City: Bengaluru

It was camp-fire time at Naamadachilume, near Tumkur, Karnataka, school year 1972-73. All manner of sharing, singing, joking, and so on was going on. The Scout Master said, “I know students call me Dappa Ravay (V)unday. I think it is because I am a very sweet person.” In those few seconds, we realized that famous “fortune” line that would appear, decades later, on my Unix terminal: “Remember that secret you had? It isn’t!” DR Vijayendra Rao aka DRV, from a family photograph. Pic: DV Prahlad Generations of students (about 5 or 6 only, at the time) had called him that.…

12 - Shettihalli   46 crores in five years. That is what the data shows, as the money spent on various works done in this ward. Shettihalli ward is in Dasarahalli Zone. Here is more information on this ward, demographics, complaints in the ward and works done. MLA (2013): S Muniraju (BJP), Dasarahalli MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010: Corporator: Sharadamma (BJP), Reservation:SC #168/A, Abbigere, Chikkabanavara Post, Bangalore-90. Ph:9008889667 Votes: Winner's percentage: 24.6 Winner's margin:2019 Total votes: 20369 Total voters: 42128 BBMP 2015: Total voters: 55893 Male: 29764 Female: 26126 Others: 3 Reserved: General Contesting…

Traffic at the Marathahalli-Sarjapur Outer Ring Road. File pic.  It has been two years since I wrote this on the sorry state of commuters and residents along the Outer-Ring-Road. Fast forward to the present, nothing much has changed. It might in fact have gotten worse as more and more bottlenecks have sprung up. In these two years, more people have added their own cars to the roads, more buildings have come up and more companies have moved in to the stretch between Sarjapura Road and Doddanakundi. Ecospace, a word that now mainly conjures up images of traffic jams when heard…

184 - Uttarahalli   Uttarahalli ward has changed its reservation status from BC-A to general in the last round of reservation roster. Data shows the issuance of job codes worth Rs 16 crore for this ward since 2011. Here more info on the ward: MLA (2013): M Krishnappa (BJP), Bangalore South MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010: Corporator: K.Ramesh Raju (BJP), Reservation:BC-A #55, Uttarahalli, Subramanyapura Post, Uttarahalli hobli, Bangalore South, Bangalore-61. Ph:9448614472 Votes: Winner's percentage: 24.5 Winner's margin:2636 Total votes for the winner: 18097 Total voters: 45993 BBMP 2015: Total voters: 61820 Male: 32678 Female: 29138 Others: 4…

ADDRESSED TO ALL POLITICAL PARTIES FIELDING CANDIDATES AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES STANDING FOR BBMP ELECTIONS 2015 AN OPEN LETTER FROM CITIZENS’ ACTION FORUM- CAF’S Citizens' Charter of Demands for the BBMP Elections 2015 Manifestoes. We from Citizens’ Action Forum (CAF) have met with our partner RWAs and have compiled critical suggestions for the manifestos of all the political parties fielding candidates and independent candidates alike for the BBMP Elections 2015. At the outset, we would like to thank the BJP-Bangalore for taking a welcome step of inviting CAF for a discussion and seeking suggestions for their manifesto for the BBMP Elections…

149 - Varthur Varthur, one of the wards in Mahadevapura zone, is facing the growth pang many other areas in the city too are facing. However, the presence of many IT/ITES companies and large number of employees in the area has made the ward gain more importance in terms of lack of infrastructure such as good roads and water. Here is more about the ward. MLA (2013): Arvind Limbavali (BJP), Mahadevapura MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010: Corporator: S. UdayKumar (INC), Reservation:G #480 (16), Munnekolala, Bangalore East, Bangalore-36 Ph:9845453328 Votes: Winner's percentage: 34.3 Winner's margin:2900 Total…

Thinking of heading to Lalbagh Park this weekend to check out the flower show? You’re not alone. Since the show began on Friday, locals and visitors alike are already flocking to witness the colourful array of flower and plant-based art. “The monuments and the sand art are great. What can be more beautiful than nature?” Said Srutikona Medhi, who is visiting with her family from Amman. “And in this busy city you won’t find anything like it.” The show will be there every day from August 7 to August 16. It is the 202nd biannual festival, held once in the…

There is an element of awe when you witness the bustle at a government office, a constant murmur, people with some paper or file in their hands, some asking strangers for a pen, tiny tea cups making rounds behind desks of different sizes—never a dull moment. In a sub registrar’s office, in addition to the usual buzz, one would most likely feel the thick air of tension of the many deals waiting to be signed and sealed. Only relaxed faces there are likely to be those of couples waiting to get their marriage registered, sometimes with garlands and sweets handy.…

  Bengaluru this week August 7th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     As political parties in Bengaluru prepare for the upcoming polls, so are we at Citizen Matters! For each zone we have mapped ward details, past council details, number of voters, etc. In each ward page, we will be adding details about the state of the ward -- the demographics, infrastructure details, the tenders and development works executed, issues raised by citizens and more. We are also adding details of contesting candidates as we get info. We hope this will…

East zone has 44 wards. BJP dominated the BBMP elections - 2010 in this zone, by capturing 20 wards. Here is the information related to the zone. Click on the ward you want in the map, to view the details of the ward. Ward boundaries are visible in light blue. The wards are colour-coded according to the party that won the BBMP elections in 2010. For some select wards, we have added details about the state of the ward — the demographics, infrastructure details, the tenders and development works executed, issues raised by citizens and more. We are also adding…