Malleshwaram

Each year at Dasara, Malleswaram 8th Cross turns into a vibrant, festive street, owing to its many temples and commercial areas. It attracts thousands of people each day from all over the city. However, this year, the same packed streets pose a health hazard for residents and visitors due to the potential for spread of COVID. 8th Cross, October 2, 15 days before Dasara 8th Cross, October 16, one day to Dasara Keeping this in mind, Malleswaram Urban Living Lab - a collaboration between Malleswaram Social, a resident community group, and Sensing Local, an urban do-tank - has been working…

In the last few years, citizen-led movements in Bengaluru have garnered major headlines for various success stories as they took on governments and made the administration work a little more effectively. But the tradition of community groups working towards making their city a better place is an old one in Malleshwaram. Rekha Chari of Malleshwaram Swambhimana Initiative (MSI) and Suchitra Deep of Malleshwaram Social chatted with Citizen Matters on a Facebook Live, on the journey of the two groups, the hurdles of running a community group at a time when neighbours aren't aware of each other and the various mediums…

If you are one among the lakhs of voters of Malleshwaram, this is what you need to know! Background information Find your constituency Understand the role of the MLA Learn all you can about the candidates: see below Locate your voting booth: TBD How to cast your vote: TBD Incumbent MLA: C.N Ashwath Narayan Profile and Track Record What did Malleshwaram MLA Ashwath Narayan do in his 2nd term? Interview: Ashwath Narayan: I am totally against corruption Related Data: http://opencity.in/information/karnataka-election-candidate-profile-dr-ashwath-narayan-c-n List of Candidates, 2018 Candidate Profile/Track Record C.N Ashwath Narayan Bharatiya Janata Party Family: Wife, 2 children Profession: Doctor/MLA MD…

Several months ago I wrote about my attempts to get a streetlight fixed on the `model street' of 15th Cross Malleshwaram. First some `jugaad' work had been done by BBMP. When I complained - nothing happened. Then providence intervened in the form of a truck backing up and breaking the light - resulting in the light - still functional - leaning precariously against a fence, possibly electrifying it. An urgent complaint to the MLA's office as well as BBMP got the job done - they removed the streetlight - and with it, the jugaad job. Picture on August 26th 2015…

C V Raman in his classroom. Pic courtesy: Oldindianphotos.in November 2015 marks the 127th birthday, and the 45th year of demise, of Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman, one of the greatest minds produced in the twentieth century. Bengaluru was home to this great mind, nobel laureate who is popular as Sir C V Raman. The city bears many landmarks and institutions in his memory,  such as Raman Research Institute,  Panchavati - C V Raman’s home in Malleshwaram where he lived, and C V Raman Nagar. Born in Thiruvanaikaval near Trichinopoly to Chandrashekar Iyer and Parvathi Ammal on November 7, 1888, Raman was…

“Wish you a wonderful weekend”, screams the RJ through the radio as my car labours through the serpentine traffic. For the happy weekend to begin, I must get first home, and so must the lakhs of office-goers. Friday evenings in Bengaluru are not like any other day. I am now at the nerve centre of the city, Majestic, which seems to be bursting at its seams. Throngs of travellers scramble towards the KSRTC bus stand for their weekend trip to their ‘native’ or some holiday destination. Private buses are parked haphazardly along the roadside, and travellers have no other option…

85 - Doddanekkundi   Doddanekundi ward is the part of the Whitefield area, and covers important areas like Brookefield, AECS layout and Brindavan Layout. Outer Ring Road passes through this ward. Though the money spent by the BBMP is not less, the outcome is yet to meet the demands of the residents and people travelling to Whitefield everyday. The reservation status of the ward has been changed from 'General' to OBC-A (women). Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): Arvind Limbavali (BJP), Mahadevapura MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010: Corporator: N.R. Sridhar Reddy (BJP),…

83 - Kadugodi   Sinking of borewells, filling potholes, imporvement of roads and drains, new drains - BBMP spent money on these in Kadugodi ward, according to data. However, one look at the roads in this ward tells you a different story. Nobody knows whether these borewells actually exist, nobody has any account of how the water from these borewells is used. Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): Arvind Limbavali (BJP), Mahadevapura MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010: Corporator: K.N Anjaneya Reddy (INC), Reservation:G#1, Kumbena Agrahara, Kadugodi, Bangalore-67. Ph:9845008072 Votes: Winner's percentage: 27.1…

190 - Mangammana Palya   MLA (2013): Sathish Reddy M (BJP), Bommana Halli MP (2014): Ananth Kumar (BJP), Bangalore South BBMP 2010: Corporator: Syed Haseena Taj (BJP), Reservation:BC-B#67/407, 3rd cross, Begur road, Bangalore-68. Ph:9448084140 Votes: Winner's percentage: 23.9 Winner's margin:2603 Total votes: 17436 Total voters: 47855 BBMP 2015: Total voters: 54643Male: 30042Female: 24594Others: 7 Reserved: General (Women) Contesting Candidates BJP: Mala Srinivas Reddy INC: Shobha Jagadish JDS: Manjula Demographics Population (2011): 65890 Voters: 55407 Households: 16903 Area: 3.5sq km Civic Amenities/Infrastructure Road length: 1179 km Lakes: Garvebhavi Palya, Haralakunte/Somasandra, Mangammana Palya, Total area:14.4 sq km Parks: 6, Total area:3.2 sq…

150 - Bellandur Ward   The data for Bellandur ward shows that the BBMP spent quite a lot of money digging borewells in the ward. However the ward continues to suffer from water shortage. Here is more information on the ward. MLA (2013): Arvind Limbavali (BJP), Mahadevapura MP (2014): P C Mohan (BJP), Bangalore Central BBMP 2010: Corporator: B.P. Babu Reddy (INC), Reservation:BC-B#G-07, Durga Saffron Square Apartment, Outer Ring Road, Devarabisanahalli, Bellandur Post, Bangalore-103.. Ph:9880701567 Votes: Winner's percentage: 21.7 Winner's margin:374 Total votes: 17502 Total voters: 40515 BBMP 2015: Total voters: 60873Male: 33708Female: 27142Others: 23 Reserved: SC (Women) Contesting Candidates:…