Articles for Ward Committee

What is BBMP Restructuring Committee and how will it help the fast-growing Bengaluru?
1 year, 6 months ago

What is BBMP Restructuring Committee and how will it help the fast-growing Bengaluru?

The Hindu  

The story so far A month after Congress came to power in Karnataka, the State government on June 12 reconvened the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Restructuring Committee, which the previous Congress regime had formed. Due to the unprecedented demographic and spatial growth of Bengaluru over the last two decades, the Committee will be covering not only the BBMP, but all …

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MCD House reconvenes to hold standing committee members' election after ruckus; BJP councillors chant slogans
1 year, 10 months ago

MCD House reconvenes to hold standing committee members' election after ruckus; BJP councillors chant slogans

The Hindu  

The MCD House reconvened on February 24 to make another bid to hold the election of members of the municipal corporation’s standing committee. The newly-elected Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday said that voting for standing committee members will start afresh after the previously cast ballots were damaged during the physical clashes between councillors on Wednesday. Earlier today, hours before the …

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Bengaluru ward committee meetings gaining popularity: Study
1 year, 10 months ago

Bengaluru ward committee meetings gaining popularity: Study

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike conducted 1,553 meetings between September and December last year, according to a study undertaken by Janaagraha, a city-based NGO. Ward committees, which civic activists say is the platform where democracy comes to life, are steadily gaining popularity and have become more regular in the past six months in Bengaluru. Between September and December last year, …

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Amendments sought to Ward Committee, Area Sabha rules
2 years, 5 months ago

Amendments sought to Ward Committee, Area Sabha rules

The Hindu  

A group of organisations came together as a collective here on Wednesday to urge the State government to amend the recently-released Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Ward Committee and Area Sabha Rules to make the ward committees and area sabhas more representative and effective. While lauding the State government for notifying the rules to form ward committees and area sabhas, …

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Have Bengaluru's Ward Committee meetings turned into grievance forums
2 years, 9 months ago

Have Bengaluru's Ward Committee meetings turned into grievance forums

Hindustan Times  

A noisy, crowded room, people talking over each other, stacks of papers and files, the ward corporator nodding along to fresh concerns, and committee members presenting their seventh draft of the same complaint. The ward committee rules state that the corporator must ensure follow-up of the grievances and “Action Taken” reports should be presented. The Hemmigepura ward committee meeting saw …

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BBMP to rope in ward members for tree census
6 years ago

BBMP to rope in ward members for tree census

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The role of ward committee members is not limited to deciding and keeping a watch on the works being carried out and the expenses incurred, but also counting the number of trees! The BBMP is contemplating roping in citizens, especially ward committee members, to carry out the tree census. Forest department officials will conduct an awareness programme on how …

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