Series: BBMP Elections 2015

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತ ಹಬ್ಬಿದ್ದ ಅನಿಶ್ಚಿತತೆ ಕೊನೆಗೊಂಡಿದೆ, ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಓದುಗರಾದ ನೀವು ಈ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಬೇಕೆಂಬುದು ನಮ್ಮ ಬಯಕೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ನೀವು ಪಾಲಿಕೆ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಡಳಿತವು ಯಾವರೀತಿ ನಡೆದಿದೆ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿರುವಿರಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನು ನಮಗೆ ಅರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಹಕರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಅದರೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಇತ್ತೀಚಿನ ಕಾರ್ಪೊರೇಟರ್ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾಗರಿಕ ವರದಿ ತಯಾರಿಸಲು ನಮಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. * ಕಳೆದ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆದ್ದವರು ಯಾರೆಂದು ನೋಡಲು ನಿಮಗೆ ಈ ಲಿಂಕ್ ಸಹಾಯಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಯುವ ಸಾಫ್ಟ್‌ವೇರ್ ಪರಿಣತರಲ್ಲೋರ್ವ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ ಎನ್ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. * ನೀವು ಈ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಲು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಜಿ ಮೈಲ್ ಅಕೌಂಟ್ ನಿಂದ ಲಾಗ್ ಇನ್ ಆಗಬೇಕು. * ನೀವು ಈ ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯ ಫಾರ್ಮನ್ನು ಒಮ್ಮೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ತುಂಬಬಹುದು. * ಫಾರ್ಮ್ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕಾಣಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ ಈ ಲಿಂಕ್ ನ್ನು ಒತ್ತಿ. ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ; ನಮ್ಮ…

Public hearing on restructuring, held at Mahadevapura zonal office. From left: V Ravichandar, BS Patil, Siddaiah. Pic: Meera K As a member of the BBMP Restructuring Committee, it’s been an exhilarating exercise engaging with city stakeholders, researching, evaluating options and finally putting out the report. And though this was a Monday morning release (wisely so, given the interest in Baahubali), one got a sense of what a movie producer, director feels after the baby is out in public! There have been bouquets and brickbats. Firstly, thank you for the compliments and it was heartening to note that even the staunchest…

After a long court battle, the State Election Commission has declared BBMP polls for the second time. According to the fresh calendar of events, BBMP polls will be held on August 22nd, and model code of conduct will be in effect from July 17th. State Election Commissioner P N Sreenivasachari in a press meet on Thursday, declared the freshly prepared election schedule. During the hearing of the election related petition in the High Court on July 13th, the SEC had assured the HC that it would submit the fresh election schedule by Friday. Announcing the calendar of events, Sreenivasachari said…

The much awaited final report on Restructuring BBMP has been submitted to the government. The recommendations of the Committee which range from a three-tier system of governance to restructuring Bengaluru into five corporations to establishment of Greater Bengaluru Financial Commission and extension of Mayor’s term to five years, have been appreciated as well as criticised. Citizen Matters tried to pool the opinions of representatives from various political parties, urban experts and citizens on what they had to say about the Restructuring Committee report. One aspect that was talked about by majority of them was the formation of Greater Bengaluru Authority…

The BBMP Restructuring Committee, in its final report, has recommended the splitting of BBMP into five corporations and integrating them under an umbrella institution called the Greater Bengaluru Authority. The Committee has also advocated for introducing a three-tier system in Bengaluru for efficient governance. The committee which was constituted by the State government to study and prepare a report on restructuring Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had submitted an interim report earlier. The Committee submitted its final report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, July 13th 2015. The State government had formed the BBMP Restructuring Committee with retired IAS officer…

Gone are the days of indefinite wait—the BBMP elections are here again. We would like you, our readers, to fill this survey, to help us understand how you perceive the local governance in your area. This will also help us in preparing citizens’ report cards for the existing corporators. Here's an extra pointer to see who won in last election, in which ward. The map is prepared by Bengaluru-based techie Thejesh G N. You need to log on to your gmail id if you want to enter the survey. You can fill the survey only once. If you are unable…

The homepage of old BBMP website that was filled with lot of information, has changed now with a new design. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) websitehas got a new appearance. The homepage which was earlier overloaded with information and links, has been made simpler and cleaner. All the links and information are categorised under the main menu making it easier for the users to search. The redesigned website was launched on the night of July 7th 2015. The work is still under progress. BBMP IT Advisor T Sheshadri who has worked on the website said the purpose of redesigning…

A typical scene from BBMP Council meets during afternoons. Pic: Shree D N It's a meeting that is supposed to discuss the development works that must happen in your ward, every month. Your own representative, who is a councillor, better-known as corporator, is supposed to attend it and participate in it on your behalf. What if you come to know that the one whom you chose to do this job did not even attend the meetings? Or if you come to know that the person faked his attendance and went elsewhere to do his other works? List of councillors having…

With the Supreme Court extending the deadline for conducting Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) election by four weeks, the State Election Commission (SEC) is now preparing to arrange a fresh poll schedule for civic body in Bengaluru. S Honnamba, Secretary of State Election Commission, told Citizen Matters that in accordance with the Supreme Court order, the SEC will conduct the polls before August 28th. “Though initially there was confusion about eight weeks time granted by the Court, now the ambiguity is cleared. We have cancelled the schedule of events for BBMP polls that we had announced earlier. We are yet…

Long-pending demand of the electoral roll experts to introduce a software to trace electoral roll anomaly has been finally paid heed to. With the BBMP polls is less than a month away, the State Election Commission has come up with a special software to detect errors in electoral rolls including duplication, repetition of voters names with same photograph etc. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner G Kumar Naik who is in-charge of BBMP polls, said that the software has detected discrepancy in over 35,000 cases in BBMP election voters list. During cleaning up exercise using the software, duplication, incomplete details,…