By Qamar ZJ In a special drive, the city traffic police have nabbed several people in the last one week who were repeatedly violating the road rules. One such person who violated the rule was found guilty on 77 counts. The proprietor of the two-wheeler was caught and fined Rs 42,500 today by Madiwala sub … Read more
By Qamar ZJ Bellandur’s crumbling civic infrastructure has left the residents disenchanted with every political party. For years, the lack of proper roads and drains has led to commuting and flooding issues, but the authorities are looking the other way. Prompted by this apathy, some residents of Shubh Enclave recently pooled in the money themselves … Read more
Annie Sinha Roy is a resident of HSR extension and India’s first tunnel engineer who now works at Bangalore metro.
By Qamar ZJ Mobile phone snatching is more common than two wheeler thefts today. They are relatively effortless to do than vehicles. One such mobile phone snatching was caught by CCTV cameras in Sector 2, HSR Layout. The video has gone viral… click the image above. Stolen phone traced to SP Road Victims of smartphone … Read more
By Zahid H Javali In the last financial year, only two projects were successfully “executed” by the BBMP in the Hoysalanagar ward, which includes major parts of Indiranagar. Out of the Rs 21 crore allocated for 175 projects, only Rs 1.1 crore was spent on two of them. And even these were for areas outside … Read more
By Zahid H Javali In the last one year, a mere 10% of money was spent on BBMP works in Whitefield. Out of the Rs 25 crore allocated for 41 approved projects, only 3 were executed for Rs 2.47 crore. The “completed” projects pertained to drain and footpath work on Vijaynagar Road, Channasandra Road and … Read more
By Zahid H Javali In the last one year, a mere 2% of money was spent on BBMP works in Koramangala. Out of the Rs 85 crore allocated for 102 approved projects, only 3 were executed for Rs 0.24 crore. Almost Rs 20 lakh was apparently spent on setting up a temporary control room during … Read more
By Zahid H Javali In a 6000-word revised letter to chief minister BS Yediyurappa, CIVIC Bangalore, the 25-year-old non-profit trust aimed at bettering the city, has asked for modifications to the KMC Act rather than pass a new (download BBMP’s new bill here) to take care of all the future needs of the city. Besides, … Read more
By Zahid H Javali In the last five years, only 40% of the money was spent on BBMP works in HSR Layout. Out of the Rs 200 crore allocated for 368 approved projects, only 152 were executed for Rs 115 crore. Much of the work that went unspent was in the financial year of 2019-20; … Read more
By Qamar ZJ For years, Bellandur has been crying for more funds to better its weak infrastructure. However, BBMP has executed only 10% of the works approved for 2019-20. This was not the case in the previous years where the majority of the funds were utilised as the chart indicates below. What is damning is … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Scamsters are getting brainier by the day and using names of well-established firms like IndiGo to defraud citizens. You can’t argue with the cheats as they have answers to every question you throw at them. The only way to smell a rat is when someone asks you for money before delivering … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Whitefield tops the number of crimes recorded this year in the IT corridor. This neighbourhood is followed by Bellandur, Koramangala, HSR Layout, and Electronic City in that order. Compared to the crime trend in all of 2019, the biggest difference is that Bellandur has climbed up in the rankings. Last year, … Read more