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Over 90% infants malnourished In Bengaluru, a mere 7.4% children aged below two years receive adequate diet, says the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5). That leaves a staggering 92.6% infants under two, malnourished. The figures are worse than five years ago, when only 13.9% children were receiving proper nutrition. Bengaluru is one of 342 districts for which government released data. The survey says the percentage of total children aged 6-23 months receiving an adequate diet has fallen. Children under five years who are stunted are 31.3%, an increase from 28.1% in NFHS-4, while the number of underweight children has gone…

HC directs holding BBMP polls without delay The High Court of Karnataka directed the State Election Commission to hold elections to the 198 wards in the BBMP with speed and efficiency. Towards this, the SEC should publish the election programme within a maximum period of six weeks from the date of publication of the final reservation notification, it said. The court directed that the final notification on caste-based reservation for the 198 wards (based on the draft notification issued in September) be published within a month. By this order, the ruling party's amendment to increase the number of wards in…

After much drama, Bengaluru will finally be going to polls on Saturday August 22nd. And we’re hoping that people come out in droves to vote. Tomorrow will surely be a day of reckoning, not only for those who are standing for the elections, but also for all of Bengaluru’s citizens. People queuing up at a polling booth in Whitefield during the previous BBMP elections. Pic: Subramaniam Vincent Joining the three big players this time, are several contestants from new-age parties too. Many hopefuls who did not get tickets, have decided to contest independently. Here is Citizen Matters’ guide on the big…

182 - Padmanabha Nagar   This ward has many payments for works that do not have job code. Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): R Ashoka (BJP), Padmanaba Nagar MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010 Corporator: L. Srinivas (BJP)#38/1, 22nd main road, Padbanabhanagar, Bangalore-70. Ph: 9243101474 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 23.6 Winner's margin: 1783 Total votes polled: 15809 Total voters: 32116 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 34623Male: 17657Female: 16961Others: 5Reservation: General (Women) Contesting Candidates BJP: L Shobha AnjanappaINC: Prathibha MJDS: V B Triveni BabuCPI(M): K S LakshmiIndependent: Sarala Rajkatte Demographics Population (2011): 41037 Households:…

 Editor's note: Analysing 590 affidavits from three major parties is a gigantic task. We could analyse only 240 of them. Here are the highlights of our partial analysis. If you have analysed affidavits and have noted anything of importance, do mail us at edit (at) citizenmaters (dot) in.Majority of the candidates contesting this BBMP election from three major political parties - BJP, Congress and the JD(S) have one thing in common. A large number of them are less educated, but are stinking rich. When Citizen Matters looked into the affidavits of candidates from BJP, Congress and JD(S), from 84 wards…

89 - Jogupalya   The number of voters in this ward has considerably come down since last BBMP elections. Garbage, street light and drainage seem to be the problems bothering the residents. More information follows: MLA (2013): N A Haris (INC), Shanthi Nagar MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010 Corporator: M. Gowtham Kumar (BJP)#354/5, 3rd Cross, Someshwarapura, Cambridge Layout, Halsoor, Bangalore. Ph: 9845035510 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 21.8 Winner's margin: 2795 Total votes polled: 12335 Total voters: 27240 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 26082Male: 13166Female: 12911Others: 5 Reserved: General Contesting Candidates BJP: Gautham KumarINC: P ChandrashekharJDS:…

Citizen Matters conducted a pre-BBMP poll survey starting last month, to find out voters' preferences and problems in Bengaluru. Here are the selected key findings of the online survey. 81% of the respondents knew that BJP got a majority in 2010 elections and ruled BBMP so far. Around 78% of the Kannada respondents knew BJP ruled BBMP after 2010. The survey was launched before all parties declared their candidates. We asked: Which political party represents Bangalore's interest best? 33% believe it is BJP. 23.9% say it's AAP. 21% believe it is Loksatta. Mere 14.2% believe it is Congress.(Kannada: BJP- 50%;…

Highlights of Congress manifesto - BBMP elections 2015 Construction of elevated flyover to connect East-West and North-South of the city Introducing mono rail and commuter railway Establishing property tax board Implementing Mekedatu project and supply large quantity of water to Bengaluru Opening 5 new art and cultural centres on the line of Ravindra Kalakshetra Constructing 4 new sports hostelsConstruction of 5,000 toilets in 5 years Developing 25 per cent of BBMP schools every year Establishing working women hostels and skill development centres for women Four super-speciality hospitals Making Bengaluru slum-free in 5 years Single window system for receiving complaints from…

BCLIP candidates contesting BBMP elections - 2015, posing alongwith BPAC members. Pic courtesy: BPAC 20 candidates trained under BPAC’s Civic Leadership Incubator Program are contesting the upcoming BBMP elections in Bengaluru. They went through the nine month program where they were equipped with theoretical knowledge, post which they took up many community projects. While ten of the participants have aligned themselves to various political parties (BJP - 3, INC - 1, JDS - 1, Loksatta - 5), the remaining ten are contesting as independent candidates. List of candidates Sl No   Candidate  Ward  Contact # Party Ward number 1 Devika Raj…

Surprisingly, Yeshwanthpur ward has only one pending bill, according to the data available with Janagraha. There is also the a lot of confusion in analysing the data, due to confusion in ward number and job codes. Here's more information on Yeshwanthpur ward. 37 - Yeshwanthpur MLA (2013): Munirathna (INC), Rajarajeswari Nagar MP (2014): D V Sadananda Gowda (BJP), Bangalore North BBMP 2010 Corporator: Munirathna (INC)# 147, 11th cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore-3. Ph: 9844400531 Reservation: G Votes Winner's percentage: 23 Winner's margin: 2400 Total votes polled: 16224 Total voters: 32385 BBMP 2015 Total voters: 40747Male: 21113Female: 19630Others: 4 Reserved: OBC-A Contesting Candidates…