Evening schools, coaching centres: BBMP’s big plans for education

 The BBMP also plans to revive its mobile libraries and school on wheels to give education a boost. Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) is planning to start evening schools in nearly all its wards. The evening schools, targeting about 10,000 students will be established under ‘Vidyarthi Belaku’ scheme for the next academic year. The education department […]

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No licence, no loans: street vendors in a vicious cycle

Street vendors are left out of welfare loan schemes because the BBMP has not done a survey to issue business licenses. Street vendors in Bengaluru are facing difficulty in receiving licenses to run businesses from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP has not conducted a survey to identify the street vendors, and give them licenses […]

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Stray dogs catch infection as a side affect

Incompetency in surgery for animal birth control may kill the dogs from wound infection say the doctors. Experts say that there have been multiple complaints about stray dogs being released without their wounds having healed. The anti-rabies vaccination and birth control surgery causing infection in stray dogs is a concern for doctors. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar […]

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BBMP to open budget portal for citizens inputs

Along with MyCityMyBudget campaign, online portal will help citizens to share local problems they are facing in the city. An online portal for the citizens of Bengaluru will be launched on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) website where they can raise their voices about major issues in the city. Sri Jayaram Raipura IRS, Special […]

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BMRCL advertisements on metro premises still on hold

BMRCL is still awaiting official permission from BBMP to start advertisements around metro stations. Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is still awaiting official permission from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).  to start  advertising around the metro station premises. An official from Urban Development Departments (UDD) said, “The bye laws of BBMP do not […]

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Another try to build shelter homes for transgender

BBMP to revive the making the first shelter home for the homeless transgender in Bengaluru The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is going to restart work on a new shelter home for abandoned and homeless transpersons near Upparpet police station near Majestic Metro Station. They have tied up with the Dream India Project that comes […]

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