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HomeInfrastructure

Infrastructure

The state of roads, public buildings and other physical infrastructure in Bengaluru, public infrastructure projects, budgets and maintenance plans that impact the daily lives of citizens.

Bengaluru metro construction
Infrastructure

Living with Namma Metro construction: Dust, traffic, safety and livelihood issues

May 17, 2022 Nihira

The kickstart of Metro construction across many Bengaluru localities has made daily life painful for residents and shop owners of these areas.

Road with vehicles moving fast. Divider on the right side.
Infrastructure

Sarjapur Road underpass: Citizens say the ill-conceived project will worsen traffic

May 12, 2022 Mukund Kumar

An underpass at Sarjapura Road-Harlur Road junction solves no problem and is likely to worsen traffic. It is also in the way of the Sarjapur Metro line.

protest against infrastructure projects
Infrastructure

Public consultations mandatory for BDA projects; for others, citizens seek court intervention

May 5, 2022 Navya P K

Are all government agencies required to hold public consultations for their infrastructure projects? How much say do citizens really have?

Protest at Sankey Tank with bulldozer
Infrastructure

Concretising open parks — this is not the development people want or need

April 20, 2022 Krishna Panyam

Fed up with mere platitudes and no action, Malleswaram residents launch yet another protest against constant, uncoordinated digging of their streets.

Malleshwaram residents protest walk
Infrastructure

Saaku — Enough Is enough–residents stage protest walk to reclaim Malleswaram

April 19, 2022 Krishna Panyam

There is practically no road in Malleswaram that is not dug up. BBMP, BWSSB, BESCOM and private telecom companies feel free to dig up any road at any time.

Residents at the Sulikunte EWS quarters.
Infrastructure

Nine years after Ejipura slum demolition, evictees struggle for shelter, basic facilities

April 14, 2022 Navya P K

In 2014, High Court directed the govt to allot them flats in Sulikunte, and to set up schools, hospitals and increase frequency of buses from the village. None of this has happened.

Initiative by The Indian Music Experience museum in Bengaluru in creating a more inclusive design of museum spaces
Infrastructure

A few small steps can make public spaces inclusive for neurodivergent people too

March 28, 2022 Bhoomika Bhagwat

Community outreach programs are rethinking artistic and cultural spaces to enable inclusivity of not just the physically challenged but also the neurodivergent

Ejipura EWS quarters construction site
Infrastructure

Ejipura EWS Quarters: Two decades on, still waiting for a home

March 25, 2022 Navya P K

The Ejipural EWS quarters were originally allotted to 1,512 poor families. But poor quality of construction saw some quarters collapse in a few years.

Infrastructure

Beautification in isolation: Questions on the facelift of K-100 Rajakaluve

February 16, 2022 Abhijit Waghre

The beautification project does not follow the Karnataka High Court and NGT orders on the protection of Bangalore’s lakes and major storm water drains

Government of India’s Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge poster
Infrastructure

Bengaluru among top 10 cities in kid-friendly neighbourhoods contest

January 20, 2022 News Desk

The NNC aims to incorporate a focus on early childhood development (0-5-year-old children) in the planning and management of Indian cities.

Sanjay Giri skywalk after its inauguration in Feb 2019.
Infrastructure

What it takes to get a skywalk in Bengaluru

January 14, 2022 Sravasti Datta

Citizens’ efforts in the last few years got BBMP to take pedestrian safety seriously and build skywalks. Here’s the story of one skywalk on ORR.

A collapsed drain after rains in October 2020
Infrastructure

No records, excess payments — Bengaluru’s stormwater drain works lack accountability

December 8, 2021 Navya P K

Contractors paid in excess, project without tenders, no proper records – what the CAG audit report on Bengaluru’s stormwater drain projects found.

Rescue operations in flood area
Infrastructure

Bengaluru’s stormwater drain story: Lack of planning, design, maintenance

December 4, 2021 Navya P K

Bengaluru’s stormwater drains are designed badly, violating all guidelines. Desilting and maintenance are rarely done. That the city floods is no surprise!

Flooding in Doddanekkundi underpass, 2019
Infrastructure

50% stormwater drains lost: Bengaluru’s flooding is no surprise

December 1, 2021 Navya P K

Covered, encroached, remodelled or just plain missing – Bengaluru’s stormwater drain network has been so badly mismanaged, finds the accounting watchdog.

Construction site
Infrastructure

Construction quality norms: How to ensure buildings don’t collapse

November 24, 2021 Prasad B Babu

Trained resources and due diligence can ensure structurally sound buildings. Here are the key steps to ensure construction quality.

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