Highways and Ribbon Development

asj - 30-JAN-2009

[Moved out of the Karnataka Roads PPP post] Without legislation that stops ribbon development, every new highway and bypass road (meant to by pass the townships) will be engulfed with surrounding development.

Even Mumbai-Pune expressway has not been spared from the above and towards the Pune end, we have numerous junctions sprouting and malls along highway which have driveways opening straight on to the highway!! Wakad in Pune has a Shoppers Stop and several more Corporates on the highway.

If you look at Western stats - country roads are most dangerous and Freeways / Motorways are most safe - because they are free of cycles, pedestrians and junctions. But in India, a highway can have have everything on it - from pedestrians, bullock carts, cycles, rickshaws and multitude of junctions - lots of elements trying to go across and perpendicualr to faster vehicles on the main carriage way. All this = 80% fatalities on Highway as reported above.

Amongst these, who is best placed to improve my local area?

silkboard - 26-JAN-2009

* Councillor * MLA * MP

The festivity over in Belgaum

belgaumblog - 25-JAN-2009

 Should I say the party (festivity) is over or at last it’s over, leave it to you?

Peripheral Ring Road needed immediately

kizarmd786 - 25-JAN-2009

Dear Prajayists, I wonder what happened to the Peripheral Ring Road Phase-1 in Bangalore connecting Hosur Road-Old Madras Road-Bellary Road-Tumkur Road. In the month of June 2008 the Govt had sanctioned an amount of Rs. 3000 crores for laying of this road by BDA. Land Acquisition process is over and objections were minimal thanks to the TDR facility offered by the BDA in the Master Plan 2015.

Pensioner's paradise - no more....

Ravi_D - 22-JAN-2009

Petty thieves work the nights and cart off anything they can find outside our locked doors. Gangsters storm our homes in broad day light. And now you see killing of innocent civilians, day AND night. Today’s DH counted 16 reported murders in 20 days.

What has become of the law and order situation in our city? Where are we heading?

Really, its something else - migration

nijavaada - 13-JAN-2009

[Forked off from a comment on this "road crossing" post. {blr_editor}]

Wikimapia Coordinates out of the city!

Nitinjhanwar - 12-JAN-2009

I am posting this in the Blog entry as I would like to bring to everybody's knowledge this anomaly. Although the topic may not warrant but the consequences are important,therefore I request the co-ordinator to keep this post in the Blog category.

I have attached two .pdf files.

Metro construction and safety

idontspam - 11-JAN-2009

Really concerned how many more irresponsible accidents are going to happen before this project is completed. I get the feeling this project is being run like a govt housing construction for the EWS.

Traffic Policeman menace in bangalore

ramasada - 30-DEC-2008

I feel the Traffic Police in Bangalore in name of Traffic Management is turning into a Traffic Police Menace. I have seen them trying to catch the two wheelers all the time and taking bribe from them. Is there any mechanism available to stop this. Further I also see them stopping the Trucks and taking money from them.

BBMP's negligence - example from Saraswathi Nagar (Image196.jpg)

admin123 - 28-DEC-2008

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