Ward information page: Ward 8 – Kodigehalli

by August 17, 2015 Governance
How much did BBMP spend on Kodigehalli ward? What are the issues troubling the ward? How much money is pending to be paid to the contractors?

8 – Kodigehalli

Kodigehalli ward spent most of its money on road and drain improvements, but the problem still exists. Here is more information on the ward.

MLA (2013): Krishna Byregowda (INC), Byatarayanapura
MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North

BBMP 2010

Corporator: Ashwath Narayan Gowda (BJP)
# E-104, Kodigehalli, Bangalore-92. Ph: 9448078232
Reservation: BC-B

Votes
Winner’s percentage: 17.5
Winner’s margin: 104
Total votes polled: 16355
Total voters: 35556

BBMP 2015

Total voters: 41767
Male: 22354
Female: 19410
Others: 3

Reserved: General

Contesting Candidates

BJP: Aswathanarayana Gowda   
INC: Chethan K M   
JDS: Subramanya
PPI: G Prashanth

Demographics

  • Population (2011): 47546
  • Households: 12036
  • Area: 3.8 sq km

Civic Amenities/Infrastructure

  • Road length: 507 km
  • Lakes: Hebbal, Total area: 54.6 sq km
  • Parks: 23, Total area: 16.7 sq km
  • Playgrounds: 5, Total area: 2.6 sq km

Active citizen groups/RWAs

If you represent any RWA from this area, please click here and fill your info. It will be added to this space after verification.

 

Candidates

​G Prashanth, Pyramid Party of India

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He is the candidate contesting the BBMP elections- 2015, whose information is available with Citizen Matters. If you do not find a particular candidate on this page, do ask them to fill the Candidate Information Form as soon as possible.

How was the money spent? Tenders, job codes, bills:

  • Click on the sections corresponding to complaints, tenders and bills, to get a feel of what are the problems, what is being addressed, how much money is being spent, and is it really happening on ground.
  • Scroll using your arrow keys to see the details within the sections.

What’s bothering the residents? Complaints represented in a wordcloud:



 

Data Courtesy

BBMP, Janaagraha, BBMP Restructuring Committee website

Disclaimer: This data is an extract; it is not complete, and not verified independently. It is not from the entire tenure of BBMP council 2010-15.

Click here for raw data.

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