Committee reorganising Bengaluru announces public meetings

by March 4, 2015 Governance
Series of consultations with citizens will be held from March 9th to March 13th.

The three-member committee formed by the State government to look into the Restructuring of BBMP will hold a series of meetings with Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) and Non-government Organisations, community-based organisations, apartment owners’ associations and other citiens, to give their suggestions and inputs on the ongoing restructuring exercise.

The government has formed the three member committee headed by former chief secretary B S Patil, with Siddaiah and V Ravichandar as its members. The committee has been entrusted with the task of studying the impact of restructuring BBMP and chalk out the ways in which the city can be governed more efficiently. Here is the meetings schedule in eight zones of the BBMP this month.

Date

Time

Zone

Location

Contact

March 9

11 am – 1.30 pm

Dasarahalli

Dasarahalli Jt Commissioner Office (BBMP Zonal Office), Hesarghatta Main Road, Bengaluru

Doddappa

080-22975901

March 9

3 pm – 5.30 pm

R R Nagar

Joint Commissioner Office (BBMP Zonal Office), Ideal Homes Layout, 18th Cross, R R Nagar

Veerabhadrappa 080-28604652

March 10

11 am – 1.30 pm

Mahadevpura

Joint Commissioner Office (BBMP Zonal Office),  ITPL

Road, Opp Phoenix market city, Mahadevapura

Devaraju

080-28511166

March 10

3 pm – 5.30 pm

Bommanahalli

Joint Commissioner Office (BBMP Zonal Office), Begur Road, Bommanahalli

Muniraju 080-25732628

March 11

11 am – 1.30 pm

Bengaluru South

Joint Commissioner Office (South Zone), Mahanagara Palike Commercial Complex Building, II Block, 9th Cross, Jayanagar

Hemachandra

080-26566365

March 11

3 pm – 5.30 pm

Bengaluru East

Joint Commissioner Office (East Zone), Mayo Hall, Residency Road

Ajit Kumar Hegde

080-22975801

March 13

11 am – 1.30 pm

Bengaluru West

Joint Commissioner Office (West Zone), Sampige Road, Opp Mantri Mall

Lakshminarasaiah 080-22975608

March 13

3 pm – 5.30 pm

Yelahanka

Joint Commissioner Office (Yelahanka Zone), Bellary Road

Janappa 080-22975949

In case if any group or individual finds it difficult to attend the meetings, they can request for a separate meeting through Contact Us form in the restructuring committee website. Individuals can submit their suggestions through the website. For more details visit http://www.bbmprestructuring.org

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