Bangalore at a Glance (JNNURM CDP 2006)

CDP reports





BDA Landuse pattern (covers Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, seven City Municipal Councils (CMCs) and one Town Municipal Council (TMC))




Bangalore Slum details

Dec 2006-KR Puram can’t wait for the merger! - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition

KR Puram can’t wait for the merger! - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition: "

Eager, hopeful and a tad apprehensive -- that sums up the mood among officials, elected representatives and the general public in the Krishnarajapuram City Municipal Council on the impending merger of their local body with the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and other surrounding local bodies to form Greater Bangalore.The population of K R Puram is 1,86,453 (2001 census); the current number is estimated at over 2.5 lakh. A large part of its working population has to make the daily trip to the City proper for work, and accounts for a major chunk of the peak-hour traffic on Old Madras Road.

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Dec 2006-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Gear up to meet additional requirement, BWSSB told

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Gear up to meet additional requirement, BWSSB told: "

Citizens of the proposed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will get 100 litres per capita water each day after the new civic body is formed, Health and Family Welfare Minister R. Ashok said here on Tuesday.The Minister, who held a meeting with BMP Commissioner K Jairaj and senior officials of the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, told The Hindu that he had directed the water board to gear up to meet the additional demand of water supply. BWSSB will require an additional 100 million litres a day to meet the drinking water needs of BBMP, the Minister said.Mr. Ashok, who asserted that the process of forming BBMP would be completed by March, said elections to the new civic body would be conducted after that.'We will not postpone elections at any cost after that,' he said.

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Nov 2006-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Agencies told to ensure supply of potable water

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Agencies told to ensure supply of potable water: "

In perhaps the first effort of its kind in the country, the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) has begun the process of bringing under an umbrella several civic agencies in Bangalore to tackle the menace of water pollution and contaminated water supply.The authority, which conducted an exclusive Lok Adalat for discussing the issue of contaminated water supply and pollution of water bodies, on Tuesday, cajoled the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP), the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Bangalore Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) to take expeditious steps to ensure potable water supply to the residents of Bellandur and some surrounding villages.

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Nov 2006-The Hindu : Front Page : First step towards formation of `Greater Bangalore'

The Hindu : Front Page : First step towards formation of `Greater Bangalore': "

Two days after the Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the State Government today set in motion the proposal to constitute a Greater Bangalore Authority by merging seven city municipal councils (CMC) and a town municipal council (TMC) along with 111 villages with the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP).Executive powersThe executive powers of the Greater Bangalore Authority would be vested with a commissioner who will be directly assisted by eight deputy commissioners.As part of the notification the Government has called for objections, if any, from the people before constituting the authority.The new authority will have 140 wards compared to the existing 100 of the BMP.Also known as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (the greater Bangalore municipal body), it would comprise the areas now in the jurisidiction of BMP, and the CMCs of Rajarajeshwarinagar, Dasarahalli, Bommanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Mahadevapura, Byatarayanapura and Yelahanka; Kengeri TMC, and 111 villages.

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Sep2006-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Water supply twice a week, but reduced to a trickle

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Water supply twice a week, but reduced to a trickle: "

Water has become a scarce commodity in Ramaswamypalya, Beerappa Road and surrounding areas in Marutisevanagar and Lingarajapuram.Although Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) recently installed drinking water and underground drainage lines in all the 27 newly added wards of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, including Lingarajapuram, water is supplied twice a week, but reduced to a trickle for one or two hours in these areas.While areas in the downstream of Marutisevanagar get proper water supply, those located on an elevation have to make do with water coming in a trickle. This is troubling the residents of Ramaswamypalya, especially Beerappa Road. These people get water supply only on Thursdays and Sundays and that too for an hour.

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July 2006 - The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : New layouts to have dual water supply system

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : New layouts to have dual water supply system: "

To ensure use of recycled water and prevent over-exploitation of ground water, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has drawn up a plan to put in place a dual water supply system in all new layouts and apartment complexes coming up in the city.

The new system will have two water lines — one for potable water and the other for recycled water.

BWSSB officials are working on a proposal to set up a committee to monitor the implementation of such a system in new buildings.

It is also thinking of involving all the other service providers, including the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) and the State Pollution Control Board, in this endeavour, according to the officials.

To start with, BWSSB has asked the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to set up a dual water supply system in all its new layouts.

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