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Greater Bengaluru Authority Takes Charge as City Splits Into Five Corporations

A CM-led authority now coordinates parastatals, delegating local services to five corporations to push decentralised delivery.

File photo of a traffic snarl on Bellary Road due to waterlogging following heavy rainfall in Bengaluru | ANI
The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has officially replaced the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) as the city’s primary civic body. (Representational Image)
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Overview

  • Karnataka formally notified the reorganisation, replacing the BBMP with the Greater Bengaluru Authority and constituting five corporations—East, West, North, South and Central.
  • BBMP chief commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao was named GBA chief commissioner, and the government appointed GBA special commissioners across finance, administration/IT, health/education and environment/elections.
  • Commissioners were also posted to lead each new corporation, with additional commissioners assigned for development roles to operationalise day-to-day civic services.
  • A Ward Delimitation Commission was set up with a published schedule: draft ward plan by September 23, draft notification by September 26, public objections until October 10, final recommendations by October 17 and a final government notification by November 1, 2025.
  • The GBA, a 75-member body chaired by the Chief Minister, brings BDA, BWSSB, BMTC, BMRCL, utilities and public safety agencies onto one platform, while a reported staffing plan lifts sanctioned strength to 23,689 at an estimated ₹137 crore in additional annual cost.