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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: Around 3,000 people from various localities of the city came together and walked from the Vidhana Soudha to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) office to campaign for building a better Bengaluru, which is called Bengaluru 2.0. B.CLIP Alumni Association, Citizen for Bengaluru (CfB), CIVIC, Maanava Foundation, Nisarga Seva Foundation, Humanity Foundation, Anvaya Foundation and Social Sarkar led the walkathon with a common goal of achieving better governance for the city. Announcement of ward reservation must be made at least six months before BBMP elections and the tenure of the mayor should be increased to 5 years, they said. ”Srinivas Alavilli of CfB said, “A big part of the problem of Bengaluru comes from the gap in governance. When citizens and politicians collaborate to look at issues honestly and make transformative changes, everyone wins.”.