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Greater Bengaluru Authority: garbage vehicles, civic campaign and voter rolls
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4,900 GPS-tracked garbage vehicles for Bengaluru: the GBA urban governance case KAS aspirants must be able to explain
GBA to add 4,900 GPS-fitted garbage vehicles; civic drive from 1 Nov; ward rolls soon.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will get 4,900 new higher-capacity garbage collection vehicles, all fitted with GPS to track collection in assigned areas.
From 1 November the city's corporations will run a month-long drive to fix local civic issues, with priority to roads and junctions.
Ward-wise voter rolls for the Bengaluru civic polls are to be published soon.
ਸਰੋਤ: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ਮੁੱਖ ਤੱਥ
Remember these
- Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) is to get 4,900 new higher-capacity garbage collection vehicles.
- All the vehicles will be fitted with GPS to track collection in assigned areas.
- A month-long civic drive by the city's corporations begins on 1 November, with priority to roads and junctions.
- Ward-wise voter rolls for the Bengaluru civic polls are to be published soon.
- Urban local body elections are conducted by the State Election Commission under Article 243K (74th Amendment).
ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼ · ਮੇਨਜ਼
How the exam will ask it
ਪ੍ਰੀਲਿਮਜ਼
- Statement: Elections to municipal bodies are conducted by the State Election Commission under Article 243K of the Constitution.
- Statement: The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 added Part IXA and the Twelfth Schedule, which lists the functions of municipalities, including solid waste management and public health.
- Statement: Ward committees are mandated for municipalities with a population of three lakh or more under Article 243S.
ਮੇਨਜ਼
GS-II (local governance) and GS-III (waste management): Bengaluru's civic issues -> 74th Amendment devolution, Twelfth Schedule functions, and the GBA's multi-corporation structure -> GPS-tracked collection improves accountability, but delayed civic polls and weak ward-level participation limit democratic oversight -> way forward: timely elections, empowered ward committees, source segregation and data-driven monitoring of service delivery.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
On 27 October 2026 the Indian Patent Office rejected a patent application by the TB Alliance for BPaL, a drug combination used against:
- Drug-resistant malaria
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Multidrug-resistant typhoid
- Drug-resistant leprosy
ਜਵਾਬ ਵੇਖੋ
ਜਵਾਬ: B — Correct: Drug-resistant tuberculosis — BPaL is a shorter regimen for drug-resistant TB; rejecting the claim may allow generic makers to supply it. • Drug-resistant malaria — wrong: BPaL is a TB regimen; malaria is treated with artemisinin-based combinations. • Multidrug-resistant typhoid — wrong: Typhoid is bacterial but not the target of the BPaL regimen, which is for TB. • Drug-resistant leprosy — wrong: Leprosy is treated with multidrug therapy; BPaL is a tuberculosis regimen.
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