Builder on a road trip in Jayanagar
Builder on a road trip in Jayanagar
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Jun 28, 2021, 06:00 IST
Residents,
private security guards at road entrance
It seems that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) is becoming increasingly oblivious to the condition of the roads in the City. Recently, the civic body even failed to notice the conversion of a road in
Jayanagar when a
builder changed things up as per his personal convenience.
A private builder constructed two residential apartment complexes on the 8th Cross in Jayanagar, on both sides of the road. He then took the liberty to redesign the road by adding expensive concrete tiles to it and appointed two security guards to guard it, instead of maintaining it. Social activists and residents are considering this to be an
12-yr-old donates savings of 4 years
12-yr-old donates savings of 4 years
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: May 31, 2021, 06:00 IST
Hesaraghatta Road, who donated his
pocket money, Rs 4,190 saved up for four years, to the
Chief Minister’s
Relief Fund. Mayank did not hesitate to donate his savings even if it meant that he would have to forego his dream to buy a drone with his pocket money.
“I came to know about the problems of covid patients through the newspapers and the television. Their plight made me donate my savings to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund through the Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner. I want more people to donate to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund,’’ said Mayak. He also advised people to wear masks, maintain covid appropriate practices like washing hands regularly.
Palike is sitting pretty on a pile of khataaras
Palike is sitting pretty on a pile of khataaras
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
Around 60 broken-down
cars are dumped in the
BBMP’s main office while authorities continue to spend lakhs towards renting cars for their officials
If the number of old and defunct
vehicles parked on Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) head office’s premises is anything to go by, it seems the authorities concerned have no time or inclination to dispose of or repair these vehicles. The authorities can save lakhs of rupees by repairing these vehicles and allocating them to officials for commuting in the city.
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