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Kere Habba 2020: Celebrating Kaikondrahalli lake and its ecology

February 25, 2020 Shilpi Sahu

Workshops, photography trails, storytelling sessions, organic food, 5 km run and a lot of fun – this is what Kaikondrahalli lake festival witnessed. Special eco-friendly medals made of lake reeds were awarded to all runners!

Oorja for Whitefield Rising’s Bembala: Extending support to survivors of violence

February 21, 2020 Ritu George

Support women and children survivors of violence through group art show ‘Oorja’ at the Art Corridor Taj West End, Bengaluru from 23 February – 2 March 2020.

A walkathon demanding more powers for BBMP

February 14, 2020 News Desk

B.CLIP Alumni Association and Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) are holding a walkathon on 15 February 2020 to seeking more powers to BBMP under the Bengaluru 2.0 initiative.

Experience cycling on the streets of Kannur

September 5, 2019 News Desk

The Cannanore Cycling Club along with the Kannur Sporting Club is organising a ‘Bicycle Day’ on Saturday, 28th September 2019 to promote cycling in the city. ‘Experience Cycling on the streets of Kannur’ is the

#ABetterHebbal Challenge: Citizens pitch ideas for improving public transport around Hebbal

August 29, 2019 News Desk

#ABetterHebbal Challenge was launched in consultation with BMRCL and DULT as a part of CiFoS’ umbrella for high impact, long-term city wide campaign called #ABetterBangalorean. Hebbal, a fast developing suburb was identiﬁed for the pilot.

Discussion on cab aggregators and their impact on mobility and livelihoods

August 22, 2019 News Desk

Bengaluru Bus Prayanikara Vedike, a bus commuters’ rights forum, is having a public discussion on the impact that cab aggregators like Ola, Uber have on mobility and livelihoods on 23rd August. Researchers on mobility, the

High Court Orders, Does anyone Care???

August 18, 2019 Raghukumar Choodamani

Refer to my earlier post relating to the roads being resurfaced without proper milling: In continuation to what I had said in the above post, I would like to record the recent developments which could

“Story of the Missing Median” – Continues….

August 17, 2019 Raghukumar Choodamani

A temporary median made of concrete blocks and metal barricades was set up for a small length on the road in front of the Perambur Railway Station a few months ago. The same is now being replaced with a permanent median made of metal as is being installed in other parts of the City.

Stories Shared on Citizen Matters Blog yields positive results

July 27, 2019 Raghukumar Choodamani

I had written the below article in January 2019 . With a serious concern on the Railway Properties being encroached upon I sent a petition to the Ministry of Railways and sought their intervention. The

Kundanahalli Junction- The gateway to chaos

May 5, 2019 Ritu George

The Kundanahalli junction is “the” gateway for lakhs of commuters going in and out of Whitefield. People from across the city come in for work in the area as this is a tech hub while school

Meet your MP Candidates- Bangalore Central Mahadevapura

April 8, 2019 Ritu George

It is that time of season again when we get to take a Report Card on the performance of our MP candidate and select one from those now standing for election based on who we feel would

Citizens take pledge to save trees from felling

February 4, 2019 Srinivas Alavilli

In a symbolic gesture, more than 300 residents of all age groups and from all corners of Bengaluru assembled this morning to inaugurate an initiative: #ಮರಹತ್ಯೆತಡೆಯೋಜನೆ (MaraHatyeThadeYojane (Project Stop tree felling)) Srinivas Alavilli, co founder

When Ward Committee meets at Begur Ward

January 15, 2019 Srinivas Alavilli

This article was written by Nagesh Bharadwaj, Secretary of Federation Of Associations of Basapura (FAB) and an active resident of Concorde Midway City Apartments. FAB is an apex body for various apartment associations and RWAs

Goodbye 2018, Namaskaara 2019!

January 2, 2019 Srinivas Alavilli

As the year draws to a close, I can’t resist recollecting the valiant efforts put in by CfB volunteers this year. Your passion and sustained selfless efforts helped make our city a little better. Our

I finally witnessed a ward committee meeting, and it was good!

December 15, 2018 Shilpa Rao

When the Mayor said she not seen me in any of the ward meetings, it came as jolt – it was an apt reminder that no matter what I elsewhere, my responsibility as a citizen must be towards my area/ward first and then the city.