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Explainer: National Time Use Survey Data 2024
The National Time Use Survey (TUS) is a periodic survey conducted across the country by the National Statistics and Surveys Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. The most recent… Continue reading
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State of Under Construction Road Works in Bengaluru – 2025
A week back, OpenCity conducted a survey to crowd-source all the under construction road projects in Bengaluru. The goal was to first see how many such projects are lying around in the city and then… Continue reading
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State of Groundwater Usage in Indian Cities in 2024
The “National Compilation of Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India” is an annual report published by the Central Ground Water Board under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The latest report, for 2024… Continue reading
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Delhi Slums – A comparative look into Physical Infrastructure
Introduction Looking into typical development trends in Indian urban settings, there is wide disparity in terms of the supply of necessary infrastructure based on spatial and socio-economic status of the localized areas in cities. Slums… Continue reading
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BBMP – Work Orders, Budgets and Processes Datajam – July 2023
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is the governing body for a large area under Bengaluru Urban district. It administers an area of 712 sq. km with a population of close to 10 million. After the… Continue reading
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Analysis of DPR for the Sarakki Flyover at the Kanakapura Road-ORR junction
The junction of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and Kanakapura Road at Sarakki is one of the busiest junctions in Bengaluru and there have been repeated calls from commuters and the traffic police to ease… Continue reading
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What Delhi’s Climate Action Plan Says About Risks for the City
The Delhi Climate Action Plan is prepared by the Government of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. The plan identifies the risks that the city faces due to climate change, the vulnerabilities of different socio-economic… Continue reading
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Analysing Two-wheeler Sales Data in Bengaluru and Karnataka
One of the common complaints in Bengaluru every time the issue of traffic is discussed is how the number of private vehicles is increasing rapidly while the public transport has not kept pace. As much… Continue reading
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What BBMP’s Work Orders Reveal About How Money was Spent
Problem Statement How has BBMP’s spending on different categories varied across assembly constituencies in the past 5 years? Data Sources BBMP’s work orders data for each of the 198 wards from OpenCity.in was the main… Continue reading
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Analyzing the pro-incumbency in Bengaluru
Going into the election last week, an analysis in Citizen Matters by Deep C and Srinivas Alavilli had found that 16 of the 28 MLAs in Bengaluru had been in their seat since 2008. 22… Continue reading
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How to access the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Proceedings
Proceedings in the legislative assembly are not only an important part of our democratic process, but also help us understand how our MLAs have been doing in the past 5 years – what issues have… Continue reading
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How to find your constituency in Bengaluru
Use the map below to find your assembly constituency in Bengaluru district for the Karnataka elections 2023.Use the button the left of the screen to open the left panel. On this panel, you can choose… Continue reading
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Health vulnerability analysis from the OpenCity Datajam
On April 1st, 2023, the city of Bangalore was host to a “datajam” conducted by OpenCity.in at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore to analyse the data of Bengaluru constituencies. in the context of the… Continue reading
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Resources – Karnataka Elections 2023
Here’s a list of resources, both in OpenCity.in and outside that you can use to find information regarding the elections. These resources are for Bengaluru Urban district polling information, and likely do not apply for… Continue reading
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Bengaluru Constituency Datajam Tables
The Bengaluru Constituency Datajam was held on the 1st of April 2023. The main goal of the datajam was to get participants to evaluate how the 28 constituencies are doing on different parameters. The following… Continue reading
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