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Governance

City administration, infrastructure, urban resilience, citizen participation and urban planning. We track the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, suburban municipalities and parastatal agencies like Water Supply and Sewerage Board, ESCOMs etc.

people at a ward committee meeting held outdoors
Governance

Why I like Ward Committees so much – and how you can too

May 23, 2022 Srinivas Alavilli

Just electing a ward corporator is not enough. How can we ensure purpose and direction in a ward’s governance? The answer: ward committees.

Metal grating for culvert
Governance

What fixing our own roads taught us about local democracy

May 6, 2022 Arvind Keerthi

We planted trees, installed drain covers, fixed water leaks, and filled potholes. Yes, it is time for localities to self-organise and self-fund themselves.

BMP SAS Property tax payment
Governance

Step by step guide to paying BBMP property tax for 2022-23

April 26, 2022 D R Prakash

A guide to BBMP Property tax assessment currently underway. The process, problems, along with the changes introduced this year.

BPac B.Safe report release
Governance

Missing streetlights, poor signages: Safety audit finds much room for improvement

April 18, 2022 Sandhya Bhat

A BPAC project audited 260 public spaces, from PHCs to bus stops on how safe they are for women. This is what they found.

Stretch of road without footpath
Governance

Gottigere ward walkability report, a citizen’s survey and perspective

April 12, 2022 Poongothai Paramasivam

The survey was an eyeopener. Post the survey, we requested BBMP officials and traffic police to remove the obstacles and encroachments.

bbmp council
Governance

Effective participative governance requires corporators at the helm of ward committees

April 11, 2022 Navya P K

Residents are disenchanted with nodal officers and believe corporators are likely to be more effective and democratic and at least resolve minor issues.

MCMB Campaign launch
Governance

End YellowSpots, improve footpaths, improve quality of parks—Citizens’ wish list for ward level budgets

April 1, 2022 Srinivas Alavilli

#MyCityMyBudget 2022-23 –another year of overwhelming response from citizens for ward level budget allocations for footpaths, public toilets and parks.

Aditi Raja, IA&AS officer
Governance

Don’t spend more than you actually earn, new Act teaches BBMP fiscal discipline

March 30, 2022 Sravasti Datta

Interview with Aditi Raja, formerAccountant General of West Bengal on implications of bringing BBMP under the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2003

potholes on Sarjapur main road
Governance

Pothole deaths: For concerned officials, no accountability, no action, no deterrence

March 29, 2022 Navya P K

With increasing pressure from the public, the Bengaluru Traffic Police has of late been booking more cases against engineers for pothole-related deaths.

Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar
Governance

MOUs or no MOUs, citizen groups continue the fight to save Bengaluru’s lakes

March 4, 2022 Arathi Manay Yajaman

Since 2011, several lakes in Bengaluru have been cared for by citizen groups via MoUs with BBMP. Ten years on, the situation is quite different.

Collage of different Ward Committee Meetings
Governance

Ward committee meetings lack proper rules, representation and legal framework

March 3, 2022 Sravasti Datta

No set procedures for conduct of ward committee meetings, and citizens’ role is also not specified. So how can we have a say in our local governance?

Janaagraha's webinar on fund usage by Bengaluru's ward committees.
Governance

Webinar: How ward committees are utilising funds for potholes, footpaths, borewells

January 24, 2022 Srinivas Alavilli

BBMP recently allocated Rs 60 lakh to every ward committee. A webinar organised by the NGO Janaagraha threw light on how the funds are being used.

Maternity ward in a hospital
Governance

How to get a birth/death certificate in Bengaluru

January 17, 2022 Nihira

The Civil Registration System (CRS) is helmed by a Chief Registrar who appoints Registrars responsible for entering accurate details in the CRS.

Wads of cash 500 & 100 on files
Governance

“The bribe and I”

January 7, 2022 Renuka Viswanathan

Procedural changes or tech fixes alone can’t stop corruption. The administrative structure can be bribe-proofed only when politics is honest too.

Woman holding a mobile
Governance

Mobile phone theft: A personal experience

December 17, 2021 Kameswari Padmanabhan

Even as Bengaluru has been rated as the best city to live in the country, mobile thefts have been on the rise. A resident shares how her phone was stolen.

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