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Dy. CM consults legal team over delimitation, says govt. keen on holding BBMP elections

Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar is in consultation with his legal team over scrutinising ward delimitation notified by the erstwhile BJP government, in a first step towards holding polls for Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

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Periodic maintenance and planting right species will minimise tree falls in Bengaluru, say experts

Around 255 trees were uprooted and 1,050 branches broken in pre-monsoon downpour in the city last week. If the pre-monsoon showers could wreck such havoc, imagine what would be in store when the actual monsoon showers hit Bengaluru in the coming days.

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Incomplete SWD works leave citizens with a flood of worries

With just 45% of storm-water drain works completed in Bengaluru ahead of monsoon, residents in flood-prone areas fear a repeat of the 2022 deluge

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Dragging waste on mats and cardboards, pourakarmikas toil without basic resources

The pourakarmikas in Bengaluru continue to use plastic mats, and cardboard to carry street waste as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) withdrew pushcarts about two years back.

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Pourakarmikas seek regularization of sanitation workers simultaneously

Seeking to remind the Congress party of its pre-poll promise to regularize the jobs of pourakarmikas, the Karnataka State Local Bodies’ Pourakarmikas Association has called upon Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to regularize the services of all pourakarmikas, loaders, cleaners, drivers and under-ground drainage (UGD) workers simultaneously.

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With Karnataka government putting off new projects, Bengaluru hopes Sankey Road flyover is scrapped

With the State government ordering putting off the commencement of new projects approved by the previous regime, citizens opposing the proposed construction of Sankey Tank Bund road widening and flyover are hoping that the project will be scrapped.

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BBMP contractors slam government’s decision to freeze bill payments

The State government’s decision to freeze payments of bills for all ongoing and completed works of various departments has now infuriated Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) contractors whose payments have been pending since 2021.

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BBMP report blames gusty winds, dry leaves for flooding of underpass

The BBMP in its report on Sunday’s tragedy blamed gusty winds that resulted in falling of dry leaves and branches, and the volume of rainfall for the flooding of the K.R. Circle underpass

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Busy with elections, city caught unprepared for onset of monsoon

Heavy rain that brought parts of Bengaluru to its knees on Sunday has yet again exposed the unpreparedness of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara

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Bommai blames negligence by BBMP for rain havoc; urges CM to take immediate precautions

Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday blamed the negligence of BBMP officials for the rain havoc that claimed the life of a woman in Bengaluru

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Police book civic officials and cab driver for woman’s death in underpass

The city police have booked civic engineers concerned and driver of the cab that got submerged in the K.R. Circle underpass on Sunday for causing death due to negligence.

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38 trees uprooted in Cubbon Park after Sunday’s thundershowers

Sunday’s squall and heavy rain also affected one of the biggest lung spaces in the city, Cubbon Park

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15 tonnes of waste collected after CM’s grand swearing-in ceremony

Apart from this, around three tonnes of garbage were collected from near the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office on Queens Road

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Flexes and banners galore in Bengaluru, but no action yet

As the new government was sworn in on Saturday, the city was dotted with thousands of flexes and banners, despite a clear ban in place

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Congress manifesto’s promise of new BBMP law likely to delay civic polls in Bengaluru

The outgoing State government under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) delayed holding civic polls in the city by over two and a half years, citing their efforts to revamp the city’s governance with a new dedicated Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Act, 2020. Now that Congress is all set to…

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Flyovers, Namma Metro to Tumakuru, tunnel roads in CBD: How many manifesto promises will Congress fulfill?

In the manifesto, released prior to the elections, the Congress had many big promises for Bengalurureans and now all eyes on how many it can fulfill

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BBMP warns of action against private companies that fail to give leave to employees who want to vote

After the Election Commission received several complaints that IT/BT companies based in Bengaluru have not announced leave to the employees to vote on May 10, Wednesday, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) warned of action against private companies that fail to give leave to employees for elections.

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Free benne dose, movie tickets, amusement park discounts await Bengaluru voters

The hospitality sector is striving to enhance the low voter turnout in the city by providing complimentary food and making verbal appeals to encourage citizens to vote.

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264 theme-based polling stations in Bengaluru to attract voters

According to officials, these unique polling stations will highlight the local culture and heritage along with creating awareness. A high-visibility canvas has been made on the walls of the classrooms-turned-polling booths.

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House collapses, lake breaches in Bengaluru after Monday rain

A short spell of heavy rain in parts of Bengaluru on Monday, yet again exposed the chinks in the civic infrastructure while also causing damage to property

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Any flyover with scientific approach should be constructed and Congress is for that, says MLA Ramalinga Reddy

Ramalinga Reddy, one of Bangaluru city’s senior most Congress leaders, seven-time MLA and four-time Minister, is considered the “face of the Congress” in the city. He has served in the ministries of M. Veerappa Moily, S.M. Krishna, N. Dharam Singh and Siddaramaiah.

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Withdrawal of provisional RMP-2031 will not negate actions already taken as per that plan: HC

Merely because the provisional Revised Master Plan (RMP)-2031 for Bengaluru city was withdrawn by the State government, it would not negate all actions taken in pursuance of it, and the actions already taken as per the provisional RMP-2031 before withdrawal must be given due effect to, said the High Court…

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Once a saviour of the poor, Indira Canteens are now a picture of neglect

From poor patronage to unavailability of electricity and water as a result of pending dues, the sorry state of affairs continues at Indira Canteens in the city ahead of elections in Karnataka.

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