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BBMP Task Force to check illegal hoardings

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 10:42 administrator
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Deccan Herald 06.01.2010

BBMP Task Force to check illegal hoardings
Bangalore, Jan 5, DH News Service:

A task force headed by a BBMP Joint Commissioner will be set up soon to check illegal hoardings in the city, Urban Development Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Tuesday.

 

 


Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with BBMP officials, he said the task force will ensure that all hoardings are put up as per the bye-law. A large number of advertisement agencies have violated the bye-law with respect to size. Several hoardings in the City are much bigger than what has been stipulated in the rule book, he explained.

Besides, he said directions have been issued to the officials to strictly implement the ban on erecting cutouts, banners and hoardings in the one kilometer radius of Vidhana Soudha. However, one can and is allowed to erect them for only few hours by taking permission on special occasions, he added.

The CM will shortly convene a meeting of all the Bangalore MLAs to discuss about illegal hoardings. The BBMP will take appropriate steps to pull down all illegal hoardings in the coming days, the minister said.

Second round of meeting

Meanwhile, the BBMP officials have said that a second round of meeting will ensue between the minister and the authorities to ascertain the action to be taken against these advertising agencies.

“In all likelihood the minister may provide us with the directions in writing to proceed further,” said a Palike official.

 

 

 

 

 

‘We’ll complete all BBMP works on time’

Thursday, 31 December 2009 05:55 administrator
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Deccan Herald 31.12.2009

‘We’ll complete all BBMP works on time’
Bangalore, Dec 30, DHNS:

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) who on Wednesday inspected the progress of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) works entrusted to them, declared that most of the works are scheduled to be completed well within the scheduled time.

 

 

Of the 1311 small, medium and major projects, BDA has completed 733 at an estimated cost of Rs 307 crore already paid to the contractors. Another 148 projects are in progress with the BDA having prepared the Detailed Project Report (DPR).

Meanwhile, the Authority has hired four project management consultanting (PMC) firms to test the quality of the works completed and for those under progress. The four companies are Geo Struct, Karnataka Testing House Pvt Ltd, EI Technologies and Civil Aid. All the four companies have NABL accredition, according to the BDA.
In 12 constituencies where the BDA has undertaken the BBMP projects, Raja Rajeshwari Nagar Assembly Constituency tops the list with 95 percent completion. “Padmanabhanagar constituency lies at the bottom of the list as DPR of most projects are yet to be prepared,” said BDA officials.

Nonetheless, the BDA is confident of completing all the works, estimated to cost Rs. 557.2 crores within the stipulated deadline of April 2010.
Alternative projects
In lieu of many works overlapping between the civic agencies, BDA has been allotted alternative works during the last year, which according to officials has eaten into their time table for completion of works. In Yelahanka constituency alone, the BDA have been given seven alternative works instead of the 11 already allotted to them at the time of the understanding between the Government and civic agencies. “The works now entrusted to us have a lot of technicalities to be sorted out,” said an official.

UGD scare
On the other hand in the CMC areas, the BDA is facing another problem. According to officials, the old CMC areas have a trouble with the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) finding no contractors for laying of Underground Drainage pipes (UGD). The reason? Houses in the CMC areas have not been connected with a UGD pipe and only have soak pits in front of their homes. As a result contractors are scared to take up the works at the Standard rates prescribed by the agencies.
“This has resulted in abnormal quotations by contractors and delay in the tendering process and further is affecting our schedule for laying concrete and tar roads,” said a BDA official.

The BDA has mooted a rotary below the Hebbal flyover to ease the traffic flow coming in from Yelahanka and K R Puram. “With only two right turns to be initiated, one from K R Puram into Hebbal and from Hebbal into Yelahanka, traffic will be smoother,” said a official. Currently, the junction houses a signal to regulate the traffic.

The Hebbal flyover, meanwhile, will be converted into a six-lane flyover from the existing four-lane by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The BDA in this regard has already decided to hand over the flyover to the NHAI
 

Day after attack, engineers seek extra security cover

Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:03 administrator
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Indian Express 24.12.2009

Day after attack, engineers seek extra security cover

MEA attack case
The BMC’s ward-K office at Andheri. No BMC staff came for work on Wednesday. Vasant Prabhu

Members of the municipal engineers association (MEA) have requested Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for extra security in its 24 ward offices following recent attacks on hydraulic engineers. The 3,300 engineers employed in the BMC met the Municipal Commissioner Swadheen Kshatriya on Wednesday to put forward their demands.

A day after Congress leader Nitesh Rane’s Swaabhiman activists blackened the face of assistant engineer Kumar Tarang of K-east ward over water cut, officers in the ward went on a day-long strike on Wednesday. In a letter addressed to the commissioner, the MEA has stated that it is not responsible for the poor rainfall this season and should not be blamed for the water crisis or water cuts. They have opposed the politicising of the issue by various parties.

In addition to demanding deployment of extra policemen in ward offices, the engineers have also demanded that those arrested in yesterday’s incident be charged under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers and Dangerous Persons Act (MPDA). Sukhdeo Kashid, general secretary of MEA said, “The commissioner has assured us that he will meet the police commissioner soon and ask for extra police personnel for the safety of municipal engineers.”

Meanwhile, the BMC will soon rent water tankers at a cost of Rs 1.7 crore for the next six months. The step came soon after the decision to curtail water supply on one day of the week in the eastern suburbs. The practice that has been initiated by the BMC to equalize water distribution in fag end areas by regulating water pressure will be implemented on a pilot basis in the eastern suburbs from January 1.

The BMC expects to save 70,000 million litres of water by regulating water supply through zoning. Political leaders had opposed the BMC’s zoning system on Monday stating that it would create chaos and panic amongst citizens who are already facing a 15 per cent water cut. They wanted the BMC to get public consensus before implementing the cyclical cuts.

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 December 2009 12:05
 
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