- Greater Bangalore
Greater Bangalore (
Kannada : ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಮಹಾನಗರ) is a planned expansion of the City ofBangalore . In January 2007, theKarnataka Government issued a notification to merge the areas under existing Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven CMC's, one |TMC's and 111 villages around the city to form a single administrative area.The process was completed by April 2007.Objective of formation
As per the Notification issued, the formation of Greater Bangalore under
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (Greater Bangalore Municipal Body) is being done in order to:(a) Improve and co-ordinate infrastructure development for road and transportation network, water supply and UGD, Solid Waste Management.
(b) Upgrade quality of urban civic services.
(c) Strengthen administrative capacity to ensure better enforcement of various rules/regulations as also better co-ordination in service delivery.
(d) Optimise expenditure on establishment. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Greater Bangalore notification | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.bmponline.org/account-dept/Greater_Notification1.PDF | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-03-16 | language = ]Proposed plan
The plan was envisaged by the Government of Karnataka close to a decade ago. It was decided to merge the areas under existing Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven CMC's, one |TMC's and 111 villages around the city. The following are the Corporations and Municipal council areas were merged to form Greater Bangalore:
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Bangalore City Corporation.
*Rajarajeshwari Nagar City Municipal Council
* Dasarahalli City Municipal Council
* Bommanahalli City Municipal Council
* Krishnaraja puram City Municipal Council
* Mahadevapura City Municipal Council
* Byatarayanapura City Municipal Council
*Yelahanka City Municipal Council
* Kengeri Town Municipal Council
* In addition 111 villages adjacent to Bangalore City Corporation and above mentioned City Municipal Councils and Town Municipal Council.External links
* [http://www.bmponline.org/KN/index.shtml Website of BBMP in Kannada]
* [http://www.bmponline.org/index.shtml BBMP Website in English]ee also
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Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike References
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