URBAN Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Did Namma Metro reverse-engineer CMP for Centre’s funding?

January 29, 2020 Siddhant Kalra

Centre’s MoU with Karnataka for the Metro project specified a Comprehensive Mobility Plan as a primary condition. BMRCL creating the plan is compared to “Airtel drafting the telecom policy for the entire country.”

Bengaluru’s women factory workers can now do night shifts, but will it help them?

January 16, 2020 Harsha Raj Gatty

As per a recent state government notification, women factory workers can now do night shifts. While the progressive move has been lauded, there are concerns that it could lead to more exploitation of workers

Why Bengaluru’s workers are taking part in the Jan 8 protests

January 8, 2020 Siddhant Kalra

Workers in major industrial clusters in Bengaluru participated in the nationwide strike today, which affected factories and PSUs. What prompted them to protest?

How the upcoming Satellite Town Ring Road will affect lives and livelihoods around Bengaluru

December 26, 2019 Prathigna Poonacha Kodira

The proposed Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR) will connect 12 major towns outside Bengaluru. It will trigger rapid changes in peri-urban areas in terms of occupation, land use and so on

How Bengaluru youth are taking part in the global movement against climate change

December 24, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

The Bengaluru chapter of Fridays For Future (FFF), a global youth movement, holds weekly climate strikes in different parts of the city. In this edition of Citizens Live, one of its coordinators Disha A Ravi, speaks about their work

For many northeastern migrants in Bengaluru, CAA-NRC a ‘grey’ area

December 23, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

Many members of Bengaluru’s northeast community support the NRC, but acknowledge that the issue is complex

Bengaluru’s Draft Mobility Plan: Some pedestrian projects

December 20, 2019 Naveen Menezes

Unlike previous mobility plans, the new draft Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) proposes pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. Pedestrian-only streets, elevated walkways and cycling tracks are part of the plan

Bengaluru’s Draft Mobility Plan in a nutshell: Elevated corridors get Rs 18,480 crore

December 18, 2019 Naveen Menezes

Many familiar terms like transit-oriented development, multi-modal mobility fare system, congestion fees, pay-and-park system appear in the plan. And yes, there’s a plan for elevated corridors too!

Potholes across the city has caused inconvenience not just to commuters but also pedestrians. Pic: Meera K

Share your pothole woes, help hold BBMP accountable

December 13, 2019 Ekta Sawant

A PIL is ongoing in the High Court, that seeks to hold BBMP accountable for potholes. Send us details of potholes you know of, to help support this case

Poor attendance, no accountability: Why Bengaluru’s ward committees aren’t yielding results

December 10, 2019 Harsha Raj Gatty

A year ago, ward committee meetings started in Bengaluru. Then why is it that citizens still don’t have a say in the governance of their wards?

Why Bellandur lake restoration will fail unless Doddanekkundi lake is cleaned up

December 8, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Crores are spent on rejuvenating lakes in Bengaluru, but they continue to receive sewage. Why does this happen, and what can you do about it?

Bengaluru’s pothole victims’ pain continues, no formal way yet to claim compensation

December 5, 2019 Harsha Raj Gatty

Potholes have led to several accidents and deaths in Bengaluru. But compensation for victims have always been at the Mayor’s discretion. Despite a HC order, BBMP has not yet set up a formal process for compensation

This by-election, ask questions to the ex-MLAs who are back for your vote

December 2, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Four assembly constituencies in Bengaluru are going into the bypolls this week. And in three of them, disqualified MLAs are contesting again, albeit from a different party

London’s transport chief on solving Bengaluru’s traffic woes: Plan for public transit and dense city core

November 28, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer at TFL (Transport for London) was recently in Bengaluru to discuss public transit with the government. In this chat with Citizens Live, he discusses bus lanes, smart cards, and solutions to Bengaluru’s traffic woes

MP Tejasvi Surya helps fix Bannerghatta Road, but is it his job?

November 27, 2019 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Bengaluru already has a Metropolitan Planning Committee to plan and coordinate infrastructure works. Then why are our MPs and MLAs fixing roads?