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Greater Bengaluru Authority Takes Charge, City Split Into Five Municipal Corporations

Ward maps and reservations are due by late November, clearing the way for municipal polls once the State Election Commission sets dates.

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 dissolved the BBMP and notified five corporations—Central, East, West, North and South—under a chief minister‑led Greater Bengaluru Authority.
  • An affidavit to the Supreme Court sets a final ward delimitation notification for November 1 and reservation by November 30, with elections to follow thereafter.
  • IAS officer M. Maheshwar Rao has been appointed GBA chief commissioner, senior officers will head each corporation, and special commissioners have been named for finance, health, education, administration and other portfolios.
  • The restructure expands administrative units to 50 divisions and 150 sub‑divisions, extends mayoral terms to 2.5 years, and directs that taxes collected in each corporation stay with that corporation while the GBA coordinates mega projects.
  • The notified civic area stands at 720.9 sq km and the new model is expected to add over 1,200 posts, taking sanctioned strength to 23,689, with recurring costs reported at about ₹137 crore a year.