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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As the city buses are not insured, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bears the burden of paying accident claims to passengers who get injured in bus accident. Vivek Kumar M A substantial part of BMTC’s revenue flows towards the motor accident claim cases against bus accidents, because the city’s most widely used public transport is […]
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Both BBMP and BMTC are walking away from the responsibility of the defunct Kengeri bus-stand. By Labani Mahanandy The old Kengeri bus stand has now become a dumping yard for garbage from surrounding localities. The nasty vapours from the piled up waste annoy the passers-by. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanangara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Metropolitan […]
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Cab drivers have been booked for more than 45,000 traffic violations in September 2019. They blame the intense pressure to complete more trips a day. Nikita Arora Cab drivers in the city are being regularly booked for traffic violations. They, however, feel that app-based cab companies are to blame since they put them under pressure […]
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In emergencies, poor patients end up paying out of their pockets. By Jagriti Parakh With only 39 private hospitals in Bengaluru district empanelled under the Integrated Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (ABAK) scheme, poor patients, who visit non-empanelled hospitals during emergencies, end up paying out of their pockets. Chetan Kumar, Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Suvarna Arogya Suraksha […]
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People in Hampi Nagar routinely crossing over railway tracks around the Krishnadevaraya Halt railway station By Niket Nishant The residents of Hampi Nagar in Vijayanagar continue to cross railway tracks illegally, despite the Railways’ crackdown on unmanned level crossings (ULCs). The fracture in the wall separating the tracks from the road has allowed the residents […]
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