Overview
- On Friday, October 30, Minister Krishna Byre Gowda directed officials to prepare a long‑term master plan for drinking water, road connectivity and underground drainage across Bengaluru Urban district to align infrastructure with the city’s rapid growth.
- The GBA has emphasised scientific sewage treatment and reuse, citing the KC, HN and Vrishabhavathi valley projects as models to supply treated wastewater to lakes and help recharge groundwater.
- A uniform standard operating procedure will require agencies that excavate roads to restore them to set standards, allow cost recovery, and face penalties for non‑compliance to stop repeated digging and poor resurfacing.
- The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation was ordered to roll out GPS‑enabled feeder buses around metro stations and pursue integration of auto‑rickshaw and taxi services with the BMTC 2.0 app to strengthen first‑ and last‑mile links.
- The GBA approved nine new fire stations to raise planned coverage to 29 and will launch the multi‑agency 'Ward One' campaign across 43 wards on November 1 to clear garbage, fill potholes, repair junctions and upgrade local public spaces.