Water supply is not getting privatized

silkboard - 14-DEC-2008

After Mysore City corporation announced the water supply PPP with JUSCO (Tata arm that manages water supply in Jamshedpur), there have been concerns that water supply is being handed over to private players, and the rates may go up.

criminal negligence and contempt of court

krishnan - 26-NOV-2008

Freedom Park opens in place of old jail

mcadambi - 18-NOV-2008

 Freedom park has opened in the heart of the City where the old central jail used to be:

What will you prefer: Road over river or something like the Thames Valley Cycle Path

asj - 11-NOV-2008

What will you prefer?

Transforming NY city streets

asj - 24-OCT-2008

Worth a look http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/transforming-nyc-streets-with-jsk/ http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/09/23/broadway-boulevard-confirms-people-will-sit-in-well-placed-seats/ http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/24/eyes-on-the-street-gansevoort-plaza-open-for-business/ http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/25/streetfilm-the-transformation-of-meat-market-plaza/

Poor lakes....

Ravi_D - 17-OCT-2008

Seen this interesting article in DH on state of KLDA?

Summary: Budget allocation - Rs 3.15 Cr for 40,000 lakes in the state. Karnataka Lake Development Authority has 4 officers and 6 contract employees, 1 vehicle and 1 telephone for the whole state!.

Fight to save Pune Green Cover & Public Spaces - Last date for sending objections 02 Dec 08

asj - 10-OCT-2008

In late 90s, Pune city limits were expanded by including 23 fringe villages within corporation bounds. As per law, these new areas needed to have a development plan. The intent was to allow development to happen even on hills.

'Rs 3 crore goes down the drain' - Belandur Lake works

silkboard - 30-SEP-2008

In case you didn't read this today:

Rs 3 crore goes down the drain
CAG Unearths Major Irregularities In Bellandur Lake Rejuvenation Project
Vinay Madhav | TNN

Who is accountable?

sandeepmr - 25-SEP-2008

Its not uncommon that we get to read articles like this (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Open_drain_claims_kids_life/articleshow/3524384.cms) on open drain deaths.

How well the email ids of BBMP work!

balu036 - 24-SEP-2008

Bangalore is the silicon city of India atleast in terms of the revenue it generates from software exports. In such a city, the authority responsible for maintaining the city infrastructure has to have functional email ids and its officers should regularly access to find out if there are any complaints from the citizens. This is important because in today's busy world, very few can give a complaint physically.