HISTORICAL FACTS: 12 - The Untold Story

Heavy rain lashes parts of Bengaluru

Pre-monsoon rain accompanied with gusty winds lashed the city on Tuesday, May 30, disrupting lives. Several roads were inundated causing inconvenience to the commuters. 

The Hindu · May 30, 2023

Dy. CM consults legal team over delimitation, says govt. keen on holding BBMP elections

Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar is in consultation with his legal team over scrutinising ward delimitation notified by the erstwhile BJP government, in a first step towards holding polls for Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). 

The Hindu · May 30, 2023

Periodic maintenance and planting right species will minimise tree falls in Bengaluru, say experts

Around 255 trees were uprooted and 1,050 branches broken in pre-monsoon downpour in the city last week. If the pre-monsoon showers could wreck such havoc, imagine what would be in store when the actual monsoon showers hit Bengaluru in the coming days.

The Hindu · May 30, 2023

BBMP contractors slam government’s decision to freeze bill payments

The State government’s decision to freeze payments of bills for all ongoing and completed works of various departments has now infuriated Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) contractors whose payments have been pending since 2021. 

The Hindu · May 23, 2023

BBMP report blames gusty winds, dry leaves for flooding of underpass

The BBMP in its report on Sunday’s tragedy blamed gusty winds that resulted in falling of dry leaves and branches, and the volume of rainfall for the flooding of the K.R. Circle underpass

The Hindu · May 22, 2023

Busy with elections, city caught unprepared for onset of monsoon

Heavy rain that brought parts of Bengaluru to its knees on Sunday has yet again exposed the unpreparedness of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara

The Hindu · May 22, 2023

Bommai blames negligence by BBMP for rain havoc; urges CM to take immediate precautions

Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday blamed the negligence of BBMP officials for the rain havoc that claimed the life of a woman in Bengaluru

The Hindu · May 22, 2023

Police book civic officials and cab driver for woman’s death in underpass

The city police have booked civic engineers concerned and driver of the cab that got submerged in the K.R. Circle underpass on Sunday for causing death due to negligence.

The Hindu · May 22, 2023

38 trees uprooted in Cubbon Park after Sunday’s thundershowers

Sunday’s squall and heavy rain also affected one of the biggest lung spaces in the city, Cubbon Park

The Hindu · May 22, 2023

15 tonnes of waste collected after CM’s grand swearing-in ceremony

Apart from this, around three tonnes of garbage were collected from near the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office on Queens Road

The Hindu · May 21, 2023