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Brand Bengaluru’s mobility report recommends cycle lanes, pedestrianisation and encourages public transport

Brand Bengaluru’s ‘Agile and Sustainable Mobility for All’ report has recommended the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) open more bicycle lanes, pedestrianise, and invigorate public transport besides focusing on implementation of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Land Transport Authority

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BBMP to hand over ₹95.5 lakh to deceased Chief Engineers’ family

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be handing over ₹95.5 lakh to the family of the deceased Chief Engineer (Quality Control and Laboratory), Shivakumar, to cover the educational expenses of his children

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Urban Development Department says it is still probing fake bill scam, five years after Justice Nagamohan Das submitted report

The Urban Development Department has claimed it is still probing the ₹1,500 crore fake bill scam in the city’s civic body during 2008-2012, five years after the Justice Nagamohan Das Committee, which probed the allegations, submitted its report recommending action against officials and contractors in 2018.

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Health Minister wants to extend operational hours of Namma Clinics in Bengaluru

The Health Department is contemplating extending the operational hours of Namma Clinics in city for the benefit of daily wage workers who work throughout the day. However, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is yet to deliberate on the same.

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BBMP on high alert as IMD predicts rain in first week of September

BBMP on high alert for floods; 63 teams formed to respond to grievances. IMD predicts moderate to heavy rainfall in 1st week of Sept. BBMP officials to visit localities to take stock of situation, address grievances of affected public. Disaster mgmt team to work round-clock, engage in rescue ops in…

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UDD receives over 1,400 objections on ward delimitation

Bengaluru: UDD receives 1,400 objections to draft of BBMP ward delimitation; most objections pertain to boundaries; residents feel old boundaries (198 wards) were more convenient.

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Ganesh Chaturthi: 63 committees to ensure safe, eco-friendly festival in Bengaluru

BBMP directs the setting up of 63 committees in divisional offices in view of Ganesha festival celebrations in the city. Mobile tanks, barricades, surveillance cameras, street lights, boats, and police deployed for safety.

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BBMP to set up Metropolitan Surveillance Unit to identify potential disease outbreaks

As part of the BBMP’s public health strategy, the civic body is working on setting up a Metropolitan Surveillance Unit (MSU) on the premises of the Public Health Institute (PHI). The unit that will be fully funded by the Centre will help the civic body in putting in place a…

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Online fraudster cheats BBMP employee of ₹1.8 lakh

After luring a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) employee into buying old coins and notes for ₹99 lakh, a conman made away with ₹1.87 lakh from him in Whitefield in the first week of August.

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Guidelines cannot replace Works of Defence Act to impose restrictions on constructions: Karnataka High Court

The defence authorities cannot issue guidelines by exercising executive power for imposing restrictions on proposed constructions in the vicinity of defence establishments when the Works of Defence Act, 1903, stipulates a methodology for imposition of such restrictions, said the High Court of Karnataka.

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BBMP chief engineer injured in fire mishap critical

BBMP Chief Engineer Shivakumar critically injured in fire accident; 8 other employees stable. Police investigating to ascertain if foul play involved; awaiting FSL and electrical inspectorate reports.

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Shivaram Hebbar, Renukacharya meeting CM furthers speculation on defections

BJP MLAs Shivaram Hebbar and Renukacharya met CM Siddaramaiah, sparking rumors of their potential departure to Congress. Both denied quitting BJP, but Hebbar submitted a petition to declare Yellapur taluk drought-hit. Renukacharya sought Honnali-Nymati taluk to be declared drought-affected.

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After fishkill, BBMP inspects Chikkanagamangala waste processing plant

Zonal Comm. Jayaram Raipura inspected Chikkanagamangala lake after fishkill incident. Private firm set up leachate treatment unit to filter 50,000 litres of leachate daily. Plant to be made fully operational after KSPCB clearance. Plant to supply filtered water for agricultural use & building activities. Defunct machines to be repaired, LED…

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Pending bills in BBMP mount to unprecedented ₹6,000 crore-plus levels

Pending bills in the city’s civic body has mounted to a whopping ₹6,077.7 crore, perhaps the highest ever for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

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140-feet giant screen to broadcast launch events

Gruha Lakshmi scheme to be launched in Mysuru on Aug 30, with AICC chief M. Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar in attendance. 140-ft giant screen to broadcast live events happening in 10,400 venues across the State. Launch in Bengaluru to take place in all…

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BBMP files FIR against Congress workers for putting up banner in front of KPCC office

A BBMP official has filed a case against unidentified individuals for putting up an unauthorised banner opposite the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office on Queens Road on Monday

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Delimitation saga: Wards reduced to 225 ahead of BBMP polls

The Karnataka government has put out a draft of the new delimited 225 wards with their names, boundaries, and printed maps, in Bengaluru’s civic body, calling for objections from the public. Repeated demands to publish digital interactive maps of the proposed wards and to allow objections to be filed online…

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Disinterest in a tree census of Bengaluru: Deliberate and by design?

Axed, felled, and carted away for umpteen road projects, trees in their thousands have vanished from the once green face of Bengaluru city. But ask the authorities to put a precise number on the trees lost, and a deafening silence greets you. For, a tree census, mandated and reiterated by…

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Ad agencies create hurdles for BMTC to put up information boards at BBMP maintained bus stops

The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation which has taken up a project to put up digital LED boards informing commuters about the buses arriving at the stop in bus shelters has hit a roadblock

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BBMP removes unauthorised banner near Karnataka Congress office, imposes ₹50,000 fine

On Monday, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took down an unauthorized banner that had been erected near the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for the violation

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Holistic approach needed to address menace of illegal constructions in Bengaluru: High Court

Observing that a holistic approach is needed to address the menace of illegal constructions in the city, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed the State government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to come out with a composite action plan for taking action against illegal constructions.

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Illegal hoardings: Zonal JCs, CEs to pay ₹50,000 for failure to implement HC order

Zonal Joint Commissioners and Chief Engineers will have to pay ₹50,000 to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike if they fail to remove illegal hoardings and flexes in city, which will then be deposited in the High Court (HC), said a BBMP order

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