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Bengaluru: Outfits now demand nod to sell Ganesha idols at Idgah Maidan

BENGALURU: In a fresh twist to the Idgah Maidan row, right-wing organisations are piling pressure on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) by demanding that it allow sale of Ganesha idols at the disputed side in Chamarajpet, Bengaluru.

The Times of India

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike files 990 cases after plastic ban from July 1

BENGALURU: BBMP filed 990 cases after the plastic ban came into effect on July 1. The fine collected was Rs 5,97,800.

The Times of India

Explained | Idgah Maidan row: Whose land is it anyway?

The Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet has been stuck in a land ownership dispute between the BBMP and the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf for over three weeks now

The Hindu

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Parks in Bengaluru set to stay open through the day

BENGALURU: Following complaints that parks in the city are out of bounds for hundreds of gig workers and others who need a short break from their busy schedule, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has said it would soon issue an order to keep neighbourhood parks open from 6am to 8pm…

The Times of India

A mess that is hard to clean up

The just-concluded strike by sanitation workers in Karnataka is a reminder of the malaise in the system

The Hindu

Newly floated outfit calls for Chamarajpet bandh

MLA has appealed for withdrawal of the call

The Hindu

Over 400 trees uprooted in city between April and June

Deconcretisation and planting native species key to good plantation drives, say ecologists

The Hindu

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Ahead of civic polls, BBMP wants to give micro loans to 1.8 lakh street vendors

BBMP survey conducted in the city in 2017 has so far registered only 25,000-odd street vendors

The Hindu

Cyber frauds use BBMP chief’s ID to operate gift card scam

Bengaluru

The Hindu

Motorists say Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike doesn’t care about pothole-riddled Old Madras Road

BENGALURU: Right in front of Nagarabhivruddi Bhavan, the headquarters of Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) on Old Madras Road (OMR), a pothole in the middle of the service road greets commuters. In fact, this pothole is one among many in the vicinity.

The Times of India

Karnataka: New TDR policy on the anvil for Bengaluru

BENGALURU: The state government is preparing a new transfer of development right (TDR) policy for Bengaluru considering the poor revenue generation by the civic agencies in the city.

The Times of India

Bengaluru to get first animal waste-processing plant

BENGALURU: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) estimates that the city produces 150 tonnes of animal waste every day but says there is no mechanism to control or properly dispose it of.

The Times of India

Pourakarmikas call off strike after govt. assurance

They were on a strike for four days demanding that the Karnataka government regularise the services of pourakarmikas who are contractual workers

The Hindu

Karnataka govt agrees to regularise pourakarmikas

BENGALURU: Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday gave in-principle approval for regularising pourakarmikas who have been directly recruited but not regularised by urban local bodies across Karnataka, including BBMP.

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The Hindu

Did you know single-use plastic is banned from today?

While pharmacists and big departmental store-owners are welcoming the environment-friendly decision, small-scale retailers are counting the loss they have to incur due to the ban

The Hindu

Strike in Karnataka: What pourakarmikas want

While most of the 16,000 pourakarmikas on direct payment contract with BBMP, who are deployed for sweeping streets, have stayed away from work, door-to-door garbage collection has been partially affected. Some drivers have also joined the protest

The Hindu

Bengaluru is getting a bad name due to potholes: HC

Bengaluru

The Hindu

Pourakarmikas, safai karmacharis to go on indefinite strike from July 1

Demand for regularisation of services remain unfulfilled

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KSPCB, BBMP to crack down on single-use plastic as nationwide ban takes effect today

Bengaluru

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Migrant labourers protest against eviction, threaten to stop waste segregation work

The protest was staged following an FIR filed the owner of the land for giving his land on rent to the labourers

The Hindu

Explained | Pourakarmikas’ arduous road to dignified labour

Seeking regularisation of the services of pourakarmikas, cleaning staff, loaders, helpers and drivers of garbage vehicles, a statewide agitation will be launched from July 1 suspending all cleaning work

The Hindu

Decongestion measures for Gorguntepalya, Hebbal, and Tin Factory

BBMP proposes short and long-term measures to address traffic gridlocks

The Times of India

Bengaluru: AUQAF board applies to get khata for idgah

BENGALURU: The BBMP will review the application filed by the Karnataka state board of AUQAF seeking khata for the disputed Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet.

The Times of India

Karnataka issues fresh Covid guidelines

BENGALURU: According to fresh Covid guidelines issued by the Karnataka, an apartment will be considered a small cluster if there are 3 to 5 cases symptomatic residents on the floor will be subjected to Rapid Antigen Test.

The Times of India

Bengaluru: Pourakarmikas forced to wear torn uniforms

BENGALURU: Pourakarmikas toiling to keep the city spick and span are being forced to wear torn and worn-out uniforms, allegedly by BBMP contractors and marshals, as the urban local body hasn’t distributed new ones since 2020.

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