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idontspam - 25-JUL-2010
Browsing through all the posts under the topic of living->environment, I was surprised to find no material around green belt or plan for urban forests etc. Discovered that the so called green topics on this site, are reflex reactions to posts on the traffic & road widening threads. Thought of digging into this concept of green belt which existed in Ramakrishna Hegde's time. |
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Stop illegal mining in Karnataka's forests by mining mafia - Petitions indian - 19-JUL-2010
I might seek CBI help, says Hegde - Deccan Herald Saturday, July 18, 2010 |
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Ravi_D - 16-JUL-2010
Taking a deviation to discuss a less fancy but important topic. Public Health. According to today's DH Report, "Mosquito Control Project Director" Dr Lokesh says:
So the story goes. I haven't seen a single fogging machine or guys spraying pesticides at work. If DH wouldn't report it, I wouldn't have a clue there was a 'publicity drive'. But everything stated implies things that have either happened in the past or presently ongoing. Do I live in a different Bangalore? Have you seen any of the above in your ward?
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Screening - new documentary from CSE zenrainman - 8-JUL-2010
Invitation to a screening of MEAN SEA LEVEL, 58 Minutes, Stereo Friday, July 16, 2010 |
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare charmieharia - 2-JUL-2010
Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship at IIM Ahmedabad and Piramal Foundation announce “Piramal Prize 2010” - to enable bold entrepreneurial ideas with potential to reduce the burden of disease across India. The Prize is an initiative to solve the health crisis by encouraging innovative ideas in the field of health care. This is the second edition of the Prize with its success of the first edition in 2008. Categories: The Piramal Prize is to be given in 2 categories 1 – Emerging Ventures - Disruptive ventures in existence for less than three years. Entries may be in the start up/ idea/ growth stages, ideally with a prototype/pilot project completed or underway. |
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BBMP Elected Corporator's Roles and Responsibilities Chitra Amin - 24-JUN-2010
BBMP Elected Corporators celebrating their victories big way. Corporator in our area opened a new office and celebrated his birthday and new office inauguration on same day. With big posters around, loud music and huge tent, blocking the traffic on a road for one full day. No one complained. including me.. why? There is a fear that something may wrong with me/family if I complain... and nothing will happen to them. Wonder what gives them this power. While talking to my maid about the corporator, she said, Ma - they spend so much money on all this even part of it, if given to all those homeless people sitting near bus stop will save their life.. but who cares? It hurts and pains a lot inside... why are we "ordinary" and educated people just ignore this "Tamasha" happening around us? Can nothing be done? Isn't it time to wake up and check this out? Aren't Corporators responsible for helping the community instead of creating inconvenience to it? Where does this money come from? Who gave them rights to use Tax payer's money and "aam janata's" road? When this will stop? Will it ever? |
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Inputs to proposed Fire Safety Legislation deepakar - 22-JUN-2010
I'm posting this on behalf of Vivek Reddy of the BJP Legislative cell. Vivek is gathering inputs for a reform to the current Fire-safety laws and their enforcement. He was keen on getting inputs from Praja too. I had referred the following two threads to him. http://praja.in/en/projects/2010/03/12/fire-safety-project-bring-awareness-and-seriousness
http://praja.in/en/blog/ravi-d/2010/02/24/what-can-we-learn Further inputs will be appreciated * Who are the local experts on the area that could contribute to this activity? * Are you aware of some measures and best-practices adopted successfully in other countries? * Anyone who has knowledge of the law and can critique the current legislation?
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Global warming - building cracks? hemaraj - 6-JUN-2010
I had been to Tirupathi 20 -25 days back, before the fall of sri kalahasthi kopuram. on my way , I visited sri kalahasthi templeand saw the crack in the gopuram and was thinking about all through my journey. on my way back I visited my cousin living in Chittoor, they live in an 60 -70 year old house, every time i visited i felt so happy as the building was in good condition even after all these years. but this time i noticed big cracks in the ceiling, then I recollected the cracks in sri kalalhasthi. When I visted ,at that point of time the weather was at 44 degrees or more so. then my thought was that do most building crack fast as the temperature keeps on increasing. what is the fate of humanbeings, without shelter. I was deeply concerned about the future generation . today iread the cracking in the srirangapatna temples gopuram. Has the journey for the extinct of human beings started. god made good things we destroyed.we wanted more and more comforts and invented and polluted . we should follow the principle of roti kapada and then house and then luxury. |
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Wanted - park/lung space in whitefield area silkboard - 26-MAY-2010
Amidst the barrage of not to this and no to that posts, here is an "I need this" instead. Whitefield has seen relentless concretization in last 4-5 years. Nice roads, the best pavements, tech parks, and housing complexes. But life is not all about living, commuting and working. We need to play, mingle around and relax as well. For that, need some serious public space, or a large new park. Center of the city has plenty of these, but it takes too much time to go to Cubbon Park or Lalbagh or Freedom Park now. Whitefield area has a few lakes, and new recreational amenities can be developed around a few of those. We know that a large park will not bring any white or black money to BBMP or BDA, and that is probably why concrete is the flavor of the decade in Bangalore. If you live around Whitefield, leave your comment with words of support, and we will figure how to take this request forward with local corporators or MLA or BBMP/BDA. |
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No to musical fountain & laser shows at Lalbagh - petitions indian - 25-MAY-2010
Lalbagh will be losing trees for a 'Sentosa' look. It/This is a perfect case of the fence eating the crop. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71424/lalbagh-lose-trees-sentosa-look.html The Horticulture Dept, which shoulders the responsibility of protecting and preserving Lalbagh Gardens, is set to axe the precious green cover in the State's only botanical gardens. In its zeal to emulate Singapore's famous Sentosa Island, the dept will chop off nearly 10 full-grown trees to make way for a musical fountain and a laser show. However, the department has kept this fact under wraps, fearing protests. Even the Chief Minister / CM has not been informed about the need for cutting the trees for the project. This place is presently covered by nearly 20 trees, and at least 10 of them are planned to be cleared. |