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HomeGENRE: Solutions

GENRE: Solutions

Special features that describe how a particular problem or challenge was overcome, providing available evidence

Governance

Bengaluru on poll mode: Get registered as voter for 2018 elections

November 6, 2017 News Desk

Elections are fast-approaching in Karnataka. Have you checked whether you are in the voter roll? Have you re-registered in the voter roll if you have changed residence? Here’s what you can do.

Governance

When a temple in Bengaluru decides to not waste its waste!

November 2, 2017 Anupama Harish

Kalyana Mahaganapathi Temple management had to pay 1,000 rupees each time to get the waste cleared. This is an inspiring story of the temple becoming self-sufficient in managing waste.

Commute

Redesigning a road: Lessons from Church Street

November 1, 2017 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Uniform roadwidth. Cobbled stone road with geometrical patterns. Once a dirty street with garbage and flooding potholed streets, Church Street is getting transformed into a pedestrian’s dream-street. How did this happen?

Education

This NGO creates spaces where learning is fun and hope is high

October 25, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

In fourteen years, this Bengaluru-based NGO has transformed the lives of children from underprivileged sections learning in government schools, to help them pursue a better life with better education and jobs.

Environment

Mitigating rain and floods in Bengaluru needs holistic approach

October 17, 2017 Vishwanath Srikantaiah

Bengaluru needs to pay attention to the design of the land – the topography, groundwater recharging capacity, design of the raja kaluves.. and find a way to store water or recharge groundwater, to help mitigate floods.

Civic

The story of a layout in Bengaluru becoming Swachh Ooru

October 16, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

It’s not an easy achievement to get people to segregate their waste, but relentless efforts by volunteers and penalising by BBMP have helped achieve it in HSR Layout in Bengaluru.

Commute

BMTC, this is how you can replace personal transport in Bengaluru

October 13, 2017 Vijay Kundaji

A developed city is not a place where the poor have cars, but where the rich use public transportation. For this to happen, BMTC must look beyond its own flattering ridership statistics, and try to improve user convenience.

Education

Tech products help visually disabled, yet a long way to go!

October 12, 2017 Revathi Siva Kumar

October 12 is World Sight Day. What help do the visually challenged have? What more do they need? Here’s a summary of new age solutions.

Commute

Yelling at BBMP won’t solve Bengaluru’s problems

October 12, 2017 Ashwin Mahesh

What can solve the issues with roads and potholes Bengaluru is sustained involvement with the political class.

Civic

Changing from bystanders to stakeholders: a year of Citizens for Bengaluru

October 10, 2017 Prabhadev, Mala Sugantha and Manasi Paresh Kumar

From forming a human chain to stop ‘steel flyover’ to Beku-BeDa Santhe a year later, Citizens for Bengaluru has come a long way, learning the ropes of dealing with government. Citizen participation is no longer an aberration but now a norm.

Governance

How to fix voter registration issues in Bengaluru

September 27, 2017 Akshatha M

Some ideas on how to solve the difficulties in voter registration—from using post offices to Bangalore One centres—making it as painless as Aadhaar process often is.

Infrastructure

The Herculean task of reining in Bengaluru’s garbage mafia

September 26, 2017 Shree D N

Why does Bengaluru’s waste management break down often? How does the ‘mafia’ operate? What is needed to help the city come out from the clutches of the garbage mafia?

Economy

All you need to know about Bengaluru’s Employment Exchanges

September 21, 2017 Akshatha M

This guide will help you figure out how anyone can benefit from employment exchanges.

Environment

Clear and present danger: What’s the future of Bengaluru’s rejuvenated lakes

September 8, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

Rejuvenating a lake is a tough task. But the real work lies after the revival. Maintaining that the lake stays clean and clear of sewage and encroachment is a continuous task that requires funds and people. What would be the future of these lakes?

Environment

Communities take command of lake cleanups in Bengaluru

September 1, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

Groups of people work with the local corporators, to manually clean the lake every weekend. What else is happening, in Bengaluru’s lake rejuvenation scene?

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