Posts : Safety

First hearing in the High Court - June 3

silkboard - 19-MAY-2013

Just marking the date. June 3. First hearing in the High Court on this PIL.

We are not sure how many people can actually join in at the court. Need to check with the lawyer if 10-12 of us can join in. But if you are interested to attend, please do leave a comment here. One of us will respond on how many can come.

Watch this post for more details on this first hearing.

'High court notice to government on Pedestrian Safety'

silkboard - 29-APR-2013

From the Hindu - 'HC Notice to State ... pedestrian safety'

Waiting for disasters?

srinidhi - 8-APR-2013

Mumbai has been in news recently for the deadly residential building collapse which has killed about 75 people and left many young babies/kids homeless!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22058457

Dec-16 as Nirbhaya/ Damini (rather, the actual name) Raakhee day

murali772 - 2-JAN-2013

The Delhi gang-rape case has brought to the fore the need for fast-tracking of not just the courts, but all of the following:

1) Professionalisation of preparation and maintenance of voters' lists:

Hazardous installations

murali772 - 10-DEC-2011

This picture was taken on the footpath opposite Aadishwar showroom on the intermediate ring road (some 50M before the start of the Domlur fly-over ramp - approaching from Koramangala side). While such instances are not isolated across the city, what I found unique about this particular installation was its cross-arm covering almost the entire width of the footpath.

Namma Metro Turning Radius - A test train brushed against steel railings of viaduct

Vasanth - 16-APR-2011

Namma Metro was supposed to be start by Ugadi, but it got postponed. Stations construction was told as the reason. But, CRS had not approved Namma Metro due to the small turning radius of two curves in Reach 1 one near NGEF and another near Ulsoor. Deccan Chronicle reported this and tracking from there, while other leading news papers have not reported anything about this.

Following Driving Discipline

ranga - 26-JAN-2011

This may sound as  Repetition, but it is the way people are in Bangalore. Most of the vehicles today either it is Two Wheeler / Four Wheeler or the public transport BMTC / Auto's don't follow lane discipline.

'pEtE maatu' panel discussion: "Is Bengaluru women-friendly?" on Sat 18 Dec, 4 pm

murali772 - 16-DEC-2010

Dear Bangalorean women and supportive spouses/family members,

Disciplined Driver's Club

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 29-NOV-2010

This is the project group to design and run a campaign wherein participants would take a pledge to be disciplined drivers, and then display a specially designed vehicle sticker to show and spread the message. Join this project if you want to help do the work to promote this campaign, like:

Agara Flyover - Inauspicious start :-(

ashok_n - 11-NOV-2010

Yesterday the Iblur --> Silkboard section of the Agara flyover was "soft-launched". Still some work (painting, lane-marking, lighting etc) remains.