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Padmanabhanagar doomed - rest of Bengaluru too? murali772 - 20-MAR-2010
The following is the report by Sri N S Mukunda, Convener of Abhyudaya, a federation of RWAs in Padmanabhanagar, on the debate they organised between the BBMP Corporator candidates on 19th March. The prospects for the ward look pathetic. And, like Mr Mukunda has pointed out "I am sure that the expecrience is similar except in the degree of disappointment in other constituencies as well", and offered the possible way out as "like many of our colleaguews have done in this election only jump into the fray and contest and try to win - time we start thinking of far beyond this tokenism". |
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Local residential registration, specially for rental tenants Bheema.Upadhyaya - 19-MAR-2010
I think the local registration and yearly renewal should be started and made mandatory in Indian towns, cities. Currently its very difficult to track/confirm proof of residence. I believe this will help in several ways if planned and implemented/enforced well. It may be one difficult/massive project, its beyond my imagination. But I feel strongly believe it will be best complementary project for UID. Both put together will make it. |
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Electoral Photo Identification Card for BBMP election nanometer - 15-MAR-2010
Hello All, I am a new voter and want to vote in upcoming BBMP elections. I dont have a voters ID card yet. has any one here recently got their Voter ID cards? Can you please guide me on how to get one? I think this will be ideal time to get one as elections are fast approaching.
Thanks. Regards,
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BBMP election - candidate information hemaraj - 14-MAR-2010
The election for the bbmp is around the corner, at this point of time giving ideas is late,but atleast the future elctions can take up these actions. Election commision should also go into latest technology by promoting a website,saving paper, allowing every candidate some particular byte space to write about himself, this accessible to all citizens. We citizens have never heard of the candidate who contests and the busy professionals dont take time to find out about the candidate. I suggest that all the candidates contesting, 1) mention the ward he is contesting,born and eduated place and institution. with his family details and his motto. 2) the party he is representing 3) Brief history when he enterd the politics, year to year which party he was in, his position from which party he held, reason for leaving the party to join the next party, 4) disclosure of his assets, what is his business, what is his income, what are the servces he has achieved during his tenure. 5) what are his administration skills, |
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sanjayv - 13-MAR-2010
I came across this interesting document while surfing around on the BBMP website for Qtr2 09-10. It is a fairly large report sent to quarterly to the central government on the status of various JNNURM projects implemented by the BBMP. It makes interesting reading. I think a careful perusla and analysis will shed a lot of light on how projects are run and the attitude of the govt officials towards the public. Here is a snapshot from the item on the Tagore circle underpass. Tender release date: 25/09/2007, Scheduled date: October 2008 Budget: 2318 lakhs Reason for delay: Project not started due to non-cooperation by the public.MLA intervention is sought. Issue is being "solved".
Eh? The public is an impediment. in the path of progress. A problem! Link to the report here. |
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Survey on your voter registration experience murali772 - 8-MAR-2010
Dear Friends, based on our own observations, and with inputs and support from Jaagte Raho and SmartVote, here is a survey on your experience with voter registration process in Bangalore. The idea is to help the State Election Commission to improve the accuracy of voter lists. You cooperation is requested. Please encourage your community and friends to take this survey in large numbers. Summarized results will be shared with the State Election Commission. You could go by the entries in the SEC listing, which has been extracted and made readily accessible here (http://smartvote.in/voterlist/viewvoters.php?function=Search&ward=151) by SmartVote. The EPIC entries, which may have been corrected at the time of their issue (by the private contractors), but that is not official. [Tech Note: Survey open to all users, registered on Praja.in or not. Be assured that profile details of registered users (email, address) will NOT be shared with anyone.] |
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Suffering in Konankunte - will BBMP please listen to us? hemaraj - 8-MAR-2010
We the citizens of konanakunte, srinidhi layout, 1st main, 1st cross. are living in a primitave old civilisation environment. we do not have proper manhole and sanitation, storm water drains and roads. We will be facing a lot of problems once monsoon rains starts. |
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BBMP admits to incorrectly sanctioning a plan vaishvittal - 23-FEB-2010
The town planning department of the BBMP has wrongly greenlighted a convention centre near Bannerghatta Road. Residents angered over this and other plan violations in the area. Read this Citizen Matters expose http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1793-bbmp-admits-zoning-violation-panduranganagar Excerpts: |
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Discussions on “New Age Political Movements in India” psaram42 - 17-FEB-2010
The meeting was held at 4th floor, Auditorium, St Josephs College of Commerce, 163, Brigade Road, Bangalore, on Monday February 15, 2010 between 5:30 – 7:30PM. It was attended by myself and pathy. |
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New Age Political Movement in India psaram42 - 13-FEB-2010
Monday February 15, 2010 5:30 – 7:30PM 4th floor, Auditorium, St Josephs College of Commerce, 163, Brigade Road, Bangalore. |