Ejipura Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Demolished bridge, upcoming sewer line, leaves ST Bed Layout stranded

June 4, 2019 Muralidhar Rao

Over two months back, BBMP demolished the Maharaja Junction bridge that connected ST Bed Layout residents to the main road. The new bridge was to be built in 45 days, but work has been in limbo after the BWSSB came up with new plans to build a sewerage line beneath the stormwater drain under the bridge!

Former Ejipura EWS residents’ lives worse after eviction: Report

July 31, 2017 News Desk

A report explains how eviction has impacted the lives of people evicted from Ejipura EWS project. While they spend more on daily lives, their income has decreased, says the report.

Five years after Ejipura eviction, she remains homeless

July 19, 2017 Akshatha M

Families were evicted from the housing quarters with a promise of new homes in the same place. Ever since, footpath has become their dwelling. What has the life been like, for the evicted?

BBMP MoU promises EWS land to developer, against rules

July 17, 2017 Akshatha M

Public-private partnership does not allow land transfer to developers, but the BBMP has promised a sale in the MoU signed, and the developer is banking on it. Where will this lead to?

Appeal for support :EWS Anniversary Dharna from Jan 17th

January 16, 2014 News Desk

It is almost a year since the EWS Quarters slum was demolished and the residents ruthlessly thrown away from their homes. In spite of various protests and struggles against this inhuman slum demolition by slum

Budget : Old wine in too many new bottles

July 16, 2013 Sridhar Pabbisetty

Real solution to the malnutrition problem lies in incentivizing local production of heavily imported pulses which are today almost four times the price they were about five years ago. The whole food security angle needs to be considered through a lens beyond subsidized rice.

Ask, who is migrating to Bangalore; then draft budget

July 15, 2013 M S Sriram

Who are migrating into Bangalore, and why? What is so special in Bangalore that brings them in? What are the problems in the areas they come from? These questions are never asked while drafting budget.

Economy

Commuter Rail to be a reality in Bangalore: CM

July 13, 2013 News Desk

While waste management and rejuvenation of lakes have found space in the budget, announcement of Commuter railways has cheered many. Formation of Ground Water directorate and Indian Institute of Public Health are the other things to look forward to.

A Budget for all – but no big ideas

July 13, 2013 T V Mohandas Pai

Industry is disappointed as there is no large investment in neither power nor infrastructure. Chief Minister has explained the projects which are in execution. We need big ideas, large solutions, massive investment and a big vision.

Infrastructure

NGO Report on EWS evictions shows loopholes in BBMP-Maverick agreement

July 11, 2013 Navya P K

The book by PUCL analyses the entire eviction episode, with the government documents, and explains how a Public Private Partnership can be manipulated. Meanwhile the Lokayukta probe on evictions has headed nowhere, because of ‘lack of records.’

Governance

BBMP’s ‘missing’ file on EWS Housing

June 14, 2013 News Desk

BBMP officials seem to have a penchant for losing files. Citizen Matters’ copy of a recent ‘missing’ file is shared here.

Society

Homeless children of Ejipura paint homes of their dreams

June 2, 2013 News Desk

A concerned group of children from Indiranagar wanted to do something for their EWS counterparts, which resulted in the summer camp.

Civic

97 more families likely to lose homes in Ejipura

May 6, 2013 Sriram V

Even as the controversy about the forced eviction of residents of the EWS quarters in Ejipura is yet to die down, another 97 families find themselves in danger of being displaced because of the project.

Infrastructure

EWS flats exist but not for Ejipura evictees

February 18, 2013 Navya P K

The Slum Board quarters at Kudlu, off Sarjapura Road have more than a 1000 flats, mostly vacant, even as the families evicted from Ejipura who landed there, struggle to find houses. What are the Slum Board’s plans for them, then?

Governance

Violence continues against EWS residents, say activists

February 12, 2013 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Protestors expressing solidarity with evicted residents of Ejipura at a march on the 9th of February come up against hardhanded opposition from police yet again.