Bengaluru: The Urban Development Department ordered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike here on Monday, September 16, to designate the responsibilities of two departments each to special commissioners and additional commissioners. This is being done in order to lessen the heavy responsibilities on the lone BBMP commissioner.
According to the orders, the Special Commissioner (Project) will be handling the Bengaluru East and Yalahanka regions and Special Commissioner (Finance and IT) will be allotted the Bengaluru South and Rajarajeshwari Nagar regions. Additional Commissioner (Administration) will be looking after Bengaluru West and Dasarahalli and Additional Commissioner (Waste Management) will be responsible for the Mahadevapura and Bommanahalli regions.
The department has also given new powers to the special and additional commissioners.
They will be given the powers of the BBMP Commissioner under the Karnataka Municipalities Act (KMA). The commissioners will be given the power to handle money-related activities of departments such as waste management, horticulture, housing etc. They will also look after the income of the BBMP through tax collection, revenue and advertisements. Both the commissioners will be retaining their other powers.
The BBMP Commissioner has also been given new powers such as supervision of coordination between different departments and formulation of a code of conduct, sanctioning of the BBMP budget, special sanctions and budget-related matters. The Commissioner will also be given charge of other departments which have not been distributed among the special commissioners, proposals to be presented in front of the BBMP Council and Standing Committee, exchange of letters and documents between the BBMP and the government, representing the BBMP in all government and committee-level meetings and other powers excluding the ones given to other commissioners under the KMA.
