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Crowdsourcing: BMTC Vajra Route info database - I admin123 - 29-JUN-2010
A few folks at Praja are trying to create some handy, cool and easy to understand maps for buses. In the initial phases their focus has been on the volvo routes. |
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kbsyed61 - 6-AUG-2010
Actually I had totally forgotten the August Bus Day untill this morning I received an email from my nephew who lives in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US. "... |
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Should there be two wheeler lanes near signals? Bheema.Upadhyaya - 5-AUG-2010
I have been driving 2 wheelers for long. And now upgraded to 4 wheeler due to safety concerns. But recently I thought at least there should be 2 wheeler lanes near. I have attached my idea as picture. Yellow line means non-crossing line. This help 2 wheelers to come at front and stand in que. This idea has come to in spite of having knowledge of local driver mentality. |
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murali772 - 4-AUG-2010
A 21-year-old man was almost crushed to death when the hydraulic doors of a BMTC bus closed in on him on Sunday evening. Prannoy David Rao hurt his shoulders and chest but what hurt more was the reaction of those around: The bus conductor yelled at him and some passengers guffawed at his plight instead of rescuing him. |
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NHAI begins work on expressway to BIA kbsyed61 - 4-AUG-2010
Source - Deccan Herald Deccan Herald carried a news report that NHAI is awarding the BAI expressway to Navyug Constructions. |
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Sunshine Story - Lesson for us? kbsyed61 - 4-AUG-2010
Source - Deccan Herald http://www.deccanherald.com/content/85560/solar-power-lights-up-10.html |
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Shrines on public spaces to go murali772 - 3-AUG-2010
In a courageous move, the Karnataka government has decided to crack down on unauthorized religious shrines, including temples, churches, mosques and gurdwaras, which encroach upon roads, parks, storm water drains and other public places. |
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Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass opened Bheema.Upadhyaya - 2-AUG-2010
I am happy to see the Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass is opened for public from today 02-Aug-2010. I had indicated the start date in my Prajabytes here http://praja.in/en/statuses/259/ it was on 24-May-2010. Excellent, its almost complete in period of 9 weeks. I have not seen the completed work. |
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Covering of storm water drains: Useless and detrimental vneevarp - 2-AUG-2010
I've noticed a lot of activity in our locality with the authorities covering the storm water drains in front of houses. These drains for more than 20 years, carried only storm water when it rained and otherwise were quite dry. On an average, they are about 1 1/2 feet wide and about 1 1/2 feet deep. |
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Karnataka - highest tax generator in south Naveen - 2-AUG-2010
Karnataka is the highest tax generator in the south & leads all other states by a huge margin, as reported in TOI today - See this link. |