Bengaluru poor roads under fire once again: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw asks why roads are so bad; ministers say 'work in progress'Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has voiced concerns about Bengaluru's poor roads and garbage problem. An overseas visitor questioned...
14 Oct, 2025, 01.15 PM IST
Bengaluru has best weather, worst roads: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw slams India's Silicon Valley's infra, suggests way outKiran Mazumdar-Shaw has once again highlighted Bengaluru's infrastructure shortcomings, particularly regarding garbage disposal, urging cit...
29 Aug, 2025, 10.15 AM IST
'Ready to Pay Garbage Tax, but Want a Clean Bengaluru': BBMP's new waste management fee sparks debateStarting April 1, Bengaluru property owners will have a new garbage user fee added to their tax bills. The fee will support waste managemen...
01 Apr, 2025, 11.11 AM IST
Bengaluru property owners, get ready to pay 'garbage tax' to BBMP for solid waste managementBengaluru property owners will now pay a Solid Waste Management fee, tiered by the size of their homes, starting 2025-26. The BBMP budget, ...
01 Apr, 2025, 10.57 AM IST
File criminal cases against those who litter: Karnataka High Court to BBMPA division bench headed by Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing a PIL by Narasimha Murthy and others against the BBMP for installing...
05 Nov, 2018, 07.39 PM IST
BBMP junks its own proposals to end contractors' strangleholdWhile the State Cabinet decided that the direct payment system to pourakarmikas would commence on September 1 (later postponed to October 1...
16 Oct, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Bengaluru experiments an app for garbage separationThe technology will record their attendance at every house by scanning the code with a mobile application and rate its level of waste segre...
15 Dec, 2016, 10.58 AM IST
Bengaluru to get waste transfer stations to cut garbage spillGarbage trucks waiting to collect waste from smaller vehicles -usually three-wheelers -is a common sight in the city.
25 Feb, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
For the love of Bengaluru: Qwikcilver co-founder Pratap TP is sweeping the city clean!One of the key members of the group Cleaner, Greener Safer Bangalore (CGSB), Pratap along with friends started making an attempt to clean t...
08 Feb, 2016, 03.03 PM IST
BBMP's Swachh Bengaluru app to be used to book cases against offendersAuthorities hope the app can supplement waste disposal efforts when the civic body puts in place a hi-tech control room.
23 Dec, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Bengaluru civic body plans to use technology for waste collection and processingThe city civic body hopes to see a big leap in garbage management as it plans to embrace technology in a significant way.
17 Dec, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Here are five ways to tackle Bengaluru's garbage problemWhile embracing thriving IT economy, Bengaluru -the third most populous city in India -is yet to find a permanent solution to garbage probl...
11 Dec, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Meters everywhere, but no water to drink in BengaluruWhile some parts of the layout have pipes supplying water, houses on the irst main, second cross and second main roads do not have connecti...
01 Dec, 2015, 11.03 AM IST
- Garbage stench unbearable in Bengaluru: Residents
Vidyaranyapura, a residential colony in northwest Bengaluru formed in the 1970s and named after saint Vidyaranya, faces a garbage issue, sa...
10 Nov, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
- Can Bengaluru Become Resilient to Garbage?
A Rockefeller delegation was in Bengaluru last week, and City Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy told them that garbage is the city's biggest resili...
20 Oct, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
BBMP readies plan to mop up festival trashExtra vehicles will be deployed for 2-3 days at a stretch because we expect flowers and plantain leaves during Ganesha festival.
16 Sep, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
Bengaluru garbage collection contracts to go onlineWhen uploaded, citizens will be able to know details of the contractor in their respective areas, the terms of the contract and the money b...
25 May, 2015, 11.02 AM IST