Experts say that instead of the currently scattered bicycle lanes across the city, a cohesive network of lanes is essential to create a cycling-friendly environment. The absence of a cycle lane network within the city has prompted the cycling community to advocate for the creation of dedicated cycle lanes and enhanced safety measures for cyclists. […]
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Empty promises, incomplete infrastructure, and already damaged facilities haunt Bengaluru’s Smart City Mission project. Bengaluru’s newest redevelopment project, the Smart City Mission (SCM) is still on-going in some pockets of the city, while it has already started falling apart in other parts. Shivajinagar bus stop and Cubbon Park await its promised infrastructure, and the completed […]
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The Smart City workers’ children live in tiny tin-sheeted rooms with no water supply or sanitation. The children of Smart City workers have no access to school.They are malnourished and live in unventilated, unhygienic, tiny tin-sheeted rooms. “We have been living here for the past one and a half years, and were not allowed to […]
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The 14-day rework program has not shown any progress even after a month. There is no progress in the Commercial Street 14-day rework program even after a month. “The work is in progress. It is not a rework program. The work was never completed on Commercial Street,” said Gopal Reddy, Assistant Engineer of Bengaluru Smart […]
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