Bengaluru : Newly elected BBMP Mayor M Gowtham Kumar and Deputy Mayor Ram Mohan Raju met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday to seek his blessing and help to develop the city. Delighted over BJP wresting power in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said that it would help his party expose […]

Bengaluru : BJP candidate Gautam Kumar Jain has been elected as the new Mayor of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Jain defeated Congress Candidate RS Satyanarayana. With this victory, BJP will be heading the top post in the BBMP after a gap of four years. Gautam Kumar Jain a second-time corporator from the Jogupalya ward […]

Bengaluru : The BJP is touted to have an upper hand in Tuesday’s elections to the posts to Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru as the Congress–Janata Dal (Secular) combine in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council is only going to put up a symbolic fight by fielding candidates. Senior Congress leaders said they […]

Bengaluru : The high court slammed the BBMP for its failure to scientifically process two-third of the 5,700 metric tonnes of solid waste generated by the city every day. Hearing several PILs on the matter, a division bench of Chief Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice S R Krishna Kumar observed that the city generates […]

Bengaluru : Hundreds of pourakarmikas from all eight zones of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) staged a protest on Tuesday demanding regularisation of services. Around 18,000 pourakarmikas had been assured of this by the State government in June 2017. Nirmala M. of the BBMP Pourakarmikara Sangha said several criteria required for regularisation, such as […]

Bengaluru : The elections to the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru, scheduled to be held on September 27, have now been postponed to October 1. After postponing the election BBMP Regional Commissioner Harsh Gupta informed that the standing committee’s term comes to an end in December and the council, councillors and election […]

Bengaluru : The BBMP collected has Rs 3.70 lakh in fines from people dumping garbage in public places since September 1. In order to crack down on people throwing waste in public places, the Palike has deployed marshals in 174 of its wards. This comes days after the government’s strong stand against single-use plastic. Retired […]

Bangalore : The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB)’s delay in laying Cauvery water supply pipelines to 110 villages in five zones — Bommanahalli, Dasarahalli, Mahadevapura, Yelahanka, and Rajarajeshwarinagar — is not only affecting residents and motorists, but also the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) works. The ambitious project was expected to be completed […]

Bengaluru : The High Court of Karnataka on Friday set a one-month deadline for the State government to examine the draft Solid Waste Management (SWM) Bylaws of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and take a decision on approving the draft for notifying it in the gazette to invite suggestions and objections from the public. […]

Bengaluru : Additional Chief Secretary of Urban Development Department (UDD) B.H. Anil Kumar assumed charge as the Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) here on Wednesday. After receiving the silver baton from outgoing Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad, he said he would work towards providing a “clean, transparent and responsive administration”. Stressing on the need […]