Bengaluru, 28 October

The GBA will launch a month-long 'Ward One' campaign across all five City Corporations from 1 November to address civic issues, improve sanitation and undertake neighbourhood-level infrastructure improvements, Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said on Wednesday.

He said that under the initiative, one ward will be selected from each division of the respective City corporations, and officials from various departments will work together to identify problems and implement corrective measures. The campaign will focus on improving road conditions, repairing junctions, cleaning public spaces and removing accumulated waste and debris. Other priority works include repairing footpaths, kerbstones and slabs, fixing manhole covers, restoring streetlights and removing dry or potentially hazardous tree branches.

The initiative will also address infrastructure issues requiring inter-departmental coordination, including repairing or relocating electricity poles and ring main units (RMUs) belonging to BESCOM, preventing water leakage and repairing or removing damaged water pipelines.

Gowda directed officials to prioritise road repairs and pothole filling, particularly in areas where recent rains have damaged road surfaces, his office said in a release after he chaired a meeting on sanitation and civic improvement works across the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) jurisdiction.