Though 50 to 60 cybercrime cases are reported every day in the city, victims of cybercrime have to go to the only cybercrime police station in Infantry Road to lodge a complaint. Yumna Ahmed There is one cybercrime station in Bangalore and officials say that there is a delay in solving cases due to shortage […]
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School girls do not regularly receive sanitary pads under the Shuchi Scheme because of lack of appropriate distribution system. By Apoorva GS Shuchi sanitary pads lie undistributed in PHCs as no distribution channel has been planned for this year. Nine months have passed and government has not yet finalised the tender for distribution this […]
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Basement parking spaces of buildings and hospitals are converted into shops, restaurants and other commercial establishments, without trade licenses. By Manasvi Gupta Illegal commercial establishments in basements of residential buildings, pubs and hospitals are still operating despite being issued notices. Complaints have fallen on deaf ears of the authorities. BBMP issued notices earlier this year, […]
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A number of psychiatrists in Bangalore don’t believe in the existence of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Many DID patients are dismissed as fakers. Yamini Chincholi Trisha Dey (24), a techie in Bangalore was diagnosed of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). She describes DID as- “We feel like we all are trying to drive a car at the […]
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Karnataka yet to provide subsidized Sex Re-assignment Surgery (SRS) for transgender communities after the Karnataka state transgender policy gets state cabinet nod. Surbhi Shah Murali, a.k.a. Manali has only two hospitals to consider for her Sex Re-assignment Surgery (SRS) as the other hospitals are expensive. She is still waiting for the government to implement the […]
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BMTC has introduced only two new buses so far this year; about 19 percent of the total number of functional buses are not roadworthy. Shivani Verma Out of the total 6,490 operational vehicles by the state-run Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC)1,234 buses which are more than 11-years-old or have clocked 8.5 lakh km are still […]
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City sees a 60 per cent rise in cases of overloaded trucks. By Shubhangi Mathur The number of trucks booked for overloading in Karnataka has increased in the last two years. Over 4000 more cases have been registered in 2018-19, as compared to 2017-18. Data provided by the Office of the Commissioner for Transport and […]
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People of Hakki-Pikki community await access to safe drinking water. Abhinav Kumar There is no supply of potable water to the Gowripura village that comes under Banniguppe Gram Panchayat in Ramnagar district . The Hakki-Pikki tribal community that resides in Gowripura, has been looking forward to the water purifying unit, that was constructed two years […]
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A two year-long, Rs. 60 crore BMTC project which aims to turn the filth-ridden Kalasipalya bus stop into a 4.3 acres-swanky terminal has been underway for the last three years. There are still no signs of it being completed even this year. Sanchari Ghatak The Kalasipalya Bus Terminal project, proposed in 2016 is still far […]
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In the run-up to the October 2 re-imposing of a nation-wide ban on plastics by the government, people complain of greener options burning a hole in their pockets. By Savyata Mishra Bengalureans complain of high prices of eco-friendly options to plastic available in the market and a scarcity of shops that sell them, as the […]
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