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Jigani Bommasandra link road-Desperately seeking attention!!! Manideepa - 18-FEB-2010
For a city thats industrially growing by leaps and bounds, one of the blossoming hubs of development connected by the Jigani Bommasandra Link Road (that connects Hosur Road to Bommasandra/Jigani/Anekal/Bannerghatta Road) lies in a sad state of neglect. Several top industries, viz. Biocon, HCL, GSK, Sigma, etc. have set up their large units on this road. |
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Solution for a decentralized Municipal Waste Management - How & Why? nagrajprabhu - 18-FEB-2010
What can we do about managing solid waste in tier I, II, III cities of India? I am working on a rotating composter which can be used to manage waste locally (decentralized way). I need some help with respect to mechanical engineering to improve the composter efficiency. Does anyone in the group know about any fudning by Govt or other grants for such a project? |
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Public meeting with BDA on War Memorial Rithesh - 18-FEB-2010
Posting on behalf of Vinay Srinivasa (Hasiru Husiru) More info on the proposed War Memorial in this post - http://www.praja.in/en/blog/prajasevaka/2010/01/09/war-memorial-some-facts-and-questions |
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State Election Commission orders voter roll checking after citizens detect goof up vaishvittal - 17-FEB-2010
The English language voter rolls for several polling booths were found to be complete replications of entries from other booths, Smart Vote found out. Read more on Citizen Matters http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1782-voters-list-goof-up-detected-by-smart-vote |
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Discussions on “New Age Political Movements in India” psaram42 - 17-FEB-2010
The meeting was held at 4th floor, Auditorium, St Josephs College of Commerce, 163, Brigade Road, Bangalore, on Monday February 15, 2010 between 5:30 – 7:30PM. It was attended by myself and pathy. |
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Tata magic or winger for last mile connectivity vinod_shankar - 16-FEB-2010
I'm proposing a few options for last mile connectivity. If BMTC cannot operate shuttle service, then it makes sense for BMTC to buy the vehicles and ask private players to operate on designated route and frequency. This is model followed by delhi metro to run its feeder buses. BMTC needs to innovate in this space try a few models to see if it makes sense. Since BMT |
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EC/ SEC - symbol of incompetence, incapacity, apathy, lack of accountability, all put together murali772 - 16-FEB-2010
During the Koramangala SmartVote exercise, this is what the members chanced upon "We introduced the software mainly to enable voters to start an easy search for their names on the voter lists online. However, in the process, we found that a number of names were exactly replicated. |
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srinidhi - 16-FEB-2010
JnNurm funds are being used and announcements being made by BMTC about launching new busses on Blr roads..everything is being done in a hurry.. They are saying about 200 of Marcopolo's will be ordered..are they worth it? They cost 20-30% less than the Volvo's but have been found lacking in refinements which are basic at that cost! 1. The engines are way too noisy...even on normal roads..the bus struggles to start and passengers in the bus can hear the loud engine..even people in the traffic arround the bus can hear the loud noise! 2. The AC is not efficient..there are reports of passengers sweating inside the bus! 3.The automatic doors have issues and transmission too With all the issues, is it really worth going for these busses.. On the other hand KSRTC low floor bus design has been found commendable by the centre http://www.deccanherald.com/content/52727/centre-commends-ksrtc-bus-design.html Should we just go for such busses than the Marcopolos? |
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murali772 - 16-FEB-2010
Key-note address by: Dr. A. Ravindra, IAS (Retd.), Urban Advisor to CM, GoK, Former Chief Secretary, GoK |
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BMTC Daily Pass - M/F Significance. Bheema.Upadhyaya - 16-FEB-2010
I was just wondering what is the significance of marking M/F (Male/Female) in daily passes. Does this help BMTC/public in any way or just an overhead to conductor to mark M/F? Today I have seen an incident conductor did not mark it properly and there was a big fight. Another day I have seen a conductor asked a lady to get down from the bus , as her pass was not marked clearly as female pass. |