Mysuru: Former Mayor and BJP leader Sandesh Swamy has urged the State Government to provide more opportunities for newly licenced young contractors in Urban Local Bodies and other Government tenders. In a letter addressed to CM Siddaramaiah, Swamy expressed concern that new contractors are eagerly awaiting tenders but are being sidelined due to influence of…
Mysuru: On Sept. 30, 2020, the State Government issued a circular instructing all Local Bodies including Urban Development Authorities and Planning Authorities not to directly acquire agricultural land from landowners. The circular, issued by then Under Secretary C.S. Shivakumaraswamy of the Urban Development Department, stated that it is not appropriate from a planning perspective for…
Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding regularisation of jobs of direct payment pourakarmikas, UGD Assistants and drivers of garbage transport vehicles, members of Karnataka State City Corporation, City Municipal Council, Town Municipal Council Pourakarmika Association will stage an indefinite protest in front of all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State from July 1. Disclosing this at a press…
Bengaluru: The Congress on Thursday emerged as the single largest party in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) polls as it raced past the ruling BJP after winning 501 seats out of 1,184 total seats in Karnataka. The 58 ULBs consisting of 1,184 seats went to polls on Dec. 27 and the results were announced yesterday….
Counting of votes on Dec. 30 Bengaluru: The elections to 58 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) which have completed their term, will be held on Dec.27. The Election Commission announced the schedule for the polls on Monday. As per the schedule, the elections will take place for five City Municipal Councils (CMCs), 19 Town Municipal Councils…
By Shyam Sundar Vattam The role of aam janta is very important in democracy. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act has provision to constitute Ward Committees in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) with more than three lakh population. The Ward Committees were expected to act as an institutional space for participation of citizens in matters of urban…
Disposal of waste has been the biggest challenge for all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including the fast growing Mysuru city. With generation of around 500 tonnes of waste daily, disposing it off has become a big problem due to resistance from local public against having solid waste processing units in their areas. As new Layouts…
Bengaluru: In a setback to the Government, a Single Judge Bench of the High Court on Thursday set aside the Government’s Oct. 8, 2020 reservation notification to the posts of President and Vice-President in all the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including Town Municipalities. The Court also directed the State Government to notify the new reservation…
Bengaluru: After over two years delay, the Government on Thursday announced the reservation matrix for Presidential posts (President and Vice-President) of 59 City Municipal Corporations (CMCs), 90 Town Municipal Corporations (TMCs) and three Town Panchayats (TPs) across the State. The election to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State was held in August 2018 when…
Mysore/Mysuru: Outsourced vehicle drivers and watermen of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will stage a State-wide protest on Sept. 28, seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included payment of direct wages as is being done in the case of Pourakarmikas. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Karnataka State Corporations, City Municipal Corporations,…
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