Healthy Bangaloreans might go extinct by 2020

idontspam - 26-NOV-2008

 MYSORE: Bangalore will not have any healthy people left in 15 years if the government fails to arrest soaring pollution levels in both urban and rural levels. This grim warning came from Vision Group 2020, a panel comprising of eminent personalities from the state, constituted for making Karnataka a developed state.

Will those days ever come back

asj - 15-OCT-2008

An old friend from Girgaum (densly populated South Mumbai) found me on the web. I left Girgaum in 1991.
 
But his e-mail or part of it is worth a ponder - 
 

Why do you own a car?

cvikash - 30-JUL-2008

Why do you own a car?

cvikash - 30-JUL-2008

* I love my car. I don’t care what it costs me or to the society. * I like that others love my car. I will switch to an alternative, that secures my identity and social status. * TINA – There is No (Practical) Alternative. I will switch the day an alternative is available. * I don't own a car and don't intend to.

A disaster awaiting Bengaluru

mcadambi - 23-JUL-2008

1000 of these disasters will be sold per day and imagine the untold destruction they will cause in Bengaluru!

http://www.livemint.com/2008/07/22000207/Tata-needs-to-sell-30000-Nano.html 

Vehicle Ownership Restrictions : Singapore Style

mcadambi - 11-JUN-2008

Have a look at how Singapore manages it's traffic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_Entitlement

We could have a similar, or atleast a modified system like the one above.

Deadly roads of India: BBC report

mcadambi - 9-JUN-2008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7431714.stm

"There are now more road deaths in India than anywhere else in the world - a man-made epidemic according to a government committee.

In 2006 - the latest year for which figures are available - more than 100,000 people died, and an estimated 2,000,000 were seriously injured."

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Trucks, buses and autos without tail lights

pbanavara - 7-APR-2008

A simple tail light can save thousands of mishaps that occur on highways and even on city roads. Yet, most of the transport oriented vehicles including BBMP buses, trucks and autos have no tail lights. It's a horrid sore scene to see the lack of tail lights on almost all of these vehicles. They are a hazard mostly on high speed zones - such as ORR and highways. Obviously 'high speed' is a relative term used in comparison with city roads.