Padmanabhnagar at a glance:

Padmanabhanagar at a glance: 1. Area:10.5 sq. km 2. Population: 306353 3. Wards: Hosakerehalli | Ganesh Mandir ward | Karisandra | Yediyur | temple ward | | Padmanabhnagar | 4. MP Constituency: South 5. Household: 77057 6. Road length: 343 km 7. Lake: Karisandra, Yadiyuru, Gawdanpalya (Kadirenahalli), Chikkalasandra, 8. Police stations: Girinagar, Banashankari, KS Layout 9. Bus stops: 134 10. Fire station: 0 11. Government schools: 16 12. Playgrounds: 21 13. Parks: 74

Namma simple ask:

1. MLA to chair a monthly general meeting with civic agencies, corporators and citizen groups with set agenda to enable citizen participation in decision making. 2. Padmanabhnagar constituency website to provide relevant data and information with respect to development initiatives in the constituency and citizen demands including local area development fund utilization. 3. Transparent and consistent communication on current and future work. Public consultation through online and offline media. 4. Communicate legislator’s stand on various policy matters that would be tabled in the assembly. Hold consultation with citizens on pressing issues via online and offline medium 5. Robust volunteering opportunities for citizens to participate for various causes. 6. Internship opportunities for college students and special opportunities for home-makers and senior citizens to contribute to Padmanabhnagar’s development 7. Contact details of concerned officials (BBMP, BESCOM etc.) must be made available at ward office and other prominent places along with allotted time for grievance redressal. 8. Biometric attendance at all the civic agencies 9. Quarterly report to citizens on constituency’s progress 10. Constituency map with civic amenity sites to be put in public domain

The top 5 ask:

Waste Management

1. Scientific waste collection system with separate vehicles for dry waste and wet waste. The vehicles to have GPS trackers 2. Scientific transfer points wherein waste from smaller vehicles is directly transferred to larger vehicle 3. Decentralised waste management system wherein wet and leaf waste from Padmanabhnagar should be processed in Padmanabhnagar. The process to include citizens and information must be disseminated to citizens 4. Temples, educational institutions and other bulk waste generators to be encouraged and supported to be source of zero waste. 5. Visual cleanliness to be prioritised. Mark all the blackspots and take measures to beautify and monitor.

Mobility and transport 1. Pedestrian friendly and accessible footpath free of encroachment. 2. Accessible public transport and last mile connectivity options from Metro stations 3. Disseminate information on specifications of roadworks undertaken at Padmanabhnagar. 4. Redesign main roads such as Banashakari temple road, main road and others to be free of bottlenecks 5. Publish constituency map with details of CA sites, public roads etc. and provide civic and social infrastructure for residents such as indoor stadium, auditorium etc. Water

1. Few areas in Hosakerehalli and Banashankari do not have water supply. Equitable water supply of 90 lpcd to all the residents 2. Overflowing of sewage in few areas such as Kadirenahalli circle must be checked 3. Check lake encroachment and rejuvenate lakes 4. Allocate annual maintenance cost and ensure RO purifiers are functional 5. Conduct hydrological study and terrain modelling to plan water conservation. Rain water harvesting in all public building and spaces. Women and child safety

1. At least one model Government school in each ward with good quality infrastructure and learning outcomes. 2. Public places to be well lit, have accessible footpath, sufficient police patrolling and CCTVs to aid redressal measures. 3. Awareness on safety and empowerment resources for women across income groups. 4. Special focus on young college students, young women and disabled on career building opportunities. 5. Carry out crime mapping exercises and include citizens in crime prevention and redressal measures by introducing/revamping support persons and neighbourhood watch programs.

Environment and health

1. Maintain equipment at parks. Provide basic facilities at parks such as security, toilet, drinking water and first aid. 2. Monitor and maintain green cover (scientific tree pruning) and open spaces. 3. Preventive health care measures to prevent dengue and other diseases 4. Primary Health Care Centres across, diagnostic centres across constituency. 5. Air quality and noise level monitoring indicators to be installed

Annexure:

Waste Management Current Desired status Ideas to achieve Segregation and collection New residents move into a To achieve over 100% waste Designated date for monthly building/locality/society and segregation awareness on waste segregation are not aware of waste and data on level of segregation to segregation be publicised on same day Irregular service and waste- Regular and on-time waste Collection vehicles to have GPS pickup time by waste pickup and to be tracked in real time, collectors should adhere to standard design. Communicate to citizens via SMS and social media The DWCC at ward 182 is not Efficient DWCCs at each ward Facilitate to raise funds from well maintained. corporates or higher budget allocation from BBMP to efficiently run DWCCs Increase in generation of Scientific processing of Awareness on C&D waste Construction & Debris waste Construction and Debris waste management to citizens. C&D due to residential renovation collection centre to be set up. This work will reduce the management cost of C&D waste. Collected waste is dumped at Transfer points are perpetual Need scientific transfer points. transfer points Eg. blackspots Smaller vehicles should directly Kadirenahalli underpass, near unload the waste to larger vehicle Prarthana school Push carts used by Need better push carts which Electric pushcarts to aid Pourakarmikas are broken and are easier for Pourakarmikas Pourakarmikas difficult to use in high slope to use roads Waste Processing No waste processing centres Wet waste collected to be Resources to efficiently run the managed at the constituency processing plant. with funds obtained from CSR or BBMP Burning of leaf and garden In-sit composting of garden Leaf waste composting units and waste has led to air pollution waste at ward/constituency sufficient funds to run the level operations. Bulk waste generators Bulk waste generators to be Campaigns and initiatives to generate high quantity of wet source of zero waste encourage and incentivize in-situ waste composting at apartments, schools, hotels etc. Low awareness on home At least 10% of houses to Monthly Composting awareness composting compost waste at home programs to be held at ward office for residents

