The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has clearly stated that all the citizens who are caught on multiple occasions guilty of not wearing a mask will be charged with criminal prosecution. The frequent surge in the Coronavirus cases has invoked the civic body to take the necessary stringent action. Earlier, it had proposed for an…
The Bangalore metro commuters are annoyed by the stringent regulations of Namma Metro’s online transactions, which has led to inordinate delays with the cashless transactions. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have given the Standard Operating Procedure which permits the recharge of the smart card by the Namma Metro application or the website. The officials…
The Bommasandra Town Municipal Council (TMC) has sent notices to over 140 industries charge them for pollution of Kithiganahalli Lake. The notice has been issued after a span of 6 months from when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticized the state government and TMC for the efforts to resolve the rising lake pollution and were…
In a relief to the city residents, BBMP has developed a new mobile application for tracking the Garbage collecting vehicles. This will prevent the long waiting queues of the civilians. BBMP Commissioner, Manjunatha Prasad mentioned that citizens can utilize the application for tracking the location of Garbage truck and the estimated time to reach their…
In another sad demise of a private doctor from Hassan dying due to Covid-19 on Wednesday, no compensation or relief measures will be directed to his family. He is the 42nd private doctor in the state who died on-duty. The Government provides compensation to the government doctors under PM Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme and…
As per the government report released on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the data reveals that Karnataka has quite lower representation of women in the public services and higher levels of government job. According to the SDG index, Karnataka has the seventh rank in India for gender equality. However, the same does not follow in terms…
After investigating the flood-affected regions, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad has confirmed that the flood victims will be provided with compensation and are asked to address their joint commissioners. Prasad had assessed the Dasarahalli area, particularly the Nelagadaranahalli’s storm water drain. Water has overflown through the narrow drains and 1,000 houses and roads are affected…
As the Covid-19 cases surge in Bengaluru, the city is having a shortage of the ICU beds as the private hospitals are stepping down from their commitment of providing bed supply. Tushar Girinath, the IAS official, managing the beds in Bengaluru, said, “The number of patients and the ICU beds had been balanced up till…
BBMP administrator Gaurav Gupta paid a visit near the Manyata Tech Park for inspecting the affected regions and assessing the absolute damage invoked by the floods hit on Tuesday. Manyata Tech Park was highly impacted due to flash-floods. Gupta instructed the other authorities to search the other regions impacted. BBMP chief engineer BS Prahlad briefed…
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has given the Karnataka High Court the due information that it will be investigating two cases connected to riots on August 11 as instructed by the Centre. When the petition for the investigation was being heard, as suggested by the public prosecutor for NIA, the bench under chief justice Abhay…
