We're glad you want to actively participate in determining the future of our beloved Bangalore. There are several projects Krishna has initiated and your energy and enthusiasm will play an invaluable role in bringing these projects to fruition. Get involved. Participate. Shape the future of Bangalore.

Please register with us online or call Charan, our volunteer coordinator, if you want more information. The number is +9180 2362 6678 (office) or +91 98863 37821(mobile).

Upcoming Events

BBMP Elections

As you well know by now, the BBMP elections will be held on the 28th of March, 2010. You may also know that for the past three years, we have not had these elections. However, you may not have realised the importance of these elections!

BBMP Corporators are the people responsible for tarring your roads, lighting your streets and supplying your houses with water. They are the ones you will have to approach with requests for better civic amenities like a playground for your children, parks for your elders or even things like uncleared garbage in front of your house. Corporators make a direct difference to your life. It is therefore extremely important whom you choose!

A good Corporator is one who has the will to listen to your problems, intelligence to prioritise demands, and the experience to know how to execute them. An excellent Corporator however, will also have initiative, vision and the ability to work with my office to make that vision a reality. We have come a long way in the past twenty-two months that I have been in office. Still, there is a lot left to do, many dreams to make real. Cooperation between Corporators and my office is key to moving our constituency forward, for the benefit of everyone.

To this end, the Office of Krishna Byre Gowda will make efforts to promote, publicise and elect excellent candidates. Come, contribute your time and talent to help make this dream a reality.

Past Events

Hasiru Santhe

In an effort to raise awareness around green issues and to prompt citizens to live more responsibly, Mr. Krishna Byre Gowda, BBMP and Vyasa International School will be organising a one-day festival in Tata Nagar, Bengaluru on Sunday, 10th January, 2010.

The event will be inaugurated by Mr. Suresh Heblikar and Ms. Aindrita Ray and begins with a two kilometre walkathon. It will be interspersed with street-plays by school children from Parikrma. Once at the venue, Mr. Krishna Byre Gowda will also announce initiatives he is taking to make Byatarayanapura Constituency greener.

The venue will have 40 stalls sporting, among other things, a bicycle made of bamboo, solar water heaters, rain water harvesting workshops, documentaries about minimising our impact on the environment, workshops in ‘seedball’ making and garbage segregation, shrubs and trees, natural clothes and regional foods. People can even test-drive electric cars and high-end bicycles on site. Besides these stalls, there will be talks on water conservation and waste management by experts in their respective fields - Mr. S Vishwanath of Rain Water Club, Mr. Vellore Srinivasan of Exnora Green Cross and Mr. Anselm Rosario of Waste Wise. Regional and health food stalls will be open throughout the event. The celebration will end with feet-stomping music and the announcement of the winner of the Lucky Draw.

It is a great way to spend a Sunday! Come on over!

The pamphlets below have the schedule of events, a map and contact numbers if you'd like assistance or more information.

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Sahakar Nagar senior citizens identity cards distribution

After conducting the senior citizens ID card camp at Sahakar nagar on Sep 21, 2009, our team submitted the applications to the concerned department in the government and got them processed as quickly as possible. Six hundred of these cards were distributed to the applicants from Sahakar nagar at the Ganesha Temple premises on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:30 PM. Some of the photos are presented below. For a slideshow with more photos, please click here.

Flood victims relief drive: Delivery

After preparing more than 6,500 survival packages for the victims of the floods in Raichur, our team along with several volunteers went to the affected site in Raichur district and personally delivered the packages. The much needed materials were received by the people with great appreciation. Take a look at our slideshow to get a closer look at our work there.

Flood victims relief drive: Preparation

Sorting the clothes that poured inAfter the recent floods in North Karnataka, more than 185 lives were lost and the majority of those who survived were left destitute and homeless. The chances of many more lives being lost to disease and infections arising from water-borne disease and malnutrition increases with each passing day. They needed our help right away. Read more about it here.