System and technology support Staff and system are not Monitoring system to monitor Citizens are to be introduced and monitored and ensure efficient included in the waste management functioning of waste programs. The required training is management system to be completed by all volunteering citizens for official recognition Lack of communication to Communicate to citizens on Waste management indicators data citizens level of segregation, are to be processed in a

campaigns and programs recommended format and is to be related to waste management made accessible to citizens online through the internet or at the ward office Rampant use of plastic Efficient implementation of A team who aids citizens to material even though it is plastic ban recognize and adhere to the plastic banned ban law and to penalise establishments for using or issuing plastic Low awareness among Pourakarmikas and health Pourakarmikas and health workers to be fully aware of Orientations to be held to educate workers regarding proper all aspects of waste the health workers and waste management management Pourakarmikas and introduce incentives to encourage them Cleanliness and hygiene Large number of blackspots at Black spot free Consult urban space experts to 6th cross, RK Layout, Ring Padmanabhnagar chalk out a plan to beautify and road (Iliyaz Nagar), monitor the railway line area Goedanpalya kere Pourakarmikas’ are prone to Preventive health care for Clean toilets and water are to be high risk health concerns Pourakarmikas’ accessible to Pourakarmikas’. Check-ups are to be conducted periodically and preventive medicines are to be provided to PKs’.

Mobility and Infrastructure

Current Desired Idea to achieve Road works Details of undertaken roadworks are Transparent communication Specifications of on-going not easily accessible to citizens and to citizens on undertaken roadwork are to be therefore, not able to examine the road work publicized for quality quality or question concerned officials inspection and perusal of the or contractors citizens. Road history to be put in public domain. Signboards are not visible at nights Night vision signboards Fluorescent amber signboards No road work has been carried out for Road works should be Put road history in public 6 years at JHBCS layout. regularly carried out domain Condition of roads deteriorates due to Maintain motorable roads Placement of system to water logging along with the throughout the year promptly repair potholes and formation of potholes. Concrete roads to fine/blacklist contractors in Kumara Swamy layout are deteriorated. Random/ unnecessary speed breakers Scientifically located speed Development of standard in main roads and residential areas breakers design and system to report

and replace unscientific speed breakers Congestion Banashankari tempele to kadirenahalli Bottleneck free roads to help Work with experts to cross road/Uttarahalli main road has ease flow of traffic redesign roads to be free of bottlenecks bottlenecks and better traffic management plan Few sign boards such as indicating Right sign boards Re check sign boards and is wrong replace with right ones. Lakshmikanth choultry has blocked Accessible public roads Publish public roads map and road remove any illegal road blocks/encroachments. Large number of abandoned vehicles Free of abandoned vehicles Action plan with waste at JHBCS layout recyclers and police to manage abandoned cars.

No U-turn from Kadirenahalli Need U turn to avoid Check with experts on underpass to Deve Gowda petro bunk unnecessary commute service roads/U turn to help vehicles Public Transport No bus stop at Kadirenahalli cross Bus shelters are required Ensure all bus stops have bus shelters with Passenger Information System No bus connectivity from Bus connectivity Provide affordable and Padmanabhnagar to Yeshwanthpur, accessible bus services to key railway station and satellite bus stop locations Inadequate last mile connectivity Accessible and economical Options to be prioritized for options from metro station last mile connectivity from persons with special needs metro stations and senior citizens Pedestrian friendly/Cycling/E-transport Improper footpaths have made it Pedestrian friendly footpaths Footpaths are to not exceed a inconvenient. E.g. From Banashankari height of 6 inches and the temple to Kadirenahalli footpaths are to be uniform in height

Median height is high and residents Able to cross roads at ease Reduce median heights to are unable to cross the road help cross the streets, at least at select cross ways. Footpaths are encroached in Footpaths are meant for the Zero tolerance towards commercial areas and illegal use of pedestrians only footpath encroachment and a hoardings block the footpath. process to remove Eg.Kidney Foundation Hospital; Flag encroachments hoisting poles; residents set up parks on footpaths; 2nd hand car showroom in Padmanabhnagar main road Hawkers unscientifically occupy Designated spaces for ID cards are to be issued to footpaths hawkers street vendors and hawker zones should be identified

