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“Nirmal Gram Puraskar” awarded to five village Panchayats in Honnali

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https://youtu.be/x56s818yRhQ Five village panchayats in Honnali taluk received Nirmal Gram Puraskar (award) for 100 per cent sanitation. The villages that won the award are—Kundur, Chilur, Sunkadakatte, Malligenahalli, and Kunkova. The Government of India had launched Nirmal Gram Puraskar in October 2003. The puraskar is an incentive to promote the Total Sanitation Campaign. The main objective of Nirmal Gram Puraskar is […]

East Bangalore sees rise in underage drivers

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The number of cases has gone up by 50 per cent since 2016. Bangalore, November 22, 2017: Underage driving cases have increased in Halasuru, Indirangar, K R Puram, Frazer Town, Banasawadi, Shivajinagar and K G Halli. Munikrishnappa, Assistant sub inspector, Traffic Police East said that almost 20 minor driving cases are being reported every day. Inspite of […]

People of Honnali Taluk ignorant about important government schemes

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Farmers in the taluk have no idea of usage of new pesticides, etc. Bangalore, November 21, 2017:Villagers in Honnali Taluk are unaware about various government schemes and new information circulated by the government. The villagers said that all the important news doesn’t reach them and they have to go to the gram panchayath to enquire. […]

Church Street is a parking battleground

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Shop owners want to park, slowing down repair work while the police tows vehicles away every few minutes. Bangalore, November 20, 2017: Bangalore traffic police has been towing 60 cars and 140 two wheelers every day on Church Street. Parking on Church Street is banned as the street is being given a complete overhaul. Mahesha R, Traffic […]

GST compounds farmers’ woes as cost of machinery rises

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Bangalore, Oct 12, 2017: The 12 per cent GST on farm machinery has hit manufacturers and farmers in Bangalore. Before the GST, almost all farm equipment’s including threshers, drip irrigation systems, laser levelers, harrow, and cultivator power sprayer were taxed under Value Added Tax system at the rate of 5 per cent. Drip and sprinkler irrigation […]

Traffic police ignore warning, towing guidelines in city

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Bangalore, Oct 06, 2017: Bangalore City Traffic Police has been ignoring guidelines and towing wrongly-parked vehicles without warning. They have not been giving people a chance to move their vehicles from No Parking zones; they tow the vehicle in the presence of the owner. Venkatesh R, a student of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, KR Circle, said, […]

Murugeshpalya becomes parking lot for garbage vans, residents fall ill

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Bangalore, Sep 21, 2017: Garbage vans are parked outside homes in Murugeshpalya’s Wind Tunnel Road. Residents are suffering from health problems every day. Vans collect garbage from many areas of Murugeshpalya, K.R. Garden, Vinayak Nagar, Muniyellappa Garden, and park on Wind Tunnel Road. Residents say that around 15-20 autos and lorries load and unload garbage, and […]

Dirty Russell Market sees fewer footfalls

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Bangalore August 31, 2017: Business in Russell Market has seen a dip recently due to the filth and the stench thanks to uncleared garbage right outside the market. Akansha, a student who went to buy some cloth from the market, found it quite dirty and unclean.“I wouldn’t buy vegetables or meat from this market,” […]

Residents at BBMP quarters pay to use toilets

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Bangalore, 31st August, 2017: The lack of sanitation facilities is forcing residents of the BBMP quarters in Bhashyam Park to use Pay and Use toilets every day. Bhashyam Park has three residential quarters that have one toilet between them. This toilet does not have a door and is broken. Since the last five years people living […]

Cab Prices Remain Same Despite government notification

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Bangalore February 7, 2018: A week after the Karnataka government issued a fresh notification to cab-aggregators to implement a new system of prices with immediate effect, nothing has changed. Both the aggregators and the transport department are not sure of how to go about implementing the changes. The new notification altered cab fares based on […]

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