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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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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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Brand Bengaluru in the BBMP Budget
[In the first part of our analysis we looked at the trends in outlay over the years, and why the 2025-26 budget was unprecedented. We analysed the allocation under different heads, and the changes from… Continue reading
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BBMP’s Budget 2025-26 Analysis
BBMP’s budget for 2025-26 was presented on the 29th March 2025. BBMP’s budgets have tended to be around the Rs. 10,000 Crore mark with election years showing some loosening of purse strings. By those standards,… Continue reading
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Bengaluru Air Quality Datajam – March 2025
While cities in the North like Delhi, Agra, Varanasi make the news regularly over dangerous air quality, those in the South like Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad get a relatively easy pass as their air quality… Continue reading
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Mapping the Under Construction Flyovers and Underpasses in Bengaluru
The Government of Karnataka recently proposed building 150 km of flyovers, underpasses and elevated corridors across Bengaluru. Plans to build flyovers and underpasses to decongest the city have been ongoing for more than a decade… Continue reading
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Meet The Trees of Bengaluru: BBMP Tree Census Data Analysis
Bengaluru loves its trees! India hasn’t had its human population census in 14 years now, but here’s our city, doing a tree census. The priorities are clear. I was born and (mostly) live here, and… Continue reading
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Access to Tech and Technical Skills in Indian Cities 2024
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, has published the data for the 79th Round Comprehensive Annual Modular Survey (CAMS), from 2022-23. The survey… Continue reading
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Know your City Officials in Bengaluru
How to know which police station your home falls under, and where the police station is? Which BWSSB division supplies water to you and whom to contact if you are facing issues? These are among… Continue reading
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Projects in 2024 That Used OpenCity.in Data
OpenCity.in has been a public data commons for more than seven years now, and currently has 825 datasets with more than 6000 datasets. We also conduct regular datajams where people from diverse backgrounds come together… Continue reading
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Explainer: Bengaluru Tree Census Data
The BBMP is conducting a tree census in Bengaluru, the first of its kind. As of November 2024, 2,86,000 trees have been enumerated across seven zones. Here are some salient points from the data so… Continue reading
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Governance in Integrated Water Resource Management – What actions are required
Introduction This article identifies the gaps in governance of our water system management, and recommends corrective actions. The document is divided in 3 sections: The article contains four appendixes: Part-1: Our water system As shown… Continue reading
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