Click to play videoBangalore: Seven months ago K B Girish’s home in Krishnarajapuram got a new address. It became part of Greater Bangalore, or the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Girish thought that his three-year long effort to get amenities for his locality would finally bear fruit. But the potholed roads, the water scarcity, and the drainage problems are still very much around.
“We've not seen any BBMP people coming here and seeing things after the integration to decide how to take things further," says Girish.
In January the Karnataka government merged seven city municipal councils, one town municipal council and 106 villages on the outskirts of Bangalore to form a single corporation. Bangalore's population is now over 80 lakh but many of the new additions to the city still don't even have covered drains. Civic experts say large administrative units tend to have more problems.
"In the short term some of these areas may seem developed because their management used to be abysmal, but in the long run I don't think they will see sustainable development in governance," says Ramesh Ramanathan, founder of Janaagraha.
Bigger Bangalore does not necessarily mean better Bangalore.
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