As a Bengalurean, I want our new city corporations to give us transparency and accountability — not just another round of promises.

Sign this petition to demand real accountability and transparency as Bengaluru moves from BBMP to 5 new city corporations.

The Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 came into effect on May 15, 2025, legally dissolving the BBMP and creating the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA). But BBMP continued to function during a transition period. Finally, on September 2, 2025, the GBA became fully operational along with five new municipal corporations (Central, East, West, North, South).

This is the biggest change in city governance in decades. But unless we act now, it risks becoming only a cosmetic split — a new name, same old problems.

Even OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) Basics? 

Bengaluru is India’s technology capital, home to 1.5–2 million IT professionals and contributes nearly 40% of Karnataka’s GDP — over ₹9 lakh crore annually. A city that drives the state’s economy and aspires to be a global innovation hub deserves governance on par with global standards.

The OECD is a group of 38 countries that set global benchmarks on good governance, transparency, and public finance. India is a key partner with the OECD and participates in its committees and studies on digital governance and anti-corruption.

And what many OECD cities do today isn’t lofty — it’s the bare minimum:

• Open-by-default procurement so every citizen can track contracts and payments.
• Closing audits during restructures so no fraud or liability gets buried.
• Beneficial ownership disclosures so shell firms and proxies can’t corner public money.
• Performance-based budgets so every rupee is tied to visible outcomes like cleaner streets and better roads.

If cities like Tallinn (Estonia), Seoul (South Korea), or Santiago (Chile) can do this, why not Bengaluru — the Silicon Valley of India?

Why This Matters:

Recent audits of BBMP flagged serious financial leakages:

• ₹2,291.74 crore in irregularities (FY 2022–23), with ₹1,820 crore still under scrutiny.
• ₹2,010 crore of suspect payments in 2021–22 — including double billing and full payments for incomplete works.
• ₹4,116 crore of recoveries pending for years.

These aren’t just technical numbers — they are our taxes, our roads, our waste systems. If these cases are ignored during the transition, they will gather dust.

Our Demand: 5 Immediate Actions (within 6 months)

1. Publish a Closing Audit of BBMP
   A clear, public report of every pending audit objection, recovery amount, and case before BBMP’s books are closed.
2. Legacy Liabilities Tracker
   A live dashboard mapping every past BBMP audit finding to the specific new corporation or GBA office responsible for action and recovery — with due dates and status.
3. Open Procurement and Payments
   Make all tenders, contracts, amendments, and payments public and searchable — ward by ward, package by package.
4. Beneficial Ownership Disclosure
   Require all contractors to declare who really owns their firms; debar non-disclosure or false disclosure.
5. Performance-Based Budgets with Citizen Oversight
   Tie each corporation’s budget to outcomes people can see — waste collected, potholes filled, drains desilted — and empower ward committees to review progress.

What Happens If We Do Nothing:

• Old audit frauds will be forgotten in the transition.
• Leakages will spread across five corporations instead of one.
• Citizens will keep paying, but services won’t improve.

What Success Looks Like in 6 Months:

• A closing audit ledger of BBMP, para by para.
• A single open portal for contracts and payments across all five corporations.
• A breakdown of spending by contract size (small, medium, large) so citizens can see if money is being pushed into low-scrutiny buckets.
• First actions taken against shell firms or false declarations.
• Quarterly performance reports on services, with ward-level citizen reviews.

Who Should Act

• Chief Minister & Minister for Bengaluru Development (as GBA leadership)
• Urban Development Department (rules, notifications, data standards)
• GBA Chief Commissioner (city-wide coordination; dashboards)
• Commissioners of the five Corporations (implementation; ward-level data)
• Finance & Internal Audit (closing audit; recovery follow-through)

We’re not asking for the moon. Just the basics: close the books properly, show us where the money goes, and make sure Bengaluru’s new beginning is more than a name change.

✍️ Sign this petition if you believe Bengaluru must become a model of transparent, accountable, citizen-first governance — on par with the best in the world.