The Latest Breaking News from BBMP

Bengaluru: Pourakarmikas forced to wear torn uniforms

BENGALURU: Pourakarmikas toiling to keep the city spick and span are being forced to wear torn and worn-out uniforms, allegedly by BBMP contractors and marshals, as the urban local body hasn’t distributed new ones since 2020.

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022

Karnataka HC warns Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike chief of suspension over potholes

BENGALURU: The high court on Tuesday warned that it would order the BBMP’s chief commissioner suspension and removal of other officials for incompetence if the city’s pothole problem is not addressed.

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022

Four Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike staff among 5 booked in Rs 4 lakh property tax fraud

BENGALURU: Four BBMP employees and one suspected imposter are under police scanner for allegedly pocketing nearly Rs 4 lakh they collected as property tax, thereby causing loss to the exchequer. All five have been booked in different cases, including one filed by a BBMP official.

The Times of India · Jun 28, 2022

Bengaluru’s ward delimitation saga

The new delimitation exercise is supposed to fix the disparity in ward sizes and population in the city. But the ground reality maybe markedly different

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

Bengaluru: Rajkumar among new ward names

BENGALURU: The exercise of delimitation of BBMP wards has seen several of them being named after historical, mythological and cultural icons of Karnataka. The draft delimitation report was released on Thursday.

The Times of India · Jun 24, 2022

Delimitation draft out, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike wards to rise from 198 to 243

BENGALURU: The Karnataka urban development department on Thursday published the BBMP's draft ward delimitation report that seeks to increase the number of wards in the city limits from 198 to 243. The notification said the public can submit to the government their objections and suggestions, if any, on the report…

The Times of India · Jun 23, 2022

Idgah maidan: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike does not have ownership

BENGALURU: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief commissioner Tushar Giri Nath said on Wednesday that Palike does not have ownership of the disputed Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet.

The Times of India · Jun 22, 2022

Bengaluru: IISc compound wall crashes after tree fall, contractor at work killed

BENGALURU: A 33-year-old civil contractor, who was working in a BBMP drain, was killed after he came under the compound wall of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) that crashed on CV Raman Road around 3am on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Jun 22, 2022

BBMP registers FIR against realtors for dumping debris and damaging Bellandur rajakaluve

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The Hindu · Jun 22, 2022

BBMP doesn’t own Idgah Maidan: Civic chief

He invites Karnataka State Board of Auqaf to make claim and get a khata in its name

The Hindu · Jun 22, 2022