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Apr 8, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Till date, the WithBengaluru initiative distributed ~6500 food ration kits to vulnerable groups across #Bengaluru. Thoughts about the 2-week journey...
#1 Identifying need: this happened organically. @vinaysreeni connected to some experienced NGO workers, who were already seeing distress calls from slums and labour colonies they worked with. Soon more people starting sharing requests from across the city...
May 11, 2018 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
#mahadevapura Assembly Constituency is huge!
Area: 115 sq km. Pop: 4.31 Lakhs (2011)
In 2018 voters: 5 Lakhs -> Implies current pop is probably ~7 Lakhs!
(In Karnataka, ave constituency size : 2.2 lakh voters)
Growth: 35% since 2015!!
Property Tax: more than 500 cr.
Our mess is thx to “110 village syndrome”. Not CDP-based devlpment just CDP-based building sanctions!
1 CMC+23 villages (incl well-governed panchayats) became part of the new #Mahadevapura BBMP zone. CDP declares large sections hitech zones (in purple). Build anything anywhere