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ABIDe pins high hopes on new reforms blueprint for Bengaluru vaishvittal - 11-FEB-2010
The chief minister's ABIDe task force released Plan Bengaluru 2020, calling it a 'dynamic document'. Alas, all this with no city council yet. Read more on Citizen Matters |
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And more skywalks are announced s_yajaman - 10-FEB-2010
BBMP yet again announces more skywalks. This seems to be in addition to the 50 or 60 that have not seen the light of day. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/51790/skywalk-ease-over-busy-bangalore.html |
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BBMP outsources property survey task to an NGO, for Yelahanka zone vaishvittal - 2-FEB-2010
With no formal announcement in the media, BBMP outsources property survey project to an NGO for parts of North Bangalore including Yelahanka, Vidyaranyapura; residents asked to cooperate. Kempe Gowda ward. Chowdeshwari ward. Atturu. Yelahanka Satellite town. Jakkur. Thanisandra. Byatarayanapura. Kodigehalli. Vidyaranyapura. Dodda Bommasandra. Kuvempu Nagar. |
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Getting a khata without paying any "service fee" s_yajaman - 2-FEB-2010
Been a while since I posted anything - so here goes. This is a small story of how we in one apartment complex have gotten our khatas without paying any bribe. For good reasons, I will not disclose the name of our apartment. Some of you know where I live and request you not to disclose it inadvertently. It will cause needless problems. |
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idontspam - 31-JAN-2010
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A debate on India’s changing political landscape psaram42 - 30-JAN-2010
The debate was held at the Mount Carmel College basement auditorium on Friday the 29th Jan 2010, between 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening. This debate was organized by Janaagraha in collaboration with the Bangalore International center. |
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Training for BBMP Corporate aspirants held on 27 Jan 2010 by Urban Research Center psaram42 - 28-JAN-2010
The Urban Research Center was founded by about 8 people and duly registered as a society on 31st Jan 2004. The main purpose of the center is supposed to be towards achieving good responsible governance both in Urban and rural context. It is stated briefly as |
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Transportation Infrastructure - wasted expenditure and mess Arun - 23-JAN-2010
Where would underpasses, flyovers and then elevated flyovers leave us? 880 crores for 9.5 kms, almost a similar amount for Jalahalli elevated flyover, a third one for the BIAL to cost 680 crores as on date apart from several hundred crores spent in satiating similar needs in various wards of the city. What is the kind of infrastructural mess that is being created and touted as great w |
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Koramangla Smartvote: Check your name on the voters list shekhar_mittal - 19-JAN-2010
Folks at Koramangla Smartvote have come up with a very cool way of checking out your name in the voters list. If you want to check your name on the voter list try it out here http://smartvote.in/voterlist/viewvoters.php |
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BBMP, state government out of sync over road-widening vaishvittal - 14-JAN-2010
Confusion continues to loom over the status of road widening projects in Bengaluru. Recent media reports suggested that all road widening projects in the city were put on hold, after a statement made by Transport Minister R Ashoka. The Minister later backtracked saying that work on only the Mysore Road-Central Silk Board corridor will be stalled. |