Elevated 'through' corridor concept - a "plus" inside Outer Ring Road

silkboard - 8-FEB-2012

Talking of vehicle movements, one need not addressed very well yet inside Bangalore city is separation of long-distance movements with local movements. One way this might be getting done today for goods movement  is by routing their city entry from the point nearest to destination on Outer Ring Road.

KR Market collateral or mortgage?!

srinidhi - 2-FEB-2012

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has offerred the KR Market as collateral to the Rs 500-crore loan it ha

Another wide footpath sacrificed

murali772 - 20-JAN-2012

These pictures are of the 5th cross, Vth block, Koramangala, the one-way road leading up to the Canara Bank junction. The road has over the years become almost totally commercial, with any number of eateries, shops and what have you, setting up there, making it an almost one-stop destination for all kinds of products and services for a large section of the Koramangala population.

Why this colour (non)-vary, BMTC?

murali772 - 18-JAN-2012

I am reproducing below a letter a friend had mailed to BMTC MD (bmtcmd@gmail.com):

An aborted Chain snatching incident

psaram42 - 10-JAN-2012

The chain snatching incidences are on the increase for quite some time now. Our neighbor lady had lost her gold chain to an auto rickshaw driver a few years back, during her early morning walk. Similar incidences are on the increase which has made Bangalore police to sit up and take note. Beat police on motor bikes are a common sight, during our early morning walk.

Defacing of public spaces

murali772 - 5-JAN-2012

Plastics recycling collection centers in Bangalore

psaram42 - 29-DEC-2011

Delhi Power Distribution privatisation - a model for all cities to follow?

murali772 - 24-DEC-2011

Linked here is a ppt presentation on the transformation of the Delhi power supply scenario, at least in those parts coming under Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), over the 8 years since the taking over from the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB). The information was obtained from TPDDL themselves.

Traffic Advisory Committee

murali772 - 20-DEC-2011

The new Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Dr Saleem, IPS, has instituted a Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC), comprising traffic 'experts' from across the city, which incidentally includes three PRAJA members - Pranav, Sathya, and myself - to interact with the traffic police at the highest level on a monthly basis, with a view to finding solutions for the city&

Socio-Economic Challenges of smart cities in India IISc meet

psaram42 - 10-DEC-2011

The Seminar was attended by five Praja 1)Venu, 2)PSA, 3)Pathy, 4)Satya and 5)Pranav. A smart Agenda and Speaker Profiles were available along with a nice bag given to each of the delegates.

Most of the talk went overboard for me. The following were exceptions

1.      Mr. Suresh Heblikar,