Prasanna Kumar, Secretary of HBR RWA said, “We want to identify slow streets that vehicles should move at a speed of less than 15 km/ hr in these areas. In the beginning of the campaign, we identified three streets. One is the JSS Public School Road which is a 800 metre road and on the same line there are three other schools.”
Expressing concern over unhygienic conditions, Satish Thimmegowda, a Bengaluru NavaNirmana Party (BNP) leader, said that planning sustainable drain management in HBR Layout is not for the well-being of the environment and future generations. “Sustainability can be achieved only through coordinated efforts between different civic agencies. It is essential to ensure that the allocated funds, often amounting to crores, are used to address this critical issue,” said Satish Thimme Gowda.
Due to the sudden influx of buses and trucks, there is late night time usage of the road, causing disturbance to the residents. Residents have also started seeing an increase in accidents. But when residents began to raise the issue, they started passing the buck around. Ward engineers and Major Roads department point fingers at each other, say residents.
Since last year, experts have shifted their focus from infection numbers to hospitalisations as a key indicator of covid severity. For most of the second half of June, hospitalisations remained at zero, indicating the lowest covid activity in the city since the outbreak in March 2020. Out of the 198 reported cases, 192 reported zero cases in a week. Only a few wards, such as Shettyhalli, HBR Layout, Dayananda Nagar, Rajajinagar, and Banashankari temple ward, reported an average of one case per day. Interestingly, Bellandur, which used to have the highest number of covid cases, has recently reported zero cases. Although the number of covid cases has decreased, doctors are observing a rise in flu cases, especially among children.