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URBAN POOR

Photo of Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar, IAS, Additional Director (Vigilance and Public Distribution) and Joint Director (Information Technology)
Economy

Rs 1.2 crores recovered as penalty from ineligible BPL card holders, some owned luxury cars

December 21, 2022 Sherin Sunny

Despite online facilities, private service providers and initiatives like Grama One and Bangalore One, there are 2.7 lakh pending applications.

Indira Canteen in Ward 94, Gandhinagar
Governance

5-rupee breakfast, 10-rupee lunch: How Indira canteens are managing despite slashed budget

December 14, 2022 Sherin Sunny

Indira Canteens, started as a scheme of the erstwhile Congress government to provide low-cost, quality meals for the poor, are now mired in politics.

The yet-to-be-inaugurated Namma Clinic in Bengaluru
Health

Rs 155 cr already spent on Namma Clinics, but will it improve healthcare for the urban poor?

November 9, 2022 Pragathi Ravi

Namma Clinics will offer services like vaccination and immunisation and TB treatment. It will be staffed by a doctor, a nurse, and a lab technician.

Urban slum dwellers gather to collect relief kits at Whitefield, Bengaluru
Governance

An unequal monsoon: The impact of the floods on Whitefield’s poor settlements

October 7, 2022 Anshul Rai Sharma

The authorities addressed the grievances of IT companies, but largely ignored the plight of the poor settlements, who were the worst affected.

Pet bottles on tarpaulin
Environment

Co-creating cooling solutions for the homes of Bengaluru’s poor

September 16, 2022 Vinita Rodrigues

A new collaborative project works with urban poor to find ways to make their poorly-ventilated furnace-like homes cooler.

Residents wade through waist-deep water after settlement floods in Bellandur
Governance

Homeless and penniless, families of Brookefield settlement blame adjacent tech park for flooding

September 7, 2022 Pragathi Ravi

200 families in an informal settlement in Brookefield have been permanently forced out of their homes due to flooding and await compensation.

Streets of Rajendra Nagar slum, two storey buildings on both sides
Society

Youth of Rajendra Nagar slum face challenges, but there is hope

August 30, 2022 Anshul Rai Sharma

These young people are caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and lack access to education. NGO initiatives have brought some hope.

Water Supply

Costly and scarce: Water access a daily struggle for Bengaluru slum dwellers

May 18, 2022 Navya P K

A majority of slum residents depend on public borewells for water, which they use for cooking and drinking without filtering, at great risk to health.

Metro workers in a labour colony during lockdown
Economy

Hunger and fear of another lockdown stalks migrant workers

July 12, 2021 Navya P K

Migrant workers who went back home last year have had it worse since their return. Most remain without work, their condition just as bad as during last year’s lockdown.

Arrangements made by BMTC in collaboration with various other agencies to ply migrant workers from Orissa to Chikkabanavara Railway Station during COVID-19 lockdown in Bengaluru. Pic: Twitter handle of BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar
Commute

Low ridership, high fares: COVID nudging BMTC into vicious circle

April 27, 2021 Navya P K

With BMTC reducing its services since COVID’s onset last year, many informal sector workers are spending a lot more to access their workplaces.

Society

Adapting to survive: Stories of repair economy workers

March 29, 2021 Purna Sarkar and Himadri Das

Whereas the formal economy could move to the WFH model, informal workers devised common sense strategies to keep their business alive post-lockdown.

Governance

COVID-19 lockdown: Is universalising PDS the need of the hour?

April 10, 2020 Pranshu Rathee

In an emergency like the present, the state should ensure that the poor — estimated to be around 20 lakh in Bengaluru — have access to its public distribution system. Interestingly, the Food and Civil Supplies Department says there are only 16 lakh ration cards in the city. This, while there is enough to feed all for 15 months, say experts.

Governance

Bangalore Apartments’ Federation to launch health insurance for domestic workers

November 22, 2019 News Desk

Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF), which represents one lakh flats in the city, will launch a group insurance scheme for all domestic workers on November 24th

Environment

Averting Day Zero: How Bengaluru should manage its water

October 23, 2019 Sneha Visakha

A slew of regulations are needed to arrest Bengaluru’s worsening water scarcity. These include change in water pricing, integrated management of various water resources, and so on

Environment

Panel to explore solutions to Bengaluru’s water crisis: Who gets how much and at what cost?

October 22, 2019 News Desk

How can every Bengalurean be provided with enough water for their needs, at a price they can afford? Attend a panel discussion on October 24th, where BWSSB Chairman and domain experts explore solutions

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