We still need help to package more care packages. If you can spare some time, even an hour, it would help a great deal. Please call our office at 080 2362 6678 or one of our volunteer coordinators at 99028 33416.

Dec 20, 2009: Tanisandra Senior Citizen Card and Pension Camp

The camp will help people in Tanisandra and surrounding areas get Senior Citizen Cards and pensions. The camp will be held at the government school and as with all our other camps, we will even get instant photographs made for the applicants and also have a photocopier handy. After they've got both those things, we will help the citizens fill out the required forms and submit it to the government.

Nov 8, 2009: Bhuvaneshvari Nagar senior citizens ID card application camp

After a short break of two weeks, we were back to serving the needs of the members of the constituency. We focussed on preparing applications and filing them on behalf of the senior citizens of Bhuvaneshvari nagar who want to apply for their senior citizens ID card. The camp was conducted on the grounds of the Bhuvaneshvari Temple (opposite Reliance Fresh), between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM. All services provided at the event was completely free of charge.

Benefits include 50% discount on Indian Airlines, 30% discount on train travel, higher income tax exemption limits, etc.

Oct 11, 2009: Senior citizens ID card and pensions camp

After seeing the amazing response received at the camps conducted in Sahakarnagar, Vidyaranyapura and Kuvempunagar, it was clear to us that we were rendering a much needed service to the seniors, widows and the handicapped in each of the the communities. We therefore planned to bring the service to the lovely people of Ramchandrapura (Bommasandra).

But little did we know we would get an avalanche of a response! We had a big crowd waiting to get in even before we opened the gates. Once we did, people just kept coming in a steady stream throughout the day. We had to increase our capacity through the day and had more than 45 people filling out applications just to meet capacity. At lunch time we served food to those who were present but when we ran out of that too, the volunteers graciously donated the food that was set aside for them as well!

Most of the attendees had free photographs taken, photocopies of their documents made and the applications filled and filed right there on site. We even had busses ferrying peopler to and from the government's Nemmadi center to complete a vital step in the application process.

At the end of the day, we had served more than 1700 people - a new record for us! All in all, it was an experience we could walk away from feeling the deep satisfaction of having delivered a much-needed service to people who needed it.

October 8 - 13, 2009: Flood victims relief drive

After the recent floods in North Karnataka, more than 185 lives were lost and the majority of those who survived were left destitute and homeless. The chances of many more lives being lost to disease and infections arising from water-borne disease and malnutrition increases with each passing day. They needed our help right away.

Krishna initiated the Flood Victims Relief drive and started accumulating clothes and supplies from donors in and around Bangalore. The plan was to put together 5,000 survival packages and get them to the victims as soon as possible. A warehouse was set up, packaging operations began and more than a hundred volunteers worked in shifts to get everything packaged and ready for shipment.

After much toil and hard work, the first consignment of 4,000 packages headed out on the morning of October 13, 2009. Krishna accompanied the trucks to North Karnataka and will distribute the care packages to those in need. A second consignment of around 1,500 packages will go out by Wednesday.

Thanks to all the support of all the donors and volunteers who gave ever so generously, the lives of several flood victims may still be spared.

October 4, 2009: Kuvempunagar & Singapura eye, dental and pension camp

Bringing a much needed service to the people of Kuvempunagar and Singapura areas, KBG Volunteers organised a Eye, Dental and Pension camp at the government school. A huge turnout contributed to the success of the camp. More than 1200 people attended the camps of which 186 got their pension applications filed and more than 30 persons were offered free cataract and other types of eye operations.

More than 100 eye glasses were distributed by the refractologists that were handed out to those who needed it. Several other's power's were recorded and their eye glasses will be delivered to those in need within 10 days.

On Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009 ten people who agreed to get their eyes operated were taken to the hospital for their procedures.

Since there were multiple steps required in the processing of the pension applications, a fleet of five busses was organised that would escort the applicants to the nearest Nemmadi center where the final step of the application process was completed. After their applications were processed, the busses dropped the attendees back to the camp.

Lunch was distributed to all those who attended the camp.

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