HSR Layout Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Street art points to Bengaluru’s missing green cover

April 24, 2019 Gaurav Choudhary

A Bengaluru resident puts up an art installation in HSR Layout to bring attention to the city’s rapidly depleting green cover

Agara lake festival to discuss plastic pollution

June 8, 2018 News Desk

Agara lake will host a festival on June 9, 2018, to celebrate World Environment Day and discuss plastic pollution.

Residents want KCDC plant booted out from HSR Layout

August 15, 2017 News Desk

Karnataka Composting Development Corporation (KCDC) in HSR Layout, Bengaluru, is in news yet again. Residents are demanding that the government: 1. Shift the existing plant immediately to a remote and unpopulated location outside the city

Will highway liquor ban affect pubs and bars on ORR?

July 14, 2017 Kennedy Wirth

The Karnataka Excise Department’s recent order to stop the sale of liquor on national highways in Bengaluru’s CBD is based on outdated highway records.

If composting plant doesn’t work, close it down, demand HSR residents

April 17, 2017 Akshatha M

Citizens speak out on the government-run composting plant in HSR Layout – what is happening, why people are worried about it.

Children walk and cycle to school on happy and safe routes in HSR Layout

November 17, 2016 Lakshmi Menon

A new beginning was made in HSR Layout, with children and parents along with teachers in a school campaigning for walking and cycling routes to the school.

How an RWA teamed up with a corporate to make foothpaths safer

February 1, 2016 Sharath SR

On January 30th, Hasiru Mithra teamed up with B.PAC and Syngene to make the footpaths on 27th Main road in HSR Layout pedestrian-friendly.

HSR Layout to get cycle lanes – here’s some background

January 22, 2016 Akshatha M

HSR Layout will be getting cycle lanes. Will it be successful? What are the lessons gained from earlier experiences?

HSR sector 7: caught between GAIL and BBMP

January 6, 2016 Vijay Kundaji

GAIL has dug the roads in HSR layout in Bengaluru to lay pipelines. But the repair is taking time, due to various reasons. Ultimately citizens are paying for the mess.

HSR Layout residents to protest against KCDC on Oct 31

October 16, 2015 Akshatha M

Upset over the pollution caused by KCDC compost plant, residents of HSR Layout and Somasundarapalya have planned for a protest yet again. This time, they will place two options before the authorities – close the plant or fix the problem.

HSR Open Streets: Many happy, some bugged, all vocal

September 24, 2015 Ganga Madappa

The Open Streets event held at HSR Layout has generated much conversation, from supporters and critics alike. So what went well and what did not?

Some HSR residents to hit the streets this Sunday, others worried

September 17, 2015 Ganga Madappa

A government move to make HSR Layout vehicle-free for one day has been met with support and criticisms. What’s the big deal about Open Streets?

Ward information page: Ward 174 – HSR Layout

August 18, 2015 Poll Desk

Here’s all the information that you need about HSR Layout ward prior to the BBMP elections: What has happened in the ward in the past five years, who is contesting, what are the problems.

Civic

Citizens ask BBMP to solve infrastructural issues in HSR Layout

October 21, 2014 Brig (retd.) R S Murthy

Members of the HSR Sector 2 RWA met with BBMP Joint Commissioner and Corporator to discuss infrastructure issues in the area, including solid waste management, road work and de-silting of drains.

Infrastructure

Shut down composting plant in HSR Layout, say residents

October 14, 2014 Vijay Kumar K

The plant was reopened a year ago, and now handled by the BBMP. Troubled by the unbearable stench, residents want the plant to shut.