Bengaluru’s civic body has taken up a project to revamp 75 traffic junctions to improve pedestrian safety and ensure smooth flow of traffic. B. S. Prahlad, Chief Engineer, BBMP, said, “Revamping prominent junctions to include pedestrian safety elements will not only improve pedestrian safety, but also streamline traffic flow and reduce congestion.” For instance, the intervention at Balekundri Circle has …
A complaint has been registered with the Enforcement Directorate and the Karnataka Lokayukta police against B.S. Prahlad, chief engineer, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, alleging that he received money from a contractor to his wife’s bank account in return for clearing a bill for work done in the civic body. According to the complaint filed by civic activist S. Bhaskaran, a …
Prahlad, the 5-year-old boy, who fell into a 200-feet deep borewell on November 4 in Niwari of Madhya Pradesh, could not be saved even after a marathon rescue operation that lasted for about 90 hours. Collector Ashish Bhargava said Prahlad was stuck at a depth of 60-feet in the 200-feet deep borewell and showed no movement for the past three …
