Posts : Citizen Reports

Updated Ward Committee Rules dated 22.6.16

murali772 - 10-SEP-2016

Following is the text of the letter received from Smt Kathyayini Chamaraj, Executive Trustee, CIVIC Bangalore, following the recent finalisation of the updated Ward Committee rules:

Dear friends,

Begur - neglected history of Bengaluru!

srinidhi - 10-JUL-2016

So how did the Bangalore name come about? There are various interesting stories floating around..

Is this the route to "Smart Bengaluru"?

murali772 - 21-JUN-2016

Mid last week, I received a whatsapp message, from the local community group, stating as below:

Please kind attention !!!!!!!

Garbage dumping in S T Bed layout storm water drain

murali772 - 23-APR-2016

The storm water drain passing through the S T Bed layout (Koramangala) has been notorious for the stink it spreads all around, largely because it's not storm water that flows down it, but plain raw sewage.

Chittoor CPAC Team Visit to CMC Hospital Chittoor Campus

hemantharg - 21-APR-2016

Chittoor CPAC Team Visit to CMC Hospital Chittoor Campus

hemantharg - 21-APR-2016

Property Tax Payment

MaheshK - 14-APR-2016

Sharing my experience in the property tax payment in the BBMP office. Now that Bengaluruone has been taken out of the property tax gambit, everyone has to go to the respective ward BBMP office (if not paying online) unlike Bengaluruone where you can pay at any centre. I went to the local BBMP office on 5th cross Malleswaram.

Iniquitous levy by BWSSB on apartment complexes

murali772 - 11-APR-2016

Reproduced below is the summary of the presentation made by Sri P V Maiya, on the subject, at the RERA- Bengaluru meeting held on the 10th April, '16:

BWSSB: Water Tariff, Sanitary charges, Bore well charge: Some serious issues.

Kashmir conundrum; wouldn't India be better off with a plebiscite?

murali772 - 8-APR-2016

The BJP’s ascent has taken Kashmiris further from India. This may seem a strange thing to say now, at the cusp of a PDP-BJP wedding, but the facts stand where they do. Let’s survey events as a Kashmiri might. The state is divided along religious lines absolutely and totally. Consider this alliance. All of the PDP’s 28 MLAs are Muslim.

Water supply for Bangalore Metrolpolitan Region

murali772 - 7-FEB-2016

I was at a presentation on the subject of 'Public Policy on Water supply for the Bangalore Metrolpolitan Region' by Sri V Balasubramanian, IAS retd (former Addl Chief Secretary, GoK), under the auspices of the Karnataka Regional chapter of the Indian Institute of Public Administration, last week.