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Residents of South City apartments in Bengaluru were in for a rude shock this February when Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) served them a notice demanding penalties up to Rs 54 lakh. Similar notices were also sent to Purva Highlands apartment complex. The Vigilance Police Commissioner (BESCOM) from the Hosakote branch said that two months ago, a huge gated community on Doddaballapur Road, with over 3000 flats had everything from a spa,  a beauty parlour, an ATM to Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), fire hydrants and club house facilities on their apartment premises. Hence, it was charged under LT-5 tariff referred to…

With Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s maiden budget reviving the pod taxi for five stretches in Bengaluru at a cost of Rs 1445 crores, several eyebrows have been raised in questions over what makes the government favour it as a possible solution to the city’s traffic nightmare. Interestingly, the idea of pod taxis isn't as new as one would imagine. Indian cities have seen similar experiments before: The Chembur - Wadala - Maharaja Chowk monorail project, the airport feeder metro built by the Delhi Metro as a PPP project which was subsequently converted into the orange line. Both have had their…

State transport department in dire need of funds  Transport Minister DC Thammanna has said that the state transport corporations BMTC, NEKRTC, and NWKRTC have run into annual losses worth Rs 600 crore, and a fare hike may be inevitable if operations are to be continued. The decreasing fuel efficiency (mileage) of buses caused by halting in congested, traffic-ridden roads and additional taxes for fuel have only added to the debt, the minister complained. In order to make profits and generate some revenue, a proposal for a 20% hike in bus fares has already been made. The matter is being considered by the…

Pourakarmika kills self due to non-payment of salary for six months:  As many as 3,385 waste-pickers who had joined the BBMP's workforce recently and have less than one year experience with the civic body, did not receive salaries for the last six months. This allegedly led to Subramani, 37 year old resident of Vyalikaval, committing suicide on July 8th. BBMP has claimed to have released Rs 27 crore on July 10 subsequently to ensure that others are paid their dues and that such incidents do not recur. Meanwhile, the civic body is also planning on-ground verification of workers, because the list includes…

On June 27, Bengaluru’s National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) formally launched its digital academy, virtually, with the government's participation. Along with NIMHANS director B.N Gangadhar, who was at the office of the Union Health Minister JP Nadda in New Delhi, 500 doctors from 15 states logged in. "It was a formal event. We announced the course, launched digital books and shared the link to the website. We also discussed the agenda, and the benefits of distance education in this sector," Gangadhar said. Mental illnesses present an ever-growing cause for concern across the world. Statistics that emerge from…

Solving their civic-woes has been a challenge for the 12 lakh residents living in the 110 villages on the outer circle in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits, in Bengaluru. Not only has the struggle to get drinking-water been unfruitful, the lack of drainage network lets the sewage accumulate in open drains and lakes, causing irreversible long-term ecological and health problems. There is, however, about to be a slight change in their plight. The infrastructural work to lay underground drainage facilities in the five zones — Mahadevapura, Byatarayanapura, Bommanahalli, Dasarahalli and RR Nagar — officially commenced on March 15,…

26 constituencies in Bengaluru went to poll on May 12th, and here are the winners. First, some data on the trends: There are no women.Kelachandra Joseph George, 68, from Sarvagnanagar is the oldest MLA.Zameer Ahmed Khan, 51, an 8th pass and six other candidates who have mentioned schooling in their education qualification have an average net asset of 80 crores. Five other MLA's (Shivanna B, Ravi Subramanya LA, Krishna Byre Gowda, Dinesh Gundu Rao and N A Harris) with post graduate degrees have an average net worth of 43 crores. The average net assets of all the 26 MLAs is 53 crore, and the…

Incumbent MLA Profile Aravinda Bellad, first term MLA,  BE mechanical, PGDM, represents the Hubli - Dharawad WEST constituency from BJP. http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/46.pdf http://arvindbellad.com In the news Jul 06, 2015:  ತಮ್ಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಜನರ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ಆಲಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರ ಒದಗಿಸಲು ಅನುಕೂಲ ಆಗುವಂತೆ ಶಾಸಕ ಅರವಿಂದ ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಅವರು ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 'ನಮ್ಮ ಬೆಲ್ಲದ' ಹೆಸರಿನ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಷನ್‌ಗೆ ಭಾನುವಾರ ಚಾಲನೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದೆ. Aug 21, 2015 : Vice-president of Akhila Bharat Veerashaiva Mahasabha Gururaj Hunasimarad has alleged that Hubli-Dharwad West MLA Arvind Bellad was trying to create hurdles in implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project between Hubli and Dharwad for selfish motives. Mar 29, 2016: In…

Incumbent MLA Profile: Prasad Abbayya, first term MLA,  he has passed PUC 2nd year, represents the Hubli - Dharawad East constituency from Congress. http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/43.pdf Abbayya Prasad in the news June 19, 2015 : ಈ ಮೊತ್ತ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ‘ಭಾರ’ ಆಗಬಹುದು ಎಂಬ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಶಾಸಕ (ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ– ಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೂರ್ವ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ) ಪ್ರಸಾದ್‌ ಅಬಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಅಂದಾಜು ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ಇನ್ನಷ್ಟು ಕಡಿಮೆಗೊಳಿಸುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ­ಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಮಾತುಕತೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಿದ ಬಳಿಕ ಈ ಮೊತ್ತವನ್ನು ₨ 3.20 ಲಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ­ಗೊಳಿಸಿ ನಿಗದಿಪಡಿಸಲು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿ­ಸಲಾ­ಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಪಾಲಿಕೆಯ ಆಶ್ರಯ­ಯೋಜನೆ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. Aug 21, 2015 : Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday in the wake of a report about his role the cricket betting…

Incumbent MLA: Jagadish Shettar https://www.karnataka.com/personalities/jagadish-shettar/ http://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-2018/bjp-will-sweep-bombay-karnataka/article23702121.ece Candidates Jagadish Shettar     BJP Education: Graduate Professional     Age:62 Assets: 12 Crore+ Liabilities: 2 Crore+ Mahesh Nalwad    INC Post Graduate     54    9 Crore+ 2 Crore+ Mallikarjun Koravi     JD(S) Graduate     49     6 Crore+ 61 Lacs+ Full list of candidates [embeddoc url="http://data.opencity.in/Documents/Recent/Karnataka-Assembly-Elections-2018-Candidates-AC-73.pdf" width="100%"  download="all"] Previous Results 2013 Candidate Sex Party Votes Age 1 JAGADISH SHETTAR M BJP 58201 57 2 DR. MAHESH NALWAD M INC 40447 49 3 SHAMS TABREZ SAMSI M JD(S) 7898 51   2008 Candidate Sex Party Votes Age 1 JAGADISH SHETTAR M BJP 58747 52 2 MUNAVALLI…