Some thoughts.

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Governance

Can Bengaluru ever become Khatha-mukt?

June 7, 2016 News Desk

There are instances of BBMP issuing B khatha to flats without valid reasons, thereby harassing the innocent buyer, says Vishwanatha Rao.

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Commute

Bengaluru’s pavements: foot paths or death traps?

June 1, 2016 Marianne de Nazareth

Scooter-borne jay riders race on the wrong side of a road, hit a lady, and flee eve before she wakes up and notes down their numbers. Passersby don’t care to take the numbers either. Traffic rules are broken everyday in Bengaluru everywhere, and fines are not helping!

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Environment

Bengaluru’s climate change history and lessons to learn

May 26, 2016 Rajesh S

Bangalore is hot, dry, dusty. We’re heating it up more, with all the gadgets and appliances we use. It’s local heating—not global warming. This is the story of climate change in Bengaluru!

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Governance

Let’s send some rainwater to our lakes in Bengaluru

May 26, 2016 Srinivas Alavilli

It’s that time of the year when the city will receive rains. Roads will flood while lakes will remain parched. Can we catch the rain and send it to lakes?

Commute

Lessons Bengaluru can learn from Delhi’s Odd-Even policy

January 27, 2016 Khader B Syed

There are rumours of Odd-even policy making way to Bangalore. Can Bengaluru’s existing public transport infrastructure support such a policy? Khader B Syed analyses.

Governance

It’s the governance, stupid!

January 6, 2016 Nidhi Gupta

What are the key lessons from 2015 the government could learn? What are the challenges Bengaluru poses to the government? What needs to be improved?

Governance

Save us from BBMP contractors, please!

December 21, 2015 Sakuntala Narasimhan

BBMP contractors who cause damage to private properties refuse to repair them. A senior citizen voices her concern on the issue, because of which she had to suffer a lot.

Infrastructure

Lessons Bengaluru can learn from Calgary, Canada

October 16, 2015 Sudha Narasimhachar

What’s wrong with namma Bengaluru? A visit to a foreign country can bring a different perspective to the way in which one sees the city.

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Governance

How to solve a problem in Bengaluru

September 11, 2015 Bavandar Gupha

A satiric note about solving Bengaluru’s problems that also highlights the causes of problems remaining as they are for ages.

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