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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai announced Rs 300 crore, to deal with the damages caused due to heavy to very heavy rainfall in the City. On September 5, the BJP-led Karnataka Government held a meeting and took a decision regarding the relief measures to re-construct damages incurred due to rain. In addition, the Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB), deputy commissioners of 15 districts, and senior officials attended the meeting.

Twitter user Parag Jain posted a thread on August 15, in which he describes his interaction with the Bengaluru Rapido rider. Vignesh Nagabusanam, the rider's name, lost his job due to the coronavirus outbreak. He then made the decision to follow his lifelong ambition to become a film director. But because he had spent all of his money… read-more

Beginning on August 8, BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) boosted the number of trains during non-peak hours. Metro trains will now operate every day at 15-minute intervals between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Previously, Bengaluru metro trains operated at 20-minute intervals. The decision to increase metro train frequency was made to benefit passengers who travel late at night and early in the morning. 

Bengaluru traffic police have announced a new partnership with Internet giant Google to improve traffic management. Bengaluru joint commissioner for traffic, BR Ravikanthe Gowda, said that this is the first time a police department has worked directly with Google in the nation. “Google uses artificial intelligence to… read-more

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has begun replacing old electromechanical metres in Bangalore with consumer-friendly digital metres that would inform consumers about voltage variations, use trends, and so forth. The work on the replacement began in the first week of July, and digital device language message standard static metres are now being installed… read-more