Focus Bengaluru: Where problems outnumber solutions
The Hindu
The Focus Bengaluru series shines a light on the major infrastructural issues affecting the city and how recent governments have dealt with them.
Elections come and elections go, but government after government has struggled to tackle issues that afflict civic infrastructure in Bengaluru, which continues to grow exponentially as India’s IT hub. Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly polls 2023, the Focus Bengaluru series shines a light on the major infrastructural issues affecting the city and how recent governments have dealt with them.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”