BBMP seeks public help to fix plan violations

5-AUG-2019 12:16:00 PM -- srinidhi

It seems straight out of the STASI manual from earstwhile East Germany, where folks within families were known to spy on each other. But however weird it seems, BBMP plan to get public/neighbours to check on by-law violations might just as well work. The details of the BBMP plan is...

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Update on Koramangala projects

18-NOV-2019 07:02:00 PM -- murali772

With the Ward Committee's largely dysfunctional (check here), I am appending below my version (gathered from exchanges on various WhatsApp groups, and hearsay - if anyone has more authentic info, they are most welcome to correct me) of an update on various projects in the Koramangala area:

1) Ejipura-KendriyaSadan Elevated...

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Trees and the city..

25-AUG-2018 12:03:34 AM -- srinidhi

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White topping - projected panacea?

6-MAR-2018 12:33:28 AM -- srinidhi

Call it election frenzy or a plan being put in place to 'address' major public woe of having a city with bad roads, the govt is in a frenzy to white top major roads in the city.

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footpath works - bbmp's perpetual money spinner

3-FEB-2017 10:38:36 AM -- srinidhi

The below picture is of the road works which have started this week on MG road. As can be seen,the exisiting concrete blocks have been removed an neatly piled up on the road..this will most probably be recycled on the same footpath eventually in the coming days.

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No Trees for city streets??

4-JUN-2016 12:55:18 PM -- srinidhi

Ranganath Swamy, Assistant Conservator of Forests, BBMP Forest Cell, said the existing roads were being constantly used and re-used for infrastructure projects, making trees vulnerable in the city. As a result, saplings can be planted only in “closed spaces” like educational institutions, fenced government premises and clubs. 

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BBMP road history - site working

17-MAY-2016 02:46:10 AM -- srinidhi

BBMP seems to have made a  silent move after the initial hype about the road history being available of all roads in Bangalore which was announced few months ago..a google search leads to the below site which gives the information:

http://218.248.45.164:8080/BBMPCitizen/

Use IE to open it (needs silverlight), chrome needs some tweaks to make it work.

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TenderSURE - why secretive?

7-JAN-2016 03:23:22 AM -- srinidhi

Yes, its beyond doubt that TenderSURE is one of the best things to happen to Bengaluru..howver what is disconcerting is the veil of secrecy or the lack of information around it..the JUSP site mentions the following:

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Fix ORR-Sarjapur Road - Citizen's Protest

15-DEC-2015 03:49:47 PM -- kbsyed61

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Building law violations PIL

14-JUL-2015 06:31:30 AM -- murali772

The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice B V Nagarathna on Monday issued a notice to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in response to a PIL.

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