Civic

The residents of ST Bed Layout adjacent to Koramangala recently organised a public meeting with civic officials in the presence of their MLA, Ramalinga Reddy. Citizens noted many promises.

The city’s road construction and widening projects appear to be stirring up one storm after another. This time, BBMP’s approach confuses J P Nagar residents.

An initiative gets underway to get citizens of Malleswaram to become active in public matters like waste segregation, citizen policing and more.

Instead of cribbing about litter in picnic spots around Bangalore and apathy of the government bodies, a group of city-based volunteers have taken it on themselves to run clean and green drives.

The BDA’s new commissioner H Siddaiah met with citizens at the BDA complex in Koramangala on 17 May. An unexpected and dramatic scene unfolded.

The Karnataka government’s new rule on word-limiting RTI applications will increase paperwork, pending cases and appeals, argue activists.

Because of the government’s equity stake and a range of tax, cess and other exemptions granted to BIAL, the Karnataka Information Commission has taken the view that BIAL must respond to RTI applications.

Roundup from various localities on citizen groups organising meetings with candidates on the Citizens’ Charter

Pedestrians face the most challenges in our roads. We are trying to tackle the issue rather than just complain. Our first programme will be on 20th April in Sanjaynagar.

Prominent Bangalore-based RTI activists list evidence to show that bureaucrats are systematically trying to push the sunshine law back into the bottle. Here’s how.

City and state officials have been engaged in yet another effort to clean up the error and horror-ridden voter rolls in the state. What’s in store? How do you get on the elusive list?

He’s the head of the Citizen Action Forum (CAF), an organisation of citizens and citizens associations who believe in offering solutions, not just pointing out the problem. Meet N S Mukunda.