Today people in Bengaluru can nominate themselves to volunteer as a ward committee member. But it didn’t happen overnight – the struggle for ward committees lasted for almost 25 years! Read the story of how ward committee came about.
New draft of KMC – Ward Committee Rules applicable for BBMP have been gazetted on May 26th. It has a few changes including addition of powers for members to recommend action against erring officials.
Finally Bangalore is moving towards better citizen participation – Ward Committee is one of them. The raw rules published are set to improve, due to the intervention of many activists who have been bargaining for it.
