Posts : Bangalore

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

Mumbai has MRVC / MUTP, Bangalore still waiting

Sanjeev - 29-DEC-2010

Here you can see how Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), joint venture of Indian Railway & Govt. of Mharastra under  MUTP :

Partners in MUTP -

Pushpaks getting converted

ss87 - 29-DEC-2010

Well one of the most horrible service provided by BMTC is the pushpak service-a single driver-cum conductor, single door, single passage with 5 seats in a row instead of 4 and is one of the least preferred bus for commuting in the city unless there is no other way to go.

Mobilicity Workshop Sessions, Jan 10 - Registration Form

admin123 - 28-DEC-2010

Update, Jan 5: Commuter Rail aka Namma Railu session has been postponed to a later date.

Registration is free, but there are limited number of seats, so do hurry. Here is an overview of the schedule for January 10, 2011:

Bus Priority meeting report, BMTC, Dec 22

Naveen - 28-DEC-2010

The BMTC meeting was to discuss about Bus Priority along the 335E/G1 route (ie. from Richmond circle to ITPL/Whitefield). In principle, BMTC is keen on this project & we were told that there were a total of five corridors that they were looking at for such bus priority routes.

Mis-use of Kannada by Registrar of Societies

murali772 - 27-DEC-2010

The Registrar of Societies has a very important function to perform in the state, particularly with associations multiplying in their numbers by the day. As it is, they are short of capacity to handle the job they are assigned, effectively.

Task: Landing page for Mobilicity

silkboard - 27-DEC-2010

Create a landing page for Mobilicity with

  • Date, Venue, Schedule details of main event (CiSTUP lecture, first half) and the 3 workshops (second half)
  • Registration form for three workshops
  • Links to past Mobilicity Events (2009 Unconference, 2010 Namma Railu round table)

Task for Pranav/Shekhar.

Acknowledge! (once you get DDC stickers)

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 27-DEC-2010

Hi DDC Pledged drivers,

Govt Service Providers' Consumer Committee/ Council - how effective?

murali772 - 26-DEC-2010

Taking over as the MD of BESCOM, Mr Manivannan, IAS, is moving in earnest to set up a 'consumer participatory council', which he insists should have 'bottom upwards' approach, lest it also get labelled elitist, like had happened in the case of BATF and ABIDe.