Overview
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired the inaugural meeting and directed a focus on waste management, revenue mobilization, easing traffic, and city upkeep through tighter coordination among BDA, BWSSB, BESCOM and BMRCL.
- Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar said the GBA will assume planning authority from the Bengaluru Development Authority, including control over Transferable Development Rights.
- Financial delegation was expanded under the new setup, with spending limits raised to ₹10 crore for mayors, ₹5 crore for standing committees, and ₹3 crore for municipal commissioners across the five corporations.
- BJP legislators boycotted the session, alleging late notice, curtailed powers for elected bodies, and violations of the 74th Constitutional Amendment, and they indicated they would pursue legal action.
- Initial implementation steps include a committee for slum redevelopment, 33 waste-management tenders pending judicial review, identification of sites for new corporation offices and for relocating abandoned vehicles, and election-related processes moving toward court submission in November.