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Scrutinizing environmental clerances (Prestige Dynasty.png) silkboard - 23-DEC-2008This image was uploaded with the post Scrutinizing environmental clerances. |
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Scrutinizing environmental clerances silkboard - 23-DEC-2008
Last month, I spotted two notices from Prestige Group announcing environmental clearances for their projects (Dynasty, Exora). What caught my attention was that document numbers and a website were mentioned, I assume for us, the public, to see the documents for ourselves. |
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Bangalore Traffic - problems & solutions murali772 - 20-DEC-2008
Presentations linked here were made by Mr Dasrathi (CEO of Cadem, Bangalore, and a member of Hasiru Usiru), who, even with being in his mid-forties, uses a bicycle for over 75% of the trips he makes, including client visits. He has stated that anyone may use these presentations in any way - view online, download, distribute, put them in blogs, whatever, as long as the message spreads. |
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Use of Public Transport picks up in the US murali772 - 10-DEC-2008
Americans rode subways, buses and commuter railroads in record numbers in the third quarter of this year, even as gas prices dropped and unemployment rose. |
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Palace Property sold for Rs 6,000 cr? murali772 - 8-DEC-2008
Wodeyar has sold prime land in Palace Grounds to a city-based developer. Many high profile realtors were interested in the deal. But in the end leading developer Dayanand Pai struck the deal. It is disputed land but already been sold for Rs6,000 crore. |
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The automobile industry burden murali772 - 20-NOV-2008
The U.S. auto giants General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are more a fine example of how things work in the age of unbridled corporate power. Of how the collapse of restraint on that power must fracture economy and society. They also set the very standards that the Indian elite lusts to emulate. |
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murali772 - 8-NOV-2008
Well, that recession has, since then, blown up in our faces as companies, banks collapse and governments rush with billions of dollars to their rescue. And myopia seems a global malaise. What should astound us is not the crisis, nor its scale or its devastation, but the response of our financial and political managers. |
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Petition against road widening shas3n - 17-OCT-2008Campaign Appeal: Endorse Petition to High Court Appointed Committee to review Bangalore Mega Road Widening Project http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nammaraste Dear All, |
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Removing Cars to Create Public Space murali772 - 6-OCT-2008
Cars dominate cities, especially in America. But as many cities in other countries have found, removing cars can turn busy streets into lively public places. Now the U.S. is starting to catch on. |
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Humanised streets - a Beijing initiative! murali772 - 16-SEP-2008
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's initiation of a national car-free day on Sept. 22 is of significance to both the country's urban development and environmental protection. |