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Every mayor wants to clean-up KR Market. G Padmavathi’s challenge is no mean task as this photo essay shows.

Continuous garbage dumping and fires on BDA land create grave health hazard for residents of Ward 198 in Anjanapura, but who’s listening?

JD(S) corporator M Anand from Radhakrishna Temple ward was elected as the Deputy Mayor in the polls marked by controversy over the suspension of voting rights of Independent MP Rajeev Chandrashekhar and BJP’s PC Mohan.

Mayor B S Satyanarayana says his aim is to reduce the garbage in the city by end of his term.

Ex-Mayor and BJP candidate from Shanthinagar, Murthy blames the lack of cooperation from the previous MLA and councillors for the woes of the constituency; says, his experience as mayor and corporator will help him solve problems.

The fate of 132 cases against BBMP engineers is in question with the transfer of BMTF head Rajvir P Sharma. BBMP has decided to transfer the cases against the engineers, related to the building violations, to the concerned police stations.

Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy met the residents of Padmanabha Nagar, listened to their grievances and assured them a solution.

The residents discovered that out of 11 CA sites sanctioned by BDA, meant for common use, seven had been illegally appropriated and encroached upon.

Water supply and waste management is the priority says the New Mayor. Will he follow through or will it be yet another scam ridden, bankrupt year for BBMP?

Since the formation of Bruhat Bengaluru, the city witnessed its first council session as the newly elected 198 corporators took oath. S K Nataraj and N Dayanand were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

As we enter a new calendar year, Citizen Matters takes you through 2009 – a recap of what happened in namma Bengaluru.