bmrda Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Opinion: Bankrupt BBMP should be replaced by an efficient, powerful Metropolitan Council

September 11, 2020 V Balasubramanian

Solving Bengaluru’s problems of water, traffic, pollution, etc., requires a powerful, efficient body. A Bengaluru Metropolitan Council headed by the Chief Minister could be a solution.

Opinion: BBMP Bill offers nothing new, can’t solve Bengaluru’s problems

September 10, 2020 V Balasubramanian

State government is planning to soon enact the BBMP Bill for Bengaluru’s governance. But the city’s growing problems cannot be solved with the current governance structure or by merely increasing the number of wards, as envisioned in the Bill.

Plan Bengaluru at BMRDA level, not in BDA level

May 27, 2016 V Ravichandar and Rejeet Mathews

Bengaluru has a planning committee now, but is it enough to plan only BDA level, when the boundaries of the city are growing much beyond BDA level? Here’s an analysis on why we need Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC) at Bengaluru Metropolitan Regional Development Authority scale.

Citizens file objections to Akrama Sakrama draft rules

January 30, 2014 News Desk

Is Akrama Sakrama useful for all innocent citizens? Here are the loopholes in the Akrama Sakrama draft, highlighted by a couple of citizens.

Governance

Construction on govt land, buildings abutting drains not to be regularised

January 17, 2014 News Desk

Buildings that encroach parks, playground, open space or civic amenities area cannot be regularised according to the draft.

Let BMRDA be the admin for city planning

November 26, 2013 T R Raghunandan

Former IAS officer critiques new Planning Authority bill: Where is the Mayor in this committee?

Govt of Karnataka MPC draft notification text

November 25, 2013 News Desk

This text has been copied from Karnataka Rajyapatra (Karnataka Gazette) and published as it is.

‘Deadline for public input on Planning Authority should be extended’

November 22, 2013 C N Kumar

The draft rules for new planning authority for Bengaluru should be open for public to comment for one more month, says C N Kumar, an RTI activist.

Civic

Will Bangalore get Maths, Physics and Chemistry right this time?

November 21, 2013 Shree D N

Bangalore is supposed to get Metropolitan Planning Committee in place as soon as possible. But the question is, does the proposal address the concerns that led to the formation of this body.

Governance

Dr Kasturirangan Committee Report on Bangalore Urban Governance – 2008

November 21, 2013 News Desk

Kasturirangan Committee had proposed some reforms that will change the way Bangalore region would be governed. Here’s the text of the 150-page report.

Commute

In the name of development

April 11, 2013 Moumita Bhattacharya

Unrestrained construction has destroyed farm lands and water sources around Sarjapura while introducing safety and connectivity problems. But neither the government nor the real estate developers seem to care.

Civic

“Land should be pooled not sub-divided continuously”

February 7, 2011 Subramaniam Vincent

Mohan Rao, an urban planner tells Citizen Matters the real reasons for why so many Bengaluru layouts don’t have water supply and why buses are forced to run on 9-metre wide roads. He is clear about the solutions too.

A guide to Bangalore’s civic agencies

April 27, 2010 Mathew Prasad Idiculla

An introduction to the various civic agencies and parastatals responsible for Bengaluru: BBMP, BDA, BMRDA, BIAAPA, LDA, BESCOM, BWSSB and more. Who does what?

Governance

High confusion on high-rise buildings

April 27, 2010 Vaishnavi Vittal

The one thing citizens expect after the recent spate of fires in Bengaluru is clear regulations on which buildings need fire safety compliance and which not. Sorry, even there, our authorities are working at cross purposes.

Bengaluru awaits reforms, amidst the Yeddy vs Reddy turmoil

November 11, 2009 Subramaniam Vincent

If Yeddyurappa government is keen on executing reforms for Bengaluru, within what is left of its term, it will need to get past the BJP’s stability concerns soon. Too much is at stake.