The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Saturday introduced its finances for the monetary 12 months 2025-26, with an estimated outlay of Rs 19,930 crore, marking a 50 per cent enhance from the earlier monetary 12 months. The finances, ready beneath the formidable ‘Model Bengaluru’ initiative, goals to pay attention closely on big-ticket infrastructure initiatives mooted by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar, together with tunnel roads, elevated corridors, double-decker flyovers, and the sky deck venture, amongst others. Citizen teams and civic organisations have referred to as out the civic physique for ignoring allocations for fixing primary infrastructure wants of the IT capital and negligence over public session.
The monetary plan includes a gap steadiness of Rs 2.5 crore, income from BBMP’s personal sources amounting to Rs 11,149 crore, and grants from the central and state governments totalling Rs 8,778 crore. The overall expenditure for the fiscal 12 months has been pegged at Rs 19,927 crore, leaving a marginal surplus of Rs 3.5 crore.
BBMP has earmarked Rs 2,828 crore for the Model Bengaluru initiative, beneath which mega-infrastructure initiatives are anticipated to be executed over a three-year interval. To make sure easy implementation, a devoted escrow account has been created for these schemes. Tushar Giri Nath, Chief Commissioner, BBMP, said that within the FY 2024-25, Rs 660 crore has already been transferred to this account. For FY 2025-26, a further Rs 700 crore has been allotted within the finances, bringing the overall fee to Rs 1,360 crore. “The remaining funds will likely be granted in subsequent years, guaranteeing venture completion is deliberate,” Nath said.
BBMP has collected property tax of round Rs 4,900 crore within the 12 months 2024-25, which is the best in India for the second consecutive 12 months. Throughout the 12 months 2025-26, Rs 5,716 crore income from property tax is predicted, accounting for 29 per cent of the civic physique’s income.
DK’s ‘vainness’ initiatives take frontstage
Below Sugama Sanchara Bengaluru, BBMP will undertake Rs 73,600 crore price of initiatives beneath a Particular Function Car (SPV) mooted by Shivakumar, who can be the Bengaluru improvement minister. The initiatives embody North-South and East-West tunnel roads estimated to value Rs 42,000 crore. BBMP may even assemble 110 km of elevated hall at a value of Rs 13,200 crore. Moreover, BBMP is planning an Built-in Metro-Flyover venture (Double Decker) overlaying 40 km at a projected value of Rs 9,000 crore. The civic physique has additionally proposed to assemble 300 km of street adjoining to stormwater drains at a sum of Rs 3,000 core, amongst others.
Dr Harish Kumar, Particular Commissioner (Finance), BBMP, stated the civic physique will assemble 1,000 km of footpath throughout the ongoing arterial and sub-arterial street works.
IT hall to get a repair
For the IT hall between Silk Board and KR Puram-Lowry Junction, which homes a number of IT-BT corporations with Fortune 500 standing, the civic company plans to construct 22.7 km of ‘world-class’ street infrastructure at a value of Rs 400 crore in collaboration with the Karnataka authorities and Bangalore Metro Rail Company Restricted (BMRCL). This is identical stretch that Shivakumar had promised final 12 months to repair in 100 working days, however the points nonetheless stay unresolved.
Person price for waste administration
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The BBMP has additionally proposed to gather a strong waste administration person price together with property tax from the 12 months 2025-26. For FY 2025-26, Rs 1,400 crore has additionally been allotted to Bengaluru Stable Waste Administration Restricted for the gathering and transportation of strong waste, segregation and processing, improvement of landfills, and upkeep of strong waste processing items.
New parking coverage
To deal with the problem of roadside parking, which hinders street widening and visitors circulate, BBMP has launched a brand new coverage permitting a rise within the stilt top of buildings to 4.5 metres. By way of this new coverage, buildings can now have a stilt (ground-level open area top of as much as 4.5 meters with out it being counted towards the constructing’s general top restrict).
The intention is to permit multi-level mechanical automotive parking programs inside residential and business premises.
Pourakarmikas to get electrical two-wheelers
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BBMP has allotted Rs 15 crore in 2025-26 for the free distribution of electrical two-wheelers to ‘eligible working ladies’ and pourakarmikas (sanitation staff) in all zones and electrical two-wheelers with further wheels to specially-abled individuals. Moreover, for the transgender group and different economically backward lessons, BBMP has allotted Rs 10 crore. Below this system, the civic physique would bear 50 per cent or a most of Rs 2 lakh of a venture’s value for eligible candidates.
New BBMP faculties
With an intention to supply high quality training to kids finding out in BBMP faculties and faculties, a budgetary allocation of Rs 183.69 crore has been made. BBMP has introduced plans to arrange new faculties in 5 new outer zones of town to succeed in out to extra kids. For 2025-26, Rs 23.34 crore has additionally been allotted for the upkeep of college buildings, Rs 30 crore for the event of playgrounds, Rs 120.35 crore for academic applications, and Rs 10 crore for ‘Model Bengaluru-Shikshana Bengaluru’.
BBMP-ONE app
As a way to deliver all citizen providers beneath one app, BBMP plans to launch the BBMP-ONE app. It goals to deliver apps reminiscent of Repair-Pothole, Sahaaya-Public Grievances, E-Khata, Commercial, and Property-GPS beneath one utility.
Upgradation to 1,122 beds
BBMP has put aside a budgetary outlay of Rs 413 crore within the subsequent two years for well being. The mattress capability of 19 hospitals will likely be enhanced from the prevailing 852 beds to 1,122 beds. Sixty totally different blood checks shall be performed freed from value in all UPHCs and Namma Clinics in Bengaluru. Twenty-six dental items run by the BBMP may even be launched. Moreover, 144 electrical autos will likely be supplied to assist in the immunisation drive of city poor, migrants, nomads, slum dwellers, and youngsters.
Residents give a thumbs down
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Sandeep Anirudhan, Convenor, Residents’ Agenda for Bengaluru, stated, “The elemental query we’d like to boost concerning the BBMP finances is its legitimacy. The basics are damaged. There isn’t a elected council or mayor for the fourth 12 months in a row. Inputs haven’t been taken from the general public. The finances is on predictable traces, i.e., favouring vested pursuits and contractor lobbies. Self-importance initiatives have been introduced, however is there a fund for normal 24×7 pothole restore and street restore? Is there a fund for the demolition of unlawful buildings and layouts that town is crumbling beneath? Is there a fund outlay for establishing an enforcement police drive? In brief, they haven’t considered fixing any of town’s nagging issues, they’re solely all in favour of creating extra issues.”
Satya Arikutharam, city mobility skilled, stated, “BBMP is mendacity when it says specialists have recommended the tunnel street. The issues within the shoddy DPR have been persistently referred to as out by a number of specialists, and but BBMP persists in its folly. The venture is unviable, however BBMP is proposing a 40 per cent Viability Hole Funding (VGF) to the Concessionaire based mostly on a flawed report. It is a taxpayer-funded direct subsidy for an unscientific venture… The tunnel venture can’t proceed additional with out proving its efficacy as a part of the CMP replace. It additionally has to mandatorily receive BMLTA approval.”