The National Green Tribunal (NGT) team visited Varthur Lake amid froth and stink this morning and were flabbergasted by the destruction brought about in the lake. They questioned Minor Irrigation (MI) dept officials on the need to build a road within the lake to put in a pipeline for taking treated water to Kolar, at […]
Special Voter ID card Enrolment Drive on this Sunday (tomorrow) 8th April 2018 at polling stations is being held by Election Commission from 10 am to 5 pm. Those who have not enrolled in voter list, request to register your names by submitting Form No-6 with necessary documents (Address proof and age proof along with […]
Whitefield Rising is preparing a Citizens Charter of Demands and will be sharing this with the candidates for the Assembly election for Mahadevapura constituency which comprises 8 wards. Citizen groups from rest of Bengaluru are also doing the same. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/rwas-to-hand-over-charter-of-demands-to-candidates/article23263788.ece
3 years of torture, a PIL pays off as Chief Electoral Officer Karnataka, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar comes to Mahadevpura to investigate why 8800 voter applications were summarily rejected. In an unprecedented move, the CEO after consulting with the Election Commission in Delhi asked the officials at the Ramagondanahalli office to follow rules set by the […]
Khata Bhagya Beku seems to be only for BBMP and not for Citizens~ BBMP is reaching a new low as far as citizens of Mahadevapura, who are trying to get their Khata. Yesterday at BBMP Mahadevapura Zonal office, the JC did not even show up after promising to be there and the RO left when […]
There are a lot of problems in our society that we cannot solve, from poverty to hunger, from child trafficking to illiteracy. However the wonderful Eco Santhe organised by Whitefield Rising showed us that there is still hope to solve these problems at the community level. We as individuals can take action and help our society […]
A meeting of citizens of Mahadevapura with JC Mahadevpura and their staff was held on Saturday Jan 27, 2018 @ 3 PM Here is a summary of the event: – House full attendance in the meeting room – First few minutes we spent on discussing Voter ID issues. – Processing of pending application and BLO […]
Experience and message from Rajput Arpit on his journey in getting his voter id card and why it is important to register and vote! “Hi folks Happy New Year I am going to share a wonderful, one of the BEST experiences of my life journey. It was the month of August when I came to […]
Dear all: IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES REGARDING VOTER REGISTRATION Bangalore Apartment Federation met with the Joint Chief Electoral officer, Karnataka today and has made a proposal to provide a list of apartments that have unregistered voters who need to get their names included in the voter rolls for the upcoming Assembly Elections. The CEO […]
Today is a landmark day for Whitefield residents. The High Court has ordered the Karnataka Government, Chief Electoral Officer-Karnataka and Election Commission of India (ECI) in response to a PIL where the petitioners raised several grievances relating to registration of voters in Mahadevapura assembly constituency. Read more about it in these newspapers. Times of India […]