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Govt functionaries as fund collectors murali772 - 26-DEC-2008
M K Gupta, a UP PWD engineer, was killed allegedly by BSP MLA, Mr Sekhar Tiwari, and his henchmen, for refusing to donate money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations. |
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kbsyed61 - 22-DEC-2008
Need to decongest Bangalore's roads. In order to do this, it is essential that BMTC plays its role efficiently and professionally both in terms of operations and management. Efficient public transport is the key to decongest our roads and removing traffic blocks. |
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Right to Information Act - 2005 kbsyed61 - 21-DEC-2008
It's all about transparency and accountability. 'It's time we had a transparency revolution': Wajahat Habibullah "Hamaara paisa, Hamaara Hisaab" "I am fighting to get my dues for last 12 years" |
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Outer Ring Road project - work first, tender later? silkboard - 20-OCT-2008
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idontspam - 13-SEP-2008
They have dumbed down the metro stations originally to make it look straight out of a village. Maybe BMRC is also taking us for a ride. (see the two images)
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silkboard - 17-AUG-2008
Read in newspapers last week that if things go as being planned Hyderabad will end up getting a 71 km long Metro for free! Actually, not just free, they will end up getting paid some money (Rs 1240 crores, about 10% of the project cost of Rs 12410 crores) by the winning consortium. Read it yourself, this biz-standard article - Hyd to get 71 km Metro for free. Stats to compare from cost angle are - 65 km Delhi Metro comes at Rs 10500 crores, and 42 km Bangalore at Rs 6500 Crores, both are state funded.
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'Local bodies pocket Rs 151.8 cr ... ' belgaumblog - 30-JUL-2008
Interesting news article from New Indian Express - "Local Bodies pocket Rs 151.8 cr ...":
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Large PPPs like BIAL - ripe for corruption? admin123 - 25-JUL-2008
[A Request - This is a carryover from talk of corruption and transparency that emerged in this HAL-BIAL thread. Please don't drag the peripherals like big people wanting airport in their backyard etc into this. Add your wisdom and tips that are relevant here.]
We really want to understand this. What are the transparency and disclosure norms for PPP (Public Private Partnership) Projects? Looks like they don't come under the purview of RTI Act, at least the matter is not settled yet (We believe BIAL has filed an appeal against a court verdict that put it under RTI). Does lack of transparency set PPP projects up for corruption? |
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Short term fix - Lease out HAL airport to BIAL? silkboard - 24-MAR-2008
On the ever so hot HAL vs BIAL debate, I saw an interesting letter to editor column of TOI (Fri Mar 21) where author Narayan G sort of suggested this - Why not lease HAL airport to BIAL itself? That could be a short term fix till BBMP/state government improves connectivity. BIAL would get revenue from HAL as well as BIAL for sometime, hopefully that will give them enough revenues to keep them from going to courts over breach of contract. We would get better facilities at HAL airport. And since BIAL would want to gain efficiency of operations by consolidating all air traffic at BIA, they will keep pushing everyone on the connectivity issue and wouldn't want to hang on to HAL for ever.
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murali772 - 20-MAR-2008
Citizen's Action Forum (CAF), in association with Centre for Public Policy, IIM [B], KKNSS & Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce (BCIC), is holding a one-day workshop on Citizen's Participation, Transparency, and Accountability in Budgeting on Saturday, Mar 22, at 9.30 AM at Senate Hall, Central College. You are all cordially invited to attend and participate and contribute your valuable inputs for this program. |
