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Next Bus Day - new things to do and try silkboard - 16-FEB-2010
Its time for next Bus Day, and we assume BMTC is game to convert this to a monthly tradition. With time, the Bus Day should become: |
Last mile connectivity – panacea for most PT problems ashfaq syed - 15-FEB-2010
The results of the recently concluded praja survey to find why people don’t use PT, shows that the last mile connectivity is the issue for only 10% of the people. I was surprised and so did so many praja members commenting on the survey results. Well, once I analyzed the comments, I realized that it is not 10% but, it is actually more than 60% and people di |
idontspam - 15-FEB-2010
The travelling time between Chennai and Bangalore by road could get shorter with the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka evaluating possibilities of reducing distance between the two cities to about 250km from the present 350km, with plans also afoot to promote this route as an industrial and m |
Experience of A Visit to Big Bazaar @ Malleswaram ranga - 14-FEB-2010
Big Bazaar has opened its shop at the old geethanjali theatre complex.....even tough is good for shopping and shopping experience for the malleswaram residents, it is come with lots of nightmare to the public. Few of them i noticed with one visit this weekend are :- |
CAG is auditing Water Pollution - any lake to suggest? silkboard - 14-FEB-2010
By the way guys, saw ads in papers saying that CAG is conducting a performance audit on the subject of Water Pollution and that if we want to draw attention of CAG to any particular instance of water pollution, we can reach them at their email/fax. See details in the ad image below. |
idontspam - 13-FEB-2010
Winter Olympics host, Vancouver, ranked world's most liveable city |
Commuter Rail - Will it ever materialize ? Naveen - 13-FEB-2010
Most of us are aware that the CTTP-2007 report had recommended a Commuter /Sub-urban rail system for the city, totalling 204.0km (this includes city & suburban services upto Tumkur, Hosur & Ramanagaram). A few sub-urban trains are in operation & are being run by Southwestern railways (SWR), but the system is not of much help to urban commuters. |
New Age Political Movement in India psaram42 - 13-FEB-2010
Monday February 15, 2010 5:30 – 7:30PM 4th floor, Auditorium, St Josephs College of Commerce, 163, Brigade Road, Bangalore. |
Naveen - 13-FEB-2010
Silkboard (Pranav), Vinod, Sri, Mr Ananthram, Mr Pathy, Srivatsava, Raghunandana, myself & few others met at Freedom park earlier toady - wish many others could have made it too (apologies to those that did attend, but whose names I have missed out). Amongst various discussions, it was emphasized that priority was needed for meetings with BMTC & BMRCL to discuss issues. |
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 |