Autos - help them to help ourselves

ashfaq syed - 11-MAR-2010

Couple of months ago I read in paper about the government subsidy for auto rickshaws to change from 2 stroke to 4 stroke engine.  I felt that it was wonderful and very pro-active approach to reducing the pollution.   2 stroke engines pollute 4 times more than cars (because of the pre-mix of oil

Bangalore Turf Club to stay as lung space

Sanjeev - 10-MAR-2010

State Govt  has now planned  to retain the Bangaluru Turf Club  ( BTC )  as Lung Space.   govt should come out wth plan of action for BTC similar to Opposite Old Central Jail.

Jigani Bommasandra link road-Desperately seeking attention!!!

Manideepa - 18-FEB-2010

For a city thats industrially growing by leaps and bounds, one of the blossoming hubs of development connected by the Jigani Bommasandra Link Road (that connects Hosur Road to Bommasandra/Jigani/Anekal/Bannerghatta Road) lies in a sad state of neglect. Several top industries, viz. Biocon, HCL, GSK, Sigma, etc. have set up their large units on this road.

Solution for a decentralized Municipal Waste Management - How & Why?

nagrajprabhu - 18-FEB-2010

What can we do about managing solid waste in tier I, II, III cities of India?

I am working on a rotating composter which can be used to manage waste locally (decentralized way).

I need some help with respect to mechanical engineering to improve the composter efficiency.

Does anyone in the group know about any fudning by Govt or other grants for such a project?

New features at Praja!

tech - 5-FEB-2010

We at the Tech team are happy to announce another set of new features on Praja. Starting today, all registered users will have access to these new features.

1. The Stream Microblog with Twitter Integration

For those of us who are familiar with Twitter, we now have an analogous feature built within Praja. How is PrajaBytes to name it? Suggest better if you have one. The idea is for you to share your status or broadcast those pithy one liners to all Praja users (and especially those who follow you, see below).

• To start posting, just head to 'My account' and type in the 'Stream' box.
• What more, you can link one or more of your Twitter accounts to your praja accounts. If you link your Twitter account, a tweet will be posted to your Twitter account when you make a post on Praja.

To link your Twitter account:

• go to 'My account',
• choose 'edit' and click on 'Twitter Accounts' tab.
• Fill in your Twitter id and Twitter password. We need your Twitter password to make posts on your behalf.
• Rest assured that the passwords will be stored securely and are not accessible to any users, including the admins.

Demands of Karnataka for the Railway Budget 2010-11

Sanjeev - 3-FEB-2010

Following are some of  the Demands / Memorandums submitted  by our Elected Representatives to  Railway  Minister for Karnataka for the Budget 2010-11

Training for BBMP Corporate aspirants held on 27 Jan 2010 by Urban Research Center

psaram42 - 28-JAN-2010

 The Urban Research Center was founded by about 8 people and duly registered as a society on 31st Jan 2004. The main purpose of the center is supposed to be towards achieving good responsible governance both in Urban and rural context. It is stated briefly as

Last Mile Connectivity for bus day

ashfaq syed - 28-JAN-2010

I have not seen the voting results but I am sure last mile connectivity will be one of the biggest bottlenecks for people to use public transport.  Well the obvious choice would be auto rickshaw. 

Koramangla Smartvote: Check your name on the voters list

shekhar_mittal - 19-JAN-2010

Folks at Koramangla Smartvote have come up with a very cool way of checking out your name in the voters list. 

If you want to check your name on the voter list try it out here http://smartvote.in/voterlist/viewvoters.php

Local Train For Twin City Hubli-Dharwad

Sanjeev - 13-JAN-2010

As Hubli & Dharwad twin city is developing with lot  of efforts on the following front:
1. High Court Bench at Dharwad
2. S W R Headquarter
3. Karnataka University at Dharwad
4. K I M S Hubli
5. Agricultural University at Dharwad
7. BVB Engineering College, Hubli
8. SDM Medical / Dental / Engineering college at Dharwad