shekhar_mittal - 13 May, 2010 | Praja Newsletter

Thursday 13 May

In this issue

• Talk of the Town
• Praja Events
• Project Updates

In other news

New on Praja!

PrajaBytes

Have something to share, but don't want to write a long post? We've recently launched our own micro-blog/twitter feature (it's that text box you see on your profile page), so you can now share your train of thought with the rest of the Praja universe. Your micro-blogs need to be limited to 140 characters, so keep your soundbites snappy! To find out how to use this feature read this.

 

New Navigation

For new and old users alike, we have tried to make navigation within the site easier with the 'Topics' menu at the top. The menu presents the contents of the whole website in a easy-to-navigate way. Hope this makes it easier to find posts on topics that interest individual users. Change is good, roll with it people!

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Talk of the Town

Last Saturday some enthusiastic folks decided to check out the new commuter rail service between Yesthwantpur and Hosur. IDS (idontspam), silkboard, murali772, naveen and manjari managed to do something that most Bangaloreans find near impossible – they got up early on a weekend (!) - and hitched a train ride from CRS to Hosur (they went to Tamil Nadu!). Read more about their wonderful journey here.

Along the lines of Bus Day, where citizen groups and volunteers support BMTC in executing a real on-ground event, will Bengaluru Traffic Police be game to lead us for a "Traffic Enforcement Day"?
Read entire post here.

The Bangalore Metro has been a hot topic since its very inception. Has the government carried out adequate public consultation over the project?
Follow the debate here.

Triple cheers for Zenrainman, who was able to procure and share data on rainwater harvesting in Bangalore.
See trends here.

This may be the very first time city level data on bore wells has been made accessible in the public domain. Thanks for sourcing and sharing, Zenrainman!
See trends, summary and discussion here.

Praja Events

22nd May - CRS Publicity Meeting

4th June - Bus Day

Have an event you want to invite Praja junta to? Make an announcement here.

Project Updates

Bangalore Water Index

Lots has been moving on the water index front. The BWI team has come up with a proposal to the BWSSB that can be accessed here. See a detailed list of parameters BWI plans to track here.
The project members are meeting a lot of experts and gathering a lot of interesting information and ALL of it can be accessed here. Come be a part of this really exciting project.

RTI Club

The RTI Club is an attempt to 'assembly line' the RTI filing process and provide support to projects and campaigns hosted on Praja in a cause-agnostic way. Projects can create an "RTI request", and the club will help file them.
To join, click here.

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