Posts : Civic amenities

Footpath on Indiranagar 100ft Road is not for pedestrians

balu036 - 23-SEP-2008

This video was taken on 13/09/2008 between 10:30 and 11:00 am on Indiranagar 100ft Road, Bangalore. Starting from Wills showroom upto Flyover and back from flyover upto Axis Bank on the other side. Offices/Shops are just about opening and footpaths are fairly free.

BBMPs Chikungunya/Dengue mosquito breeding centre in Indiranagar

balu036 - 23-SEP-2008

The attached video is of a Chikungunya/ Dengue Mosquitos breeding centre at 14th Cross, Indiranagar 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560038, which is flourishing thanks to the laxity of Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (the authority in charge of ensuring public health and drainage maintenance). Water stagnates in this drain and no action is taken to clear its choking. Now it has become a breeding place for mosiqutos. Chikungunya has broken out in Karnataka and it seems BBMP is only facilitating spreading of such diseases.

New Pedestrian Subways - Utility issues

Bengloorappa - 6-SEP-2008

BBMP is planning 6 new ped subways as per this piece of news (read here). I am trying to reason out in this post the utility of a ped "Subway" and low cost alternatives available to the BBMP.

Signs for Proposed Bus Stops that have sprung around the city

ashwin - 2-SEP-2008

Proposed TOOH Bus Shelter Sign Signboards on poles have sprung up all over the city announcing "Proposed Bus Shelter by TimesOOH".

In most places, these are next to existing bus shelters. There seems to be a connection with the Airport bus service as these signs are often next to the sing announcing the frequency of the BIAS routes, like in the photo (the existing bus shelter was behind me as I took the photo).

Medical Services for All

Vasanth - 25-AUG-2008

India is a growing economy with emerging intelligent and talented people who are rendering their services mostly to the west either directly staying there or offline from India, particularly Bangalore. Lot of Bangalore IT companies develop software for American, UK or German insurance companies. But, our own country is deprived of these kind of insurance to all. People who work in IT are covered by their companies. Government employees are covered by some schemes or the other. Few factories are covered by CGHS scheme.

ID cards to ctizens in view of terror threat

ssheragu - 29-JUL-2008

Hi everyone

In view of the recent terrorist activities, our CM has announced the issue of ID cards to citizens of Bangalore and probably Karnataka.

While this is a welcome step, it may lead to duplication & hence wastage of govt. funds

Karnataka Budget 2008-2009

tsubba - 18-JUL-2008

Need for a water regulatory authority

tsubba - 9-JUL-2008

Latha K. Rao Chairperson BWSSB. source: Zenrainman's channel http://youtube.com/user/zenrainman

Forcing medium of instruction - High Court verdict

swamy - 4-JUL-2008

What does praja say on the call made by the high court? Refer "kannada medium not must" for private schools.

BESCOM's plans

tsubba - 29-JUN-2008

Chitra V. Ramani of the Hindu reports: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (BESCOM) will implement these projects over the next five years. With the implementation, it hopes to reduce interruption in power supply and improve efficiency. The four projects are: