Akshatha M
Section 353 of the KMC Act, 1976, mandates licences for certain trades. Accordingly, commercial business entities need apply for the licence with the BBMP, pay a prescribed fee based on which health inspectors issue licence to run the business.
The committee gains significance at a time when the state government is announcing mega infrastructure projects for Bengaluru
The National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) mandates that every city should have one all-weather shelter for a population of one lakh.
Earlier the Cabinet approved a proposal to amend the Act permitting parents to admit chidlren in private schools under the 25% RTE quota only if there is no government school within 1 km of the child’s home.
The state government rolled out the loan-waiver programme in Doddaballapur and Sedam (Kalaburgi) taluks on a pilot basis
The BBMP had classified these advertisement hoardings as legal and illegal. Illegal hoardings are those installed without seeking BBMP’s permission and without paying advertisement tax; legal advertisements are those installed after getting the permission.
Suchitra Deep of Malleshwaram Social believes constant campaigning and pressuring the elected representatives are helping them get better footpaths.
The NGT, in its earlier judgement in the Forward Foundation case on Agara-Bellandur lake encroachment, had classified buffer zones into four categories.
The draft notification issued on November 27 calling for objections and suggestions from the public faced stiff opposition from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) corporators.
BDA has no account of the land it owns, hopes to recover 10,000-12,000 acres of encroached land.
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