New reforms to be implemented(BMTC)

shashi kumar y - 4-FEB-2011

Many have already posted about this topic in a different way so as to how make BMTC effective in terms of providing service.

Following are my views mainly in terms of operational:

CRS Campaign - Email and Letters to MPs

kbsyed61 - 3-FEB-2011

Having come this far in the pursuit of camaigning for 'Namma Railu', I have started a 'Email & Letter' campaign to all the MPs from Karnataka specially who belongs to the CRS jurisdication and those who can make things happen.

'Mysore too will get a Bus Day'

vlnarayan - 2-FEB-2011

On the first anniversary of the launch of Bus Day in Bangalore, Mysore will start a similar Bus Day service.

CRS meeting with RS DyChmn Rahman Khan on 29th Jan

idontspam - 30-JAN-2011

Myself, Naveen & Sanjeev met with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Shri Rahman Khan. The meeting was arranged by Shri Maqbool Siraj via Syed. He grasped the concept & subject very well since he has been talking about similar initiatives for a long time. He also understood the need very well and we didn't have to convince him on the concept at all.

Amenities at City stations - What is wrong with SWR?

GNT - 30-JAN-2011

I am not an expert in the Indian Railways. Therefore, if my rant is in the wrong direction, I would really appreciate if someone can put me in my place.

Meeting with Tumkur MP G S Basavaraj on 26th for Commuter Rail

Sanjeev - 27-JAN-2011

After going thru' the Demands of Tumkur MP Mr G S Basavaraj, last week for Rail Budget 2011, decided to approach him for the Commuter Rail as Tumkur and Bangalore Railway Track is already double except electrified.

Rail Connectivity to BIAL

Naveen - 26-JAN-2011

Hi,

The planned gauge conversion of the existing Kolar-Chikballapur line appears meaningless & expensive since one wonders how useful it would be. How many trains will actually be run ? How many people will eventually travel between these two towns ?

Why CRS Makes Sense? Socio-Economic Benefits Analysis!

kbsyed61 - 20-JAN-2011

All public utility projects are weighed against the socio-economic benefits that it brings in. Namma Railu - Bengaluru Commuter Rail Service is no exception to that rule.  World over it is acknowledge that investment in public transport system and infrastructure is always a PROFITABLE venture.

The Kochi connection

murali772 - 20-JAN-2011

I was in Kochi on Monday, the 17th Jan. After I finished the personal work that I had gone there for, I called up Mr Vivek Mathai of Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), the people who had organised the Bus Day in Kochi on Dec 18th. Between us, we fixed up to meet next morning at 10 AM in their office.

Tumkur MP demanding hourly train to Bangalore!

Sanjeev - 18-JAN-2011

In a memorandum to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mr. Basavaraj demanded that  .... He sought allocation of more funds to take up electrification of a track between Yeshwanthapur and Tumkur. ... In the memorandum, he sought trains between Tumkur and Bangalore city every hour and between Tiptur and Tumkur.