Court cases and unrest apart, BBMP is widening 23 roads in areas that were formerly BDA layouts. Work has begun and is expected to finish in a year. .
Guides and Primers | Government | Roads and Transport |

After a delay of nearly 1.5 years, the underpass at the intersection of JP Nagar's 15th cross Ring Road and 24th Main may be completed in a month's time. Still, both the BBMP and the area MLA are not categorical about D-day. .
Local Matters | BBMP | Roads and Transport | JP Nagar

Even as the BBMP and state government are going back and forth on roadwidening, there is little that either can do. This mega project is stuck with other infrastructure projects in an ongoing case in the High Court. .
In Focus | BBMP | Roads and Transport |

After ten days of erratic power cuts in Bengaluru, BESCOM’s return to ‘normalcy’ means this: three-hours of scheduled load-shedding, at one hour per cut, in residential areas everyday..
Local Matters | BESCOM |

They are the ones who go out in a majority on election day and vote. But very little has been done for Bengaluru’s poor. Second in a series of two articles, Citizen Matters gets down to brass tracks. .
In Focus | Government | City Life |

Despite a difficult background, many youngsters from the city's low-income neighbourhoods are fighting their way out of poverty to get an education and make a life for themselves. Meet Gayathri, Chinnaya and Sangeetha..
In Focus | People |

An oral order won't do, says Outer Ring Road Association, refusing to believe the BBMP's and state government's verbal announcement on halting road widening plans..
Local Matters | Roads and Transport |

In the latest feature film 'Bengaloored', city-based independent filmmaker Swaroop Kanchi uses the transforming face of Bengaluru to tell the personal story of an author..
Conversations | Leisure | People |

In an interview with Citizen Matters, Mayor S K Nataraj says the public will be consulted on road widening. He also talks about BDA being 'richer' than the BBMP and the implications..
Conversations | Government | Roads and Transport |

A week after resigning, Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde speaks his heart and mind in an exclusive and insightful interview with Citizen Matters. He says he quit only for the better. .
Conversations | Government | People |