Naveen Menezes

BDA commissioner Major P Manivannan said the agency would prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the proposed tunnel.

Before becoming chief minister, Shivakumar announced in May that final notifications for all nine villages would be issued by the end of June.

Officials said the proposed platform, Sahaaya Plus, will have several new features aimed at making it more citizen-friendly.

The draft policy proposes a new fee regime for public parking across Bengaluru, while existing norms requiring dedicated parking spaces in buildings continue to see poor enforcement.

The case is not one-off, residents say, questioning whether the portal serves any purpose if complainants are eventually required to visit GBA offices with hard copies of documents to have civic issues addressed, particularly those in public interest.

The move is expected to eliminate the need for property owners to shuttle between the GBA's revenue and town planning departments.

Under the draft amendment, family partition would be permitted without land relinquishment only if the property proposed for subdivision does not exceed 2,000 sqm (about half an acre).

Addressing the gathering, Shivakumar said the government was committed to introducing the legislation.

Farmer organisations, however, alleged that the government's actions contradict its public assurances that land would not be acquired forcibly.

Road maintenance: Bengaluru's Greater Bengaluru Authority is studying a hybrid annuity model to hand private agencies five-year contracts for maintaining 1,682 km of arterial and sub-arterial roads, aiming for better quality and lasting durability.