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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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Addressing Urban Heat in Bengaluru Datajam – August 2024
On the 29th April 2024, Bengaluru recorded extremely 38.5°C which was the second hottest day ever recorded in the city. IMD records showed that between February and June 35°C was exceeded on 45 days, 27… Continue reading
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Explainer: Know your South in Bengaluru
On the 26th July 2024, the Karnataka Cabinet approved a move to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South. The move is expected to benefit the district, by capitalising on the “Brand Bengaluru” name, and drive… Continue reading
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Map of Illegal Layouts in Bengaluru
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) recently published a list of private layouts that it deemed illegal and unauthorised. The main reason for the illegality of these layouts is the lack of DC conversion from agricultural… Continue reading
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Comparing Road Accidents in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in 2023
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are studies in contrast while also being similar in many parameters. While Tamil Nadu is smaller in size, it has a larger population. While both have similar GDP, Tamil Nadu’s is… Continue reading
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Bengaluru Design Jam on BBMP Bye-laws – July 2024
A city is defined by how people live, and the kind of buildings in the city – houses as well as other buildings like schools, hospitals etc – play a significant role in that. Building… Continue reading
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BMTC bus shelters survey
OpenCity.in conducted a survey to understand the state of bus shelters in Bengaluru Urban. The goal was to get an idea of the presence of bus shelters for BMTC stops, and where present, the condition… Continue reading
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Scraping Daily Weather Data From Ogimet
Ogimet.com is a weather data portal that aggregates data from official sites from around the world. In the case of Indian cities, the data is pulled from IMD stations. The site has data on Indian… Continue reading
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Private Water Tankers Survey – February 2024
OpenCity.in in collaboration with Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF), conducted a survey private water tankers in Bengaluru. The goal of the survey was to understand the demand for water in different parts of the city, how… Continue reading
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Analysing the results from the 2024 General Elections in Karnataka
In the recently concluded General Elections to the Lok Sabha, BJP and its alliance partner JD(S) won 19 of the 28 seats on offer in Karnataka. The Indian National Congress (INC) won the remaining nine.… Continue reading
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How Rural is Bangalore Rural Constituency?
Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency was formed in 2008 and went to polls for the first time in 2009. Most parts of the constituency were part of the erstwhile Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency which comprised… Continue reading
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Solving The Traffic Problem in Bengaluru
Bangalore… one of the fastest growing cities, also known as India’s Silicon Valley, and a house of more than two million IT workers. Bengaluru, as it has been officially called since November 2014, is the… Continue reading
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Bengaluru’s Ring Roads and How They Align
Bengaluru has had the Outer Ring Road(ORR) for decades. While it was initially a road around the city, now it is estimated that more people live outside the ORR than inside. Along with the movement… Continue reading
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