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🌊 Smart city’s water scarcity

While this late-capitalist nightmare might still not have any emojis for the water crisis, the threat is getting more and more real by the day. For over six months, the residents of OMBR Layout have been reporting a scarcity of water.

🚴 Carrying cycles just got easier

On Tuesday, the BMRCL announced that people can start carrying their foldable cycles in the last coach of the metro. And here’s the cool bit, it’s all for free.

💡 It’s all about pretty streetlights

Recently, the BBMP floated a tender that invited bids for the installation of decorative streetlight poles from Tirumala Dhaba to MS Palya Circle in the Attur Ward.

🚉 Our neglected railway stations

While the city is busy fawning over the new world class railway stations, a lot of our old ones have remained neglected since the pandemic.

📞 A call centre by the cash strapped

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) said that they’re ready to splurge on a ₹2.90 crore call centre, and people aren’t happy about it.

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