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Government Education in Bangalore gowriv - 25-JUN-2008
At times it seems that Bangalore citizens have forgotten that their government schools exist. More than half of the schools in Bangalore are private unaided schools, while in the entire state of Karnataka, 81% of schools are government schools. Government schools are seen as a school of last resort, and face high dropout. Children who do survive government schooling often end up without basic skills -- reading, writing, and arithmetic. Still, there are more than 200,000 children attending government schools in our city. |
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tsubba - 18-JUN-2008
Finally, a plan/proposal/idea that shows some clear out of the box thinking and goes beyond the currently fashionable gospels of maintenance, sustenance and development models. In rediscovering the original purpose of many of these man-made lakes of bangalore - as a source of potable water - bwssb might have hit upon a truely sustainable 'novel' idea to save our lakes. |
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The Jayanagar Complex Fire - An eye opener namma_nadu - 16-JUN-2008I was pretty surprised not to see a single post on the great Jayanagar Shopping Complex Fire that swept through late friday night on Praja. No Jayanagarites here :-)? |
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BBMP needs some lessons on Waste Management Bengloorappa - 10-JUN-2008
It has been reported in Yesterday's(9-Jun) Deccan Herald that BBMP's contractors are dumping sold waste, including harmful Bio waste in the serene surroundings of Bannerghatta National Park. The report even says that the contractors are paying some persons Rs 200 per day to buy their silence. |
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China diary: A Bangalorean in awe bangalore-guy - 5-JUN-2008China diary: A Bangalorean in awe T J S George | June 04, 2008 http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/04tjs.htm |
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Kanthi Kannan: Queen of footpaths mcadambi - 18-MAY-2008
Shri Gurcharan Das writes on how successfully Kanthi Kannan of Hyderabad has campaigned for better footpaths: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Columnists/Gurcharan_Das_A_right_to_walk_/articleshow/3049966.cms |
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Empower the Police and Depower the Citizens Vasanth - 26-APR-2008
Police in Karnataka and whole of India is lagging behind in terms of infrastructure and skilled personnel. If we see advanced countries, Police is so powerful. Citizens do not dare to play around the police. |
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Agara lake conversion stirring up protests pradeep - 18-APR-2008
Hi all friends, I would like all the members to go through this link. Its sad that our own Govt. is messing up our Paradise.Even the Yediyur lake, agara lake, bellendur,hebbal lakes condition is worst. Soon Prestige Group or Mantri or Kantri paradise will acquire... |
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Bengloorappa - 8-APR-2008
I am trying to enlist here some of the best practices that I have seen/heard about City Management. Please feel free to add, edit/dissect as you may please. 1. Locality based Infrastructure Management - A la Delhi model can be adopted by empowering local Residents' associations, where available, to get Infrastructure like Roads, Parks, Water and Waste management managed and maintained on a locality basis and make engineers and other city corporation employees answerable to such associations as well as to their own management. This can lead to quick addressal of grievances and form power centres for effective infra management. In Delhi, residents' associations are headed by retired govt. employees who have plenty of time on their hands and a vision for their locality. |
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tsubba - 24-FEB-2008
Bhoomi to get urban makeover |