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BBMP elections - People's manifesto - Mobility murali772 - 6-JAN-2010
A group of active citizens (via HU email list) has come forward to put up what they are calling the "Jana Pranalike" or "People's Manifesto" to be placed before the candidates/ parties contesting the forth-coming BBMP elections. |
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For ward 151 (Koramangala): Names on Voter List shekhar_mittal - 27-DEC-2009
Smartvote Koramangla guys have digitised the voter list for ward 151 and come up with this:http://www.smartvote.in/koramangala/voterdata/pme/vlist.php |
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Koramangla Smartvote Announcement shekhar_mittal - 27-DEC-2009
Are you disheartened from our current democratic process? Do you want to see a change? |
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Koramangla Smartvote Presentation shekhar_mittal - 27-DEC-2009
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shekhar_mittal - 27-DEC-2009
What is BBMP? |
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shekhar_mittal - 27-DEC-2009
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Reconstitution of land and property - new alternative to TDR murali772 - 24-DEC-2009
In what is now loud thinking, BDA, BBMP and urban-affairs officials are proposing a new scheme in town planning whereby there will be ‘reconstitution of land and property’ instead of acquisition. |
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Public Works Coordination Agreement vaishvittal - 23-DEC-2009
New life for works coordination; nascent effort underwayIt’s a first for Bengaluru. Stung by criticism, local authorities and the traffic police claim they will now coordinate select public works using a simple one-page agreement. |
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murali772 - 23-DEC-2009
Contradictory views and ambiguity shroud many developmental projects. While the agencies and stakeholders continue to dream big, at the end of the day, the projects seem to be just a pipedream. Plans have been made for many multi-storeyed parking plazas and at least 100 on-street parking lots, but the parking policy for the city is itself not clear. |
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sanjayv - 20-DEC-2009
There was a report in the Hindu today that a book on guidelines for construction and maintenance of city roads was released yesterday. The author is a retired chief engineer of the PWD, Sri K. N. Shivashankara Rao. This will be an excellent book to get a copy of and review. Is geometrical design covered? Are pedestrian facilities covered? How about utilities? |