A review meeting at Bengaluru East City Corporation on Wednesday. Photo: GBA
Bengaluru: Bengaluru East City Corporation has been asked to make all necessary preparations for the ‘Bengaluru Jatre’, to be held under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) from December 4 to 13, with Commissioner D.S. Ramesh telling officials at a review meeting on Wednesday to organise it on a grand scale.
The meeting also reviewed the Ward One campaign, pothole repairs, clearing of unauthorised buildings, junction development, removal of abandoned vehicles and disposal of public complaints.
Plans for the Jatre
Mega, medium and mini events will be held as part of the Jatre. Sites for medium events have been identified at ITI Limited and the Dasara ground at Pattandur Agrahara. Mini events are planned at 10 locations, and the commissioner told officials to select five sites each in the K.R. Puram and Mahadevapura zones.
One event is to be organised at each mini-event site, with a stage, sound and lighting arranged. Artist teams from the GBA and the Department of Kannada and Culture will take part, and local artists are to be identified and their honorarium fixed. Walkathons, cyclothons, sports meets, rangoli contests and food fairs are to be included, with local residents, colleges and local dignitaries involved to give priority to public participation. Officials have to prepare a full plan and submit it to the corporation.
Potholes, abandoned vehicles and unauthorised buildings
The aim is to make every ward in the corporation pothole-free. Expressing strong displeasure that not one ward has been declared pothole-free four months after a meeting on the subject, Mr Ramesh noted that potholes remain on arterial and sub-arterial roads. He asked why repairs were being delayed even in the wards chosen because they have the fewest potholes. Officers must inspect their roads in person and fill the potholes immediately, he said.
A total of 53 abandoned vehicles have been identified in the corporation limits, of which three have been released to their owners. The rest are to be scrapped as per rules, and officers must identify and clear vehicles parked for years on their own, without neglect, he warned.
The commissioner also expressed displeasure that notices to unauthorised buildings have been issued in only six of the eight sub-divisions, and questioned why buildings were not cleared even after notices. Action must be taken against unauthorised buildings and paying-guest accommodations as per rules, and those under construction must also be identified, he said, asking all executive engineers to give priority to clearance operations in their areas.
Works, complaints and waste
Expressing displeasure that progress of asphalting and cement-concrete road works under the CMIDP is below expectation, the commissioner asked that works in all divisions be completed within this month. Bills are to be submitted after completion, and progress details uploaded to a spreadsheet. No civil work, including drain work, footpath development and encroachment clearance, should be left pending.
Complaints registered on the Sahaya app by the public must be resolved quickly. Ward, sub-division and zone-wise reports must be available, and pending cases must be clearly visible in the logins of assistant engineers and assistant executive engineers. A training programme is to be held on November 12, and all officers and staff concerned must attend, he said.
Under the Ward One campaign, progress on pothole repairs, clearing of black spots, road and footpath development, desilting of drains and removal of construction waste was reviewed, and officials were asked to submit full details of completed and pending works. On waste management, the commissioner directed officials to create awareness on segregating wet and dry waste, stopping dumping in public places and scientific handling of construction waste, and to design and run information, education and communication campaigns.
Additional Commissioner (Development) Lokhande Snehal Sudhakar, Mahadevapura zone Joint Commissioner Dr Dakshayini K., K.R. Puram zone Joint Commissioner Dr Yatish Ullal, Chief Engineers M. Lokesh and Vishwanath J., and zonal and divisional officials attended the meeting.
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