Bangalore becomes bigger

Bangalore becomes bigger
Deccan Herald

The final sum-up is here: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike + 7 City Municipal Councils + 1 Town Municipal Council + 111 villages = Greater Bangalore Municipal Body or Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.


The final sum-up is here: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike + 7 City Municipal Councils + 1 Town Municipal Council + 111 villages = Greater Bangalore Municipal Body or Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.

A day after the grand kick-start to the year-long Suvarna Karnataka celebrations, the State government on Thursday issued the draft notification on Greater Bangalore giving a concrete shape to the past year’s deliberations on the merger of the capital city’s local administrative unit and some of its surrounding local bodies.

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as the combined unit is termed, is expected to be the solution to the infrastructure, civic and administrative constraints of the expanding city. For that matter, meeting the infrastructure deficit (i.e. funds for projects) and regulation of development in the areas concerned were the key issues that spurred the idea of Greater Bangalore.


Greater Bangalore will cater to a 57,83,376 population across 696 sq km area as against the present 43,01,326 population across 226 sq km Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. The public is given 30 days’ time to file objections, if any, before the Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District.

The draft notification has come just three weeks before the expiry of the term of office of BMP council and is likely to impact on the elections that are due. The State Election Commission is understood to have been pressuring the government to initiate the delimitation process for the BMP wards. SEC Commissioner M R Hedge on Friday confirmed that he received a copy of the draft notification and is exploring legal options before him. Besides BMP, six of the urban local bodies in question are due for elections this December while two others are due for elections two and a half years hence. The political implication is that besides the 100 BMP corporators, 248 elected representatives across the ULBs will lose their seats. As many as 111 villages which are included in Greater Bangalore among them fall under 65 gram panchayats.

The parameters for the creation of Greater Bangalore include: area, population and its density and the population per elected representative.

Local bodies and the villages that make up Greater Bangalore Muncipal Body

lCity Corporation: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike; lCity Municipal Councils: KR Puram, Mahadevpura, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Byatarayanapura, Bommanahalli, Yelahanka, Dasarahalli; lTown Municipal Council: Kengeri; lA total of 111 villages (under some 60-odd gram panchayats) adjoining the 9 local bodies.

111 Villages in Greater Bangalore

Kudlu, Varanasi, Ambalipura, Bellandur, Bellanduramanikere (B) (P), Devara Beesana Halli, Haralur, Kariyammana Agrahara, Chansandra, Kadugodi Plantation, Kumbena Agrahara, Dasarahalli, Rachenahalli, Bilishivale, Byrathi, Doddakannalli, Junnasandra, Kaikondahalli, Kasavanahalli, Gunjur, Hagadur, Nagondahalli, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Amani Byrathikhane (B), Chalakere, Horamavu Agara, Geddalahalli, Kothnur Narayanapura, Kottanuru, Kyalasanahalli, Mittaganahalli, Chikkabellandur, Balagere, Panathur, Siddapura, Varthur, Kadabeesanahalli, Thanisandra, Horamavu, Bhoganahalli, Ramagondanahalli, Thubarahalli, Belathur, Sorahunise, Nagareshwara - Nagenahalli, Khanekandaya (B), Pillaganahahalli, Begur, Alahalli, Doddakallasandra, Basapura, Chikkathoguru, Doddathoguru (P), Gottikere, Ganakal, Gabbalalu, Vasanthapura, Uzttarahalli, Anjanapura, Gollahalli, Kembathahalli, Thippasandra, Basavanapura, Kalena Agrahara, Yelenahalli, Lingadheeranahalli, Beratena Agrahara, Naganathapura, Parappana Agrahara, Subramanyapur, Sonnenahalli, Hosahalli, Raghuvanahalli, Uttarahalli - Manavarthekaval (P), Vajarahalli, Arehalli, Chandrasekarapura, Hemmigepura, Somapura, Varahasandra, Vaddara Palya, Herohalli, Ullalu, Abbigere, Chikkasandra, Shettihalli, Sidedahalli, Chikka Bettahalli, Handrahalli, Myadarahalli, Dodd Bettahalli, Doddabidarakallu, Harohalli, Vasudevapura, Lingadeeranahalli (B), Bellahalli, Kattigenahalli, Srinivasapura, Thirumenahalli, Hosahalligollarapalya, Ananthapura, Govindapura, Kenchenahalli, Manchenahalli, Chokkanahalli, Vaderapura.

SOME COMPARISONS: BMP & ULB

Feature BMP ULBs

Infrastructure

Water supply: % of houses covered 90 13.10

Road length (in kms) 3158.5 4,300

% of tar + cc road 84.28 27.07

Street lights/ km of road 58.38 18.89

% of sewerage connection 90 16.89

Staff 18070 1,759

Permanent employees 11900 508

Non-permanent employees 6170 1,251

Employees per ‘000 population 4 1

Wards under SWM

Solid waste generation (in TPD) 2100 458

% of wards maintained by ULB 44.88 17.5

% of wards maintained by contract 55.12 82.5

Per Capita Income 1710 585

of which per capita property tax (2005-06) 384 138

Average Property tax 2845 825

Per capita expenditure 1722 509

Per capita SWM expenditure (in Rs) (2003-04) 118.77 49.28

Property tax

Physical compliance (%) (2004-05) 75.00 41.21

Collection as % of demand 73 43