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HomeSeries: Insights into Bengaluru

Series: Insights into Bengaluru

Economy

Skill gaps among fresh IT graduates in Bengaluru impact hiring numbers

October 5, 2018 Shree D N

2.11 lakh students were enrolled in engineering courses in 2017-18, only 34,506 students were placed in Karnataka, according to AICTE. This points to a dim overall hiring scene, though IT graduates are only a fraction of this number. Why aren’t fresh IT grads getting hired?

Economy

More than half the graduates not getting employed: what are the challenges?

July 3, 2018 Siddharth Anil Nair

Every year, only about 40-45% of the graduates who pass out of engineering and management get employed. Why is the picture gloomy? An exploration of different aspects of the job market in Bengaluru.

Environment

Making Bengaluru greener through collective efforts

June 19, 2018 Meera K

How can Bengaluru bring back the lost green glory? What can practically be done, and by whom?

Environment

BWSSB projects March 2021 deadline for sewage network in 110 villages

June 14, 2018 Seema Prasad

Better groundwater quality in cities requires an underground sewage network and its timely treatment and usage. Outskirts of BBMP limits in Bengaluru are yet to be covered by a sewage network, though plans are underway.

Environment

Heat, dust and floods: What’s up with Bengaluru?

June 7, 2018 Nikita Vashisth and Meera K

Bengaluru is losing its greenery right in front of our eyes – how are we getting affected? What does the data show? First part of a new series.

Governance

Gone today, back tomorrow: The strange case of Bengaluru’s ad hoardings

October 21, 2016 Akshatha M

In brazen defiance of law, advertisers put up illegal hoardings across the city, often multiple times after the authorities have torn them down. How will the BBMP deal with this menace?

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Governance

The thankless job of a traffic cop on Outer Ring Road

July 19, 2016 Akshatha M

They man the traffic, spending their days sorting out chaos on the roads. What is a traffic cop’s life like?

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Governance

Reports on BBMP’s illegal advertisement hoardings by K Mathai

June 2, 2016 News Desk

BBMP’s last Assistant Commissioner for Advertising K Mathai had submitted a series of reports on illegal hoardings in BBMP, to the Commissioner. Here are the first four reports.

Governance

Here’s why BBMP is unable to remove illegal hoardings

June 1, 2016 Akshatha M

BBMP has no uniform policy for removal of hoardings. The terms and conditions are different each time, which is why the removal of illegal hoardings has become impossible. Here’s the story on the enforcement mafia.

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Governance

Here’s why BBMP is unable to remove illegal hoardings

June 1, 2016 Akshatha M

BBMP has no uniform policy for removal of hoardings. The terms and conditions are different each time, which is why the removal of illegal hoardings has become impossible. Here’s the story on the enforcement mafia.

Governance

BBMP makes no money from advertising hoardings worth crores

May 24, 2016 Akshatha M

They are everywhere: On buildings, storm water drains, skywalks and parks. But no one knows the numbers, and no one knows how to stop them from coming up, or make money out of them. What’s going on behind the scenes?

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Governance

BBMP makes no money from advertising hoardings worth crores

May 23, 2016 Akshatha M

They are everywhere: On buildings, storm water drains, skywalks and parks. But no one knows the numbers, and no one knows how to stop them from coming up, or make money out of them. What’s going on behind the scenes?

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Governance

How much do garment workers earn? What do they spend it on?

May 2, 2016 News Desk

A survey released by Garment and Textile Workers Union (GATWU) provides interesting insights into the lives of garment workers.

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Governance

In 21st century Bengaluru, men still die cleaning manholes

April 26, 2016 Karthik Ranganathan

Despite the government schemes to rehabilitate manual scavengers, the scavenging still continues. The caste stigma attached to it has become inseparable—jobs of sanitary workers are reserved to SC/STs, even in this modern era of computers and the internet!

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Governance

The present is real, the future unknown: a story of a garment worker

April 20, 2016 Akshatha M

Bengaluru saw a sudden eruption of protest by garment workers on Monday and Tuesday opposing the Central government’s new PF policy. One woman garment worker’s story gives us a glimpse into their lives.

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