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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.

domestic workers' protest in marathahalli
Governance

Domestic workers protest lack of social security, ineffective govt scheme

November 16, 2021 Geeta Menon

Though state government has a scheme since 2016 to support domestic workers, they have hardly benefited. Workers are campaigning on the issue this week.

voting booth
Governance

Draft voter rolls for 2022 published; Dec 8 deadline for filing objections

November 12, 2021 News Desk

The draft voter rolls for 2022 has been published on November 8. Citizens have until December 8 to apply for changes in the rolls.

Governance

Workshop on ward committees: Learn how to help solve civic issues in your neighbourhood

October 29, 2021 Srinivas Alavilli

Attend a workshop to learn how you can participate in the ward committee meetings in your ward, hold officials accountable and get works done.

BBMP Head Office
Governance

How does BBMP compute Property Tax

August 11, 2021 Sandhya Bhat

BBMP’s efforts in fixing loopholes in the Property Tax Self Assessment system, adds to the woes of property owners….

BBMP Officials at a meeting
Governance

Third wave of the pandemic: Is Bengaluru prepared?

August 6, 2021 Harini Raghavan

Rising COVID infections is BBMP rising to the occasion?

Flyover work in progress in koramangala
Governance

On Infrastructure, urban governance and the narratives in the media

August 2, 2021 Shreya Pillai

Bengaluru needs some things in place if we want infrastructure projects to succeed – from better project specifications to choosing contractors.

kite bird rescue
Governance

Urgent need to enforce law against killer manja

July 26, 2021 Priya Chetty Rajagopal

Daily more than 50 calls arrive at the desks of wildlife rescuers who risk life and limb to climb several stories to rescue wildlife.

A help desk for filing domestic workers' applications, organised at Mantri Greens apartment on July 2
Governance

How to help your domestic worker apply for COVID relief

July 6, 2021 Rajatha Prabhakar

Though state government promised COVID relief of Rs 2,000 to domestic workers, most haven’t been to apply because of the complicated process. Here’s how you can help your domestic worker with the application process

Police checkpost during lockdown
Governance

How to draft COVID unlock notifications or not

July 6, 2021 Nitin Seshadri

Government “lockdown relaxation” notifications fail to impart clarity. We need concise and clear government notifications for COVID unlock plans!

Citizen activism
Governance

Citizen engagement helped ease the COVID crisis. Can it also reform our Bengaluru?

June 22, 2021 Shreya Pillai

Citizen engagement is important even in the best of times. Can we sustain the energy that was seen during the pandemic?

BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta inspecting the Vidyapeeta PHC's COVID Care and Triaging Centre.
Governance

COVID lessons Bengaluru must learn from second wave

May 24, 2021 Harini Raghavan

Ignoring warnings of a second wave left Bengaluru exposed to a COVID storm. But systems being set up now could prepare us better for a third wave.

Governance

Op-ed: “State’s response to second wave was slow, indecisive, inadequate”

May 13, 2021 Mohit M Rao

A second wave was predicted, yet the State government made u-turns on restrictions, claiming we are prepared with beds, oxygen and hospital infrastructure to deal with it.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in discussion with managements of private hospitals to expand availability of beds.
Governance

Open Letter to CM on COVID management in Bengaluru

May 5, 2021 News Desk

Bengalureans write to Karnataka Chief Minister, highlighting major issues in COVID management, with suggestions and demand for immediate action.

How many COVID beds does Bangalore really have?
Governance

Nodal officers appointed for COVID orphans, ICU beds, corporate aid

May 3, 2021 News Desk

Govt modifies guidelines, appoints nodal officers to tackle surge of COVID cases in Bengaluru

Governance

BBMP’s plan to fix property tax gaps and loopholes

April 26, 2021 Juhi Jotwani

Bengaluru’s property tax targets have never been met. BBMP wants to change that in 2021 – by revising the calculation, increasing the tax net and verifying property data.

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