Category: Stories
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Household Consumption and Expenditure in the Metros – 2022
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India, released the data from the Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey, 2022. The purpose of this survey is to analyse the consumption and expenditure trends across the country to understand how people are spending their money. The survey also collects auxiliary information to understand how… Continue Reading
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An ESG-based Approach for Sustainable Cities Through Public-Private Partnerships and Investments
Cities, which house almost 60% of the world’s population are also responsible for two-thirds of the world’s energy consumption, and consequently emissions. Further, increased urbanisation trends means that the role of cities in tackling environmental and social issues will continue to grow. Urgent action is required by cities to address these global challenges locally. Cities… 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 of which were in April. The remaining three days of April recorded more than 34°C, so there really wasn’t a… 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 more evenly distributed among its districts, while in Karnataka there is a wide gulf between Bengaluru Urban and the rest… 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 bye-laws defined by the urban local bodies exist mainly to regulate how different structures – residences, apartments, commercial buildings, schools,… 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 of these bus shelters, and if buses actually stop at these shelters. The survey was conducted through a whatsapp bot,… 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 they are met, and where they are dependent on private tankers, how much they are paying for the service. The… 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. There have been a lot of analyses about the reasons for these results. Here we look at the vote share… 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 of assembly segments – Kanakapura, Ramanagaram, Channapatna, Magadi, Sathanur, Uttarahalli, Malavalli and Anekal, drawing from three districts – Ramanagaram, Bengaluru… 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 hub of the US$ 45 billion information technology sector that contributes nearly 38% to India’s GDP. In fact, Bengaluru has… 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 of people, traffic has also grown leaps and bounds and sections of the ORR are in the news regularly for… Continue Reading
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Analysing the Sixth Economic Census Data for Chennai
The Sixth Economic census conducted in 2012-13 enumerated the businesses, type of businesses and number of people employed, male and female, in each of these businesses. The exercise was pan-India and data is available at district as well as ward-level. A previous analysis looked at Bengaluru and how the workforce is distributed. Here, we look… Continue Reading