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Bengaluru Buzz: Lockdown from July 14 | BMTC services trimmed | Unrest among frontline workers…and more

July 12, 2020 News Desk

Bengaluru will go into a complete lockdown again from July 14 to 22, in an attempt to contain COVID. Read more in our roundup of last week’s news.

Bengaluru Buzz: Over 500 new dengue cases in four days | HC order to restore 19 lakes | Suicide rates spiking…and more

August 17, 2019 News Desk

Huge spike in dengue cases, High Court orders state government to create artificial lakes if it can’t restore encroached ones, BBMP to map vulnerable structures – read more on what happened in the city this week

Bengaluru Buzz: BMTC losses, water woes, HDK’s push for Metro Phase II on Hosur Road

July 21, 2018 News Desk

As you wind up for the week, take a quick look at some of the headlines that have caught Bengaluru’s attention over the last seven days. Don’t miss the buzz in your city.

Former bureaucrat Renuka aims to bring governance to doorsteps

April 24, 2018 Seema Prasad

Renuka wants to bring AAP’s Delhi model of governance to Bengaluru. She talks about being a woman in a position of power and in politics.

Street vendors vow to segregate and dispose of waste responsibly

November 3, 2015 News Desk

Street vendors of HSR Layout participated in a rally to raise awareness about waste management and vowed that they would do their part to dispose of their waste responsibly.

Civic

Waste-pickers – Salvaging the city’s garbage

January 29, 2014 Nalini Shekar and Pinky Chandran

The 2010 UN Habitat publication states that waste-pickers perform 50 to 100% of all ongoing waste collection in most cities in developing countries – at no cost to the city budget. How does it work for the waste-pickers in Bangalore?

Society

Think of the workers

December 3, 2012 Sakuntala Narasimhan

Elections will come. But no social equity on the agenda. We forget, without the millions of poor workers,
none of us can manage.

Governance

Pourakarmikas protest erratic salary payments

May 23, 2012 Sankar C G

Over a 1000 pourakarmikas protested at BBMP today demanding regular salaries.

Governance

“We who clean the streets of Bangalore are paid Rs 2000”

April 17, 2012 News Desk

An open letter from Pourakarmikas, who ask: how do we live on Rs 2000 in a city like Bangalore? How can we take care of housing, health, food and our children’s education?