Head light should not be harsh for the Head light should not be Head light should not be eyes – blackening of some area of the harsh for the eyes – harsh for the eyes – light – restricting the lights blackening of some area of blackening of some area of the light – restricting the the light – restricting the lights lights Infrastructure Lack of public amenities for Civic and social amenities Make details of Civic infrastructure Access to basic civic for residents amenity sites public. amenities Multilevel parking, indoor stadium and other essential civic and social infrastructure for residents

Water

Current Desired status Ideas to achieve Water Supply There is a sufficient amount Equitable water distribution All residents to get 90 lpcd of of water supply However, to all the residents. Water water. SMS are a medium to few areas in Hosakerehalli supply timings are to be inform citizens about water and Banashankir do not have informed to citizens supply timings. water supply RO purifiers et up do not Better utilisation of set up Allocate funds for Annual work after 1 year RO purifiers Maintenance for RO purifiers Water conservation Inefficient use of water Awareness and aid to citizens Kiosk/help desk for citizens to conserve water to aid water conservation (to buy water aerators at subsidized rates and resources to implement rain water harvesting) Water table levels depleting Risen efforts to increase Water tables are to be water table level analysed and sink pits should be implemented. Rain water harvesting on public spaces and public buildings are to be executed

Urban flooding Flooding is a major cause of Free of urban flooding and Conduct hydrological study concern. Repeated flooding alerts in case heavy rain is and terrain modelling. at Shalini apartments, expected along with rescue Collaborate with experts to Dattathreya temple, teams prevent urban flooding. Few Umamaheshwari temple etc. suggested measures are: 1. Increase wall heights of drains 2. Desilting of drains and rajakaluve Use trash traps

Sewage Sewage pipes are not Maintenance of sewage lines Periodic desilting of sewage periodically desilted pipes. Slurry pumps to be used to remove silt Sewage is not recycled Use grey water for parks Set up STPs in parks and use grey water Over flowing of sewage. At Prevent chamber overflow Chambers must 18th main and , kadirenahalli repaired/replaced circle Lakes Lakes are encroached and are Well rejuvenated lakes All lakes to be revived and sewage pits free of encroachment. No commercialisation in lakes and set up STPs must function.

Environment and health

Current Desired Idea to achieve No restrooms at parks and Well maintained parks Parks to have restroom, poor maintenance of drinking water, first aid exercise/gym equipment facility and annual maintenance of gym equipment. Level of air pollution at traffic Air quality and noise level junctions is high Air quality to be monitored in monitoring indicators are to all places and recognize spots be installed at high traffic that need to be addressed junctions and areas under on- going construction work. Unscientific tree pruning and Scientific tree pruning to be BESCOM and BBMP to cut branches are not removed carried out develop and coordinate a by BBMP systematic method of tree pruning The essential health facilities Accessible and affordable • Measaures to prevent are not setup in primary health health care dengue care centres • Preventive medicine to be given • Preventive healthcare to be prioritized • Primary health care centres and diagnostic centres. Need toilets in few areas such Require an increase in the Cleanliness and maintenance as Kumaraswamy layout, near number of clean and gender of toilets in parks to be Banashankari temple friendly public toilets monitored

Woman and child safety and development

Current Desired Idea to achieve Public spaces Inadequate number of Public spaces to have Install and check functioning of CCTVs’ in all public sufficient CCTVs’ CCTVs periodically places Absence of woman Accessible and safe public Model public toilets along with friendly public toilets toilets are required feeding space for young mothers and to be designed and implemented Low awareness on safety All citizens to be aware of Install boards with messages in resources available for resources available parks women and children Schools and colleges Child Protection Policy is Schools to be a safe Roadmap to revamp and rebrand not implemented in both learning space for children schools and support to implement Government and private CPP at schools. This will also schools address issues such as drug peddling, road safety, personal safety etc. Children in Government Comprehensive programs to After school programs to children schools do not have access contribute to growth in with aid of community volunteers to extra, co-curricular academics and overall and other organizations activities and after school growth of the children programs (English and self-defence classes)

High school and college Holistic programs and Career and skill development students lack of knowledge opportunities for young classes and internship opportunities on available career students to be employable at Government and private opportunities after education workspaces for students

Workplaces Low awareness on safety at All workplaces to be safe Workshops that raise sensitization workplace and no for women in men and women working in process/system that allows informal sectors. Promote work place related awareness at various avenues on harassment to be reported the law Police and legal support Police stations zones are Citizens to be aware of Make police stations zones note made available fore police station zones available for citizens citizens Crime is not mapped Measures to prevent Map crimes and analyse data to prevent crimes No counselling centre Awareness on police and legal resources available Set up counselling centr

Counselling centre to help distressed women and children Empowerment Inadequate amount of Sufficient avenues for Centres that spread information on economic empowerment women to learn and access empowerment opportunities are to opportunities opportunities available for be constructed. Set up programs on economic empowerment computer training, spoken English etc. and make the program calendar available for citizens Large number of illegal Legal paying guest facilities Regulate paying guest facilities and Paying guest facilities police to have the details Lack of child care facility Child care centres Set up day care centre for for women who work in underprivileged children informal sector