When Leticia Guerrero-Castaneda’s son was once in 5th grade, and the pandemic hit, he advanced critical anxiousness. He would wash his arms so steadily that they’d begin to bleed. Guerrero-Castaneda had a troublesome time coping. “As a mum or dad, it impacts you such a lot when your children are mentally in poor health.” She…
The city’s wait for LED (light emitting diode) street lights seems to be getting only longer. After over three years of wait, the project to replace 4.85 lakh sodium vapour lamps with LED lights failed to take off, and the contract with the consortium led by Shapoorji Pallonji now stands cancelled. LEDs are typically long-lasting…
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The BBMP has terminated a major contract given to a consortium to replace 4.8 lakh sodium vapour lights with LED bulbs as it failed to meet targets. The termination follows Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s diktat to the BBMP to not go ahead with the contract if the consortium does not complete the two-year-old project by…
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