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BENGALURU: Thirty lines. 30 employees. 20,000+ calls per day. No wonder the COVID-19 helpline 1912 has been of little help to the distressed public of Bengaluru. Those who have tried and tested this emergency response line swear that it is almost always engaged, and if you do get your call in edgeways and get connected to your BBMP zone, you could wait forever for a response.
Or your call could drop. 1912 is the most important number for those on a hospital bed hunt, but four weeks into the second wave with its sharp spurt of cases, the number of lines has fallen woefully short. It has also come to light that this has been the only number for information on everything from hospital accommodation, oxygen beds, ICU to ventilators, and it is only now that the calls are hived off to BBMP zones.
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A.H. Vishwanath, ruling party MLC who has been critical of the BJP government in State in recent times, lashed out at Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on his handling of the pandemic.
Speaking to media persons here on Wednesday, Mr. Vishwanath said the situation was turning from bad to worse and the government was yet to wake up. “People are dying all around and yet we have nobody to talk to, while the Chief Minister is both blind and deaf to the situation and lacks presence of mind,” he said.
The MLC, who has turned a vociferous critic of Mr. Yediyurappa, said any Ministry handled by the Chief Minister becomes “defunct” and it is evident in the case of DPAR, Finance, Energy, and Bengaluru Development.
Centralisation of power with CM leading to governance issues
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There is discontent among Ministers, MLAs who feel their voices are being ignored
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There is discontent among Ministers, MLAs who feel their voices are being ignored
The tendency towards centralisation of powers in the hands of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and his office seems to be leading to multiple governance issues in the State. The most recent charge by senior Minister K.S. Eshwarappa against the Chief Minister’s “interference” and “authoritarianism” is only the tip of the iceberg.
There have been complaints about the absence of a “consensual approach” leading to centralisation of powers around Mr. Yediyurappa and the CMO.
8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners
8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST
Changes based on
burden on chief
IAS officers as zonal commissioners of eight Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) zones, in the first of a series of administrative changes being rolled out in keeping with the BBMP Act, 2020. The burden of civic administration on the chief commissioner is expected to reduce with the zonal commissioners getting more powers. It’s however not clear when the BBMP will form zonal committees.
Officers who are currently heading different departments in the BBMP have been posted as ex-officio zonal commissioners. They are: East – Manoj Jain (Special Commissioner – Projects), West – Basavaraju S (Special Commissioner – Revenue), South – Tulsi Maddineni (Special Commissioner – Finance), Dasarahalli – Raveendra S (Special Commissioner – Welfare), RR Nagar – B Reddy Shankar Babu (Spec
Bengaluru gets ₹7,795 crore in State Budget for comprehensive development
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Most of the projects are part of the ‘Bengaluru Mission 2022’, which was announced last year
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Recently adjudged the most liveable city in the country, Bengaluru has been allotted ₹7,795 crore for comprehensive development in the State Budget 2021-22.
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Most of the projects are part of the ‘Bengaluru Mission 2022’, which was announced last year
Recently adjudged the most liveable city in the country, Bengaluru has been allotted ₹7,795 crore for comprehensive development in the State Budget 2021-22.
While presenting the Budget on Monday, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa reiterated his government’s commitment to provide better health and education facilities to citizens.