Posts : Bangalore

And now, an award for (hold your breath!) TTMCs

murali772 - 5-MAY-2012

State held Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has bagged a national award constituted by the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (HUDCO). The award recognizes BMTC's initiative of constructing ten Traffic and Transit Management Centres (TTMCs') in and around Bangalore.

Civil engineering greatness on ORR

GNT - 4-MAY-2012

Hello Everyone, If you haven't experienced or haven't heard about this, there was a horrible traffic pile up on Wednesday morning on ORR underpass near the Cisco Offices and Prestige Tech Park. Because of the huge rain on Tuesday night, water accumulated at the bottom of the underpass and literally the water was a couple of inches short of knee deep.

Seminar on Sakaala

murali772 - 4-MAY-2012

IAC Karnataka and Dept of  Panchayati Raj & Administrative Reforms invite you to participate in this unique workshop on "Karnataka Guarantee of Services to Citizens Act, 2011" Awareness Program on Guaranteed Services.

Date :  Sun 06th May;  Time: 11 am

Marriage Registration - Need help and suggestions to get it done without agent and no bribe

dvsquare - 2-MAY-2012

Hello PRAJAgalu's,

I need some help/suggestion on registering my marriage @ registrar office, koramangala BDA complex.
Later I will put down all the proper steps and all what needed for the help of people to get it done without any agent and any bribe.

Bus stand locations, easy walking for bus change @ Marathahalli

silkboard - 2-MAY-2012

We have been making very slow progress on putting together this LAMP. Why not do an ideation exercise as part of the project online. For the LAMP, we talked of working on designated entry points to the local area, as in Whitefield. Take Marathahalli.

Debate on "Can new India win elections?"

murali772 - 2-MAY-2012

Foreign funding of NGO's

murali772 - 1-MAY-2012

With reference to a certain context, a debate got started on the Hasiru Usiru Yahoo-group on the above subject, which I thought called for a larger debate, and hence this blog. The exchanges on the Y-group are reproduced below:

Mehkri Circle - 75 yrs gone, Junction that still embodies the philanthrophic deed of a responsible citizen!

kbsyed61 - 28-APR-2012

About 75 years ago, a ordinary citizen and a merchant by name Enayathullah Mehkri built something that is still remembered by people for his noble act. Until that time, 1937, the place we all know today as Mehkri Circle (it is circle no more) was like a junction like any other junction where 4 roads meet.

Boycott vehicles with defective number plates

murali772 - 28-APR-2012

While Dr Saleem, the Addl Commissioner, Traffic, has stated (check this) that he will be taking up an intensive drive against 'defective number plates' (the biggest issue here of course pertaining to the Kannada number plates - very few people want to identify it as such, sinc

The Precious Bangalore sewage Water

psaram42 - 27-APR-2012

There is a grim shortage of funds in BBMP and government of Karnataka coffers. Tarring of road in front of my house was conveniently left out sighting empty BBMP coffers.