Naveen Menezes

Decoding the sweeping change #BBMP’s split into five corporations could redraw city politics — smaller wards may open doors for fresh, local faces beyond traditional parties There’s a lot a corporator can do in #Bengaluru, stopping illegal construction hopefully tops the list

Karnataka govt okays 250-m Sky Deck for tourists, scraps Hebbal Metro depot meant to ease traffic, train operations etc. Both needed same land extent, both had messy ownership: one developer defaulted, other grabbed excess land. Yet, govt picked Sky Deck, ditched Metro depot

Just like the location kept shifting, so did the agency! Bengaluru’s Rs 500-cr Sky Deck now handed to BDA, with land allocation doubled to 41 acres. #Bengaluru #SkyDeck

Dear @BBMPCOMM avare,your vvpuram subdivision officials have come and evicted street vendors without any notice near NIMHANS. All their stocks are going for waste, bananas are seized senior citizens are extremely stressed. Why no notice as mandated in sec 18 of SV act ?

It looked like a regular lake… until I flew closer and discovered a scene straight out of a nature documentary.

Its Skid game for Namma Bengaluru Journalists! @BBMPCOMM #foootpath #stjohnshospital @anusharavi10 @Ananthaforu @path2shah @Prakash94805561

After e-khata relief comes a tax shock Over 26,000 residents in #Bengaluru — who literally moved mountains to get e-khata — get notices over mismatched property sizes. Trust hit, citizens say big fish go free while common folks get notices. #BBMP

Ongoing CMRS inspection of Yellow Line - Day 1 Pic Credits: Chandra Bhushan Yadav #BMRCL #NammaMetro

Back from a 7-year ban: Bengaluru to see commercial hoardings again. BBMP to permit them every 200 m on private properties—but not on footpaths or certain roads narrower than 60 ft. Advertising sector, currently in the hands of just a few in Blr, opens up too.

Despite clubbing almost ten assembly segments, newly-carved Bengaluru West Municipal Corporation will be the poorest among the five BBMP was born in 2007 but saw only two elections in 18 years Restructuring would have made more sense after expanding BBMP’s 709 sq km boundary

Maheshwar Rao had the shortest tenure as BMRCL MD, serving for just 1.6 yrs before being transferred. While every MD got changed with each change in Govt, this change came with same Govt in power. It shows lack of commitment & clarity by Govt. Such frequent change is detrimental

Here is constituency wise break up of new corporations.. KR Puram and Mahadevapura constituencies make Bengaluru East Corporation Parts of Bellandur will be part of South Corporation CV Ramanagar is part of Central Corporation

DCM @DKShivakumar’s ₹17,698 crore tunnel road project is not just an environmental disaster, it’s a monument to political arrogance, ego, and corruption. It plans to plough through Bengaluru’s most iconic heritage zones and lung spaces - Lalbagh, Palace Grounds, St. John’s…

Th Rs 17,698-cr tunnel road is set to bulldoze through five #Bengaluru landmarks: - St John’s Hospital - Lalbagh Botanical garden - Race Course - Palace Grounds - Hebbal Each location may see a 100-ft deep shaft for launching TBMs, far bigger than the ones used by Namma Metro

Dr Ravishankar J, 2001-batch IAS officer, has taken charge as the new managing director of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. There was a buzz that M Maheshwar Rao would continue as Metro’s MD till the opening of Yellow line