High Court orders state government to regulate rallies in Bengaluru, Health Department blames BBMP for not submitting timely data on dengue, Vasanthnagar residents demand streetlights to make their neighbourhood safe – read more on what happened in the city this week
Last week, the High Court passed orders on two major concerns of Bengalureans – the elevated corridor project, and indiscriminate tree felling for Metro rail. Read more on this, and other happenings in the city over the past week
Bellandur residents dig recharge wells to capture monsoon rain, PIL hearing on white-topping South End Road, Bengaluru retains its position as the biggest office market in Asia-Pacific – here’s news from the city this week
The government did not prosecute those indicted by the Lokayukta. The officials who let the town develop erratically were let scot-free, rued the citizens.
Bangalore’s governance has been captured by vested interests, say citizens. They have decided to protest if the government continues to neglect public welfare.
The PIL raises questions about the impact of the SEZ on environment, water table and traffic. It questions the allotment of land meant for agriculture.
Justice Puttaswamy, who filed the PIL against UIDAI in Supreme Court, says that Aadhaar card needs to be converted in to a Citizenship Card like in the USA, to keep a check on illegal migrants.
In part-II of the series, Citizen Matters explores why a section of the Kannada film industry is demanding only Kannada music on Bengaluru’s private FM channels.
The heat generated by citizens’ action contesting BDA’s Koramangala signal free corridor project is as much as the heat to come from the traffic snarls when four junctions here are dug up soon.
When all efforts failed, BTM residents filed a PIL against garbage trucks parked their area causing sanitation issues. The court ordered the BBMP to act, and set a deadline of two months.
And she finally did! It is thanks to her passion and legal expertise that Koramangala today boasts of an 11-acre lung space – the Meistripalya kere. Meet Laila Ollapally, a Koramangalite and practicing advocate.