OPINION

COVID showed just how inadequate public healthcare is in Bengaluru. Here’s a wish list from a public health researcher on what needs to change.

Government agencies have engineered Bengaluru’s natural streams into sewage-carrying drains. This has resulted in frequent floods in the city.

To simply ask youth to form small committees and help in COVID administration questions their ability and potential to be catalysts of change and pillars of hope in these difficult times.

The government should set up fee regulatory committees with powers to fix fees based on the school’s expenses and reasonable growth plans, says a parent-turned-founder of a school.

ವಿಶೇಷ ವಿವಾಹ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ, 1954, ಅಂತರ್-ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ, ಅಂತರ್ಜಾತಿ ವಿವಾಹಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿದಿದೆ

The Special Marriage Act, 1954, expressly upholds inter-religious, inter-caste marriages

The example of Outer Ring Road shows that rapid, unplanned development can defeat the purpose of a ring road. Without land use regulations, the same is likely to happen in the case of the upcoming PRR.

As the state government appoints an administrator to BBMP and indefinitely delays Council elections, how are citizens affected? History shows that the absence of a Council makes BBMP more unaccountable and inaccessible.

History shows that Bengaluru has reined in pandemics before. But now, with turf wars and bureaucrat transfers, even basic principles of management are missing from the city’s COVID response.

In earlier articles in the Ground Reality series, we looked at cash shortage, food insecurity and domestic conflict in poor urban households during the lockdown. They are now trying to rebuild their lives. This is about how we can help.

Private tanker operators in Bengaluru often draw water from dubious sources and charge predatory prices during summer. Here are some suggestions on how they can be reined in.

Government’s COVID response has failed to recognise the migrant worker as human. While the workers are treated like criminals, the real culprits behind their plight go scot-free.