Posts : urban development

Incompetence of BBMP

idontspam - 5-MAR-2011

Telling report here on how our city is being monitored, checked & governed. 

Municipalika 2011 - Good Urban Governance Conference & Exhibition

Ravi_D - 28-JAN-2011

9th International Conference on "Good Urban Governance for Safe, Healthy, Green & Smart Cities"

co-terminus with

9th International Exhibition on "Urban Infrastructure, Municipal Services & Built - Environment"

Sewage - the sorry state of BBMP/BWSSB

psaram42 - 14-JAN-2011

The today’s Bangalore mirror shouts in extra large fonts:-

The peoples Representatives – How to keep them in check?

psaram42 - 8-JAN-2011

 The front page story by Kushala of the Bangalore mirror about our minister Ashoka though on the verge of being a “gossip” its seriousness cannot be ignored.

105 roads to be widened by year-end

imran_huq17 - 7-JAN-2011

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to widen 105 roads by the end of 2011, according to Chairman of the Standing Committee on Major Roads, H Ravindra.

The blaming game

psaram42 - 2-JAN-2011

Yesterday News X TV channel carried the story with footage of big size CFC cables found in the man holes sewage lines. The anchor was trying to color it as a multi crore scam of the same order as the 2G spectrum scam. I was curious to find whether the story would appear in TOI too. However to my surprise I found it in Deccan Herald.

Seminar on 74th CAA in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

murali772 - 1-JAN-2011

CIVIC Bangalore has great pleasure in inviting you to a STATE-LEVEL SEMINAR on 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in Karnataka: Status in 2010 and Future

Workshop on Urban Mobility, IISc, Jan 10 (Mobilicity)

idontspam - 23-DEC-2010

Discussions will be held to understand the issues (political, social, economic and technical) for developing livable cities; take a systems view of the challenges being faced; identify possible ways forward. Focus will be put on ways to learn from urban case studies from across the world and capture critical issues and their effective solutions for application in t

Kumaraswamy Layout - going to dogs?

acoward - 23-DEC-2010

Some real angry words from a whistelblowing resident of Kumaraswamy Layout:

Housing Society Scam - Yeddy, Once Bitten Twice Not Shy

Rithesh - 21-DEC-2010

Tehelka has done a excellent article (Once bitten, twice not shy) on how Yeddi is continuing his corrupt practices. It reports: