Healthy Bangaloreans might go extinct by 2020

idontspam - 26-NOV-2008

 MYSORE: Bangalore will not have any healthy people left in 15 years if the government fails to arrest soaring pollution levels in both urban and rural levels. This grim warning came from Vision Group 2020, a panel comprising of eminent personalities from the state, constituted for making Karnataka a developed state.

World Usability Day 2008 - Theme: transportation

narayan82 - 11-NOV-2008

Date: 29th November 2008
Venue: Yahoo Campus, Embassy Golf Links, Inner/Intermediate Ring road, Indiranagar, Bangalore

How about a Bangalore related Projects library?...

Ravi_D - 7-NOV-2008

Imagine a single portal (a book or pages of gyan) where we could log in and see:

> A chronicled listing of all projects related to Bangalore City

Mission ‘PEACE’ - Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking

Rithesh - 31-OCT-2008

Mission ‘PEACE’ Reducing Noise Pollution by Autos and Honking A step towards a Peaceful & Healthy Bangalore WHO we are: A bunch of Bangalore residents who have got together to transform our city.

Bus Priority Examples: Manchester Automatic Traffic Bollards

asj - 30-OCT-2008

This is rather amusing but its a great example of ensuring bus priority - and though this stuff can be used on segregated bus lanes in Delhi and Pune, they may be best considered for implementing peripheral bus lanes with success.

HAL with higher landing charges/airport taxes than BIAL ??

jammy97 - 29-OCT-2008

I am not aware of the landing charges / taxes etc that was levied in HAL and now in BIAL. HAL is closer to most parts of the city. People want the HAL reopened (atleast for short haul flights). As much as I want Bangaloreans to have a fair 'choice' between airports, I also want BIAL to become the main airport.

Bangalore Public Transport

silkboard - 27-OCT-2008

From having a single state wide bus operator serving the city in early ninties, public transportation scenario in Bangalore has come a long long way. The city boasts of having the best city bus transport corporation (BMTC), it will get is first Metro rail by end of 2010, and there is talk of monorail and bus rapid transport system (BRTS) as well.

Open Threat

sandeepmr - 24-OCT-2008

Quote from article about kannada display boards by Nov 1 

"On Oct. 31 night, around 10,000 KRV workers will go round the city checking display boards of shops and if they find English- only boards, they will either bring them down or blacken them." 

The other side of CARD acceptance by merchants

belgaumblog - 20-OCT-2008

The credit /debit card usage for shopping in the past couple of years has increased tremendously, the main factor being ease and safety. No more carrying those huge amounts of cash in your pocket or purse, just one card can do it.

Volunteers for translating the British Highway Code

asj - 10-OCT-2008

Dear all, A short while ago I applied to the crown copyrights permission to translate the British Highway Code in to Indian languages. They have granted that permission. India does not have an equivalent resource and it may be great to translate this material.