GENRE: Features

For the future, BMTC is envisioning doing away with digital passes, and transitioning to wallets and smart cards, like Metro cards, that can be recharged

A gated society with 60 villas that was dependent on tanker water supply, especially in the summer months, has managed to go tanker-free this year.

Ajay moved to Bengaluru for a job as a pani puri vendor. He saves up to send money home, and to open his own stall in the future!

A majority of slum residents depend on public borewells for water, which they use for cooking and drinking without filtering, at great risk to health.

E-autos are pollution free, cheaper to maintain and provide a better riding experience. What needs to be done to make them ubiquitous?

Targeted free travel for select groups–those who cannot afford but are dependent on buses for access to livelihood—is the way to go for BMTC

Residents are disenchanted with nodal officers and believe corporators are likely to be more effective and democratic and at least resolve minor issues.

Community outreach programs are rethinking artistic and cultural spaces to enable inclusivity of not just the physically challenged but also the neurodivergent

A recent study revealed that 64% of surveyed pregnant migrant women had not been visited by a health worker either during their pregnancy or after delivery

While street vendors are marginalised in general, migrant vendors have it tougher. They are often excluded from economic hubs and face discrimination.

What began as one family’s passion has evolved into a community garden managed by residents of this Bellandur apartment.

A decade ago, some Bengalureans wanted to solve the city’s waste problem. It was the 2Bin1Bag initiative that made waste segregation easy.