Flex banners of various sizes, put up by political parties, businesses and educational institutions, line roads such as Thanisandra Main Road, Jakkur Main Road and KV Jairam Road Bengaluru: At a time when Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda is leading a crackdown on footpath encroachments and shifting street vendors off pavements, another hazard continues…
Amid the ongoing footpath clearance drive, the Bengaluru city corporations have finally initiated work on the required skywalks across the city, based on a list of 101 structures proposed by the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP). The plan is to align the skywalk works with the completion of the footpath clearance drive as part of the…
Bengaluru: A day after hundreds of street vendors staged a protest at Freedom Park, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda assured vendor associations that a provisional Town Vending Committee (TVC) would be constituted immediately to address their concerns and ensure compliance with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.The…
A Geographic Information System (GIS)-based integrated digital dashboard, set to be developed for Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) area, will integrate information related to roads, road history, underground utilities, streetlights, and ongoing infrastructure works undertaken by various departments. All civic agencies have been directed to upload details of their proposed works and action plans on the…
Bengaluru: Citing Supreme Court’s observation that walking on footpaths is a fundamental right of citizens, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda Wednesday announced a citywide “Safe footpath drive” from July 1 to remove encroachments and improve pedestrian safety.Speaking after a review meeting on footpath encroachments and repairs, the minister said shop owners have been given…
Bengaluru: Calling Bengaluru’s pothole-ridden roads a glaring example of governance failure, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya Tuesday demanded a comprehensive white paper on road infrastructure spending. He questioned how the city continues to grapple with recurring potholes despite spending more than Rs 5,500 crore on road works since 2023.His remarks come days after the state…
The 19-km Metro stretch from KR Pura to Silk Board along ORR has reached an advanced stage of construction, though work continues to lag in Marathahalli, Iblur and Silk Board Bengaluru: Long-awaited Blue Line — a 19-km Metro stretch from KR Pura to Silk Board along Outer Ring Road — is set to enter the…
The Pink Line, a 21.3-km corridor connecting Kalena Agrahara in the south to Nagawara in the north, is a crucial component of the metro expansion. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday (June 19, 2026) held his first high-level review meeting with senior officials of the Bangalore Metro Rail…
Krishna Byre Gowda’s remarks reflect the growing frustration of Bengaluru residents with civic infrastructure. BENGALURU: 13 days late in taking charge on Tuesday, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda got cracking on the first day, posing three critical questions in a meeting with the city’s civic officials, including the GBA chief and commissioners of the…
3 min readBengaluruUpdated: Jun 17, 2026 09:45 AM IST Nearly two weeks after he was assigned the portfolio of Bengaluru Development, Krishna Byre Gowda Tuesday assumed charge as the minister and assured city residents of better roads and addressing civic grievances. Gowda, who did not accept the portfolio seeking full control over the city’s planning…
