Last month, a few errant citizens laid road humps on a street without taking permission from the Bengaluru civic body. “When I complained about the violation, a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) official visited after about a week. But even to this day, no action has been taken to remove the humps,” said a resident of J.P. Nagar. “The officials are not answerable to voters. If there was a councillor, s/he can be questioned and has the powers to direct officials to remove the same,” he added.
It has been over three years since citizens in Bengaluru have been grappling without an elected body in the city’s civic body - the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). With no councillors for the wards, people have been reeling under several civic issues, struggling to communicate with bureaucrats.
