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Revised Master Plan - 2035

16 May 2012 - 7:50pm — murali772

The Karnataka High Court had, on 25th Jan this year, issued an interim order staying further construction of commercial buildings in residential zones in Bangalore (check here), pursuant to this PIL filed

Is there a fear of Dr Ashwin Mahesh ushering in a Coterie rule?

19 April 2012 - 8:41pm — murali772

I had posted this blog on the Hasiru Usiru Yahoo-group, apart from a few others, which can be construed as campaign material favouring Dr Ashwin Mahesh for the MLC graduate constituency vacancy, election for which is coming up in June.

District Improvement Charges

19 February 2012 - 3:35pm — idontspam

With BBMP running out of money & unable to present a coherent budget, city improvement programs have reached a dead end. While congestion charging can provide money for development programs & also reduce congestion it needs technology investment & infrastructure work to plug holes in the congestion chaging cordon.

Business Improvement District

17 February 2012 - 12:05pm — idontspam

A BID is a time-limited, flexible funding mechanism to improve and manage a clearly defined commercial area. As a governance mechanism, BIDs are contractual partnerships for urban realm management through which some rights over the management of a locality are transferred from to the local government to ratepayers.

KR Market collateral or mortgage?!

2 February 2012 - 1:40pm — srinidhi

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has offerred the KR Market as collateral to the Rs 500-crore loan it ha

National consultation on “How Inclusive are our Cities?"

25 January 2012 - 1:04pm — murali772

Start: 27 Jan 2012 09:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

CIVIC Bangalore, INHAF and Hazards Centre have great pleasure in inviting you to a National consultation on “How Inclusive are our Cities? Implications for the 12th Five-Year Plan from the Perspective of the Urban Poor”
Date: Friday, 27th and Saturday, 28th January 2012
Time: 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM

Dismal Town planning and the Bellandur lake.

8 January 2012 - 9:00am — psaram42

The 60th National Town and Country Planners Congress on “Planning and Development, 2025: is currently on at Mysore.

BBMP Technical Vigilance cell Engineer Humiliated for exposing a (possible)scam

1 December 2011 - 6:32am — Bengloorappa

The BBMP Technical Vigilance Cell under the Commisioner(TVCC) Engg., who brought to the fore, the possibility of a scam perpetrated using fake bills, has allegedly been humiliated in a BBMP council meeting - questioned for his inability to execute projects that were assigned to him midway including the notorious Kadirenahalli Underpass, The Tagore Circle Underpass(which was never needed) and so

Smart Cities - Can Bangalore become one?

3 November 2011 - 6:11pm — idontspam

How can Bangalore leverage technology to outsmart corrupt & outdated practices?

Shifting of Garbage Segregation Point into the Colony (Ward No 58) Reg

15 October 2011 - 6:07pm — Residents Forum

Hi all

The Residents Forum have infomed the BBMP Commissioner about Shifting of Garbage Segregation Point into our Colony on August 29, 2011. The letter sent to him is attached and google docs link is provided below.

https://docs.google.com/v...

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