Feeling powerless on rainy days in isolation
Feeling powerless on rainy days in isolation
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: May 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
Spurt in
patients in home-isolation are also suffering
The rainfall might have brought slight relief from the blistering heat, but it has brought its share of problems too. Thanks to the rain, there have been incessant power cuts in different parts of the city. Till now, the power cuts were affecting household chores, work from home (
WFH) and online classes. Now, home-isolated patients are also suffering.
Murthy N, a techie, said: “My uncle is in home isolation and needs the support of an oxygen concentrator. Every time there is a power cut, it is almost as if he is gasping for breath. Recently,
Operation Kamal
It’s usually unheard of in
Bengaluru – because most infrastructure work happens in fits and starts – but after Kamal Pant took over as police commissioner, the city’s bottlenecks are being fixed with a very short turnaround time.
In Whitefield, for instance, where water shortage abounds and
water tankers even more so, residents had complained that traffic flow was being crippled as the tankers ply during critical hours.
“We called a meeting with all the water tank owners and informed them that they cannot operate during the peak hours from 8 to 11 am and then from 5 to 8 pm. We requested them to cooperate with us as people were facing issues with traffic movement. We implemented this right after the meeting in December and started fining tankers that violated the diktat,” said a senior official from Whitefield traffic police station.
100 days: DIY group has outdone civic agencies
100 days: DIY group has outdone civic agencies
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
From making pavements pedestrian-friendly to spreading awareness on segregation of waste, this group of
volunteers has been making Bengaluru more liveable every day
The Community Task Force (
CTF) a group of volunteers who aim to solve civic issues in the city will celebrate 100 days of its success story on Tuesday. Since its inception, from removing black spots to getting rid of unused electric poles, the group has helped improve the lives of many citizens and pedestrians.
The CTF has invited Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Engineer (Lakes) Mohan Krishna as chief guest of the event. The Chief Engineer will plant a sapling on