Regarding Road Widening Status from GM Palya to Vignannagar

archana viswanath - 22-OCT-2009

Few months back the road widening activity started from GM palya to Vignan Nagar. The clearing and electric poles havebeen replaced but the remaining work is left as it is. Travelling on the road has become a major hassel specially for pregnant woman and people with back pains.

NEED HELP : Regarding nuisance to residents in DOMLUR

deepas345 - 22-OCT-2009

My husband and I are residents of Domlur 4th main. There is some drainage work going on since one month at the start of Domlur 4th main. This makes entry into 4th main really difficult. Also there is no sign board nor instructiions on which road to take to come inside. Secondly the Domlur club has a nuisance value in terms of all members parking cars in the road outside.

Idea for Bus day event - bus only corridors?

manjari - 22-OCT-2009

For the bus day, one of the things in discussion is to block a few corridors and allow only buses. Does anyone have any idea which corridors can be used? Also there should be a possible diversion for the cars and auto etc to go.

It would be very helpful if it can be mapped on a google map.

No Volvo bus services for Mathikere

sprint_raj - 21-OCT-2009

Introduction of Vajra services in Bangalore has been one of phenomenal step taken by BMTC. It has really helped lot of people especially women to travel with ease in Bangalore. BMTC has introduced lot of Volvo buses with appropriate frequencies for most of the areas in Bangalore. Its obviously an elcome step.

Ideas for Bus Day - Online Praja Meeting!

kbsyed61 - 20-OCT-2009

It will be a ONLINE Skype Meeting.

Purpose would be to brainstorm ideas for Bus daya event. Please leave a comment here if you are interested in the discussions.

It is open for all. All you need is Skype Account and a Headset/Mrciphone set.

250+ new bus shelters from BBMP

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Newspapers may have covered this already, but BBMP is redoing 250+ bus shelters for BMTC in the city. Several tenders were floated this month asking for:

"REMOVING EXISTING BUS SHELTER AND DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW TYPE BUS SHELTER WITH KIOSK AGAINST COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT RIGHTS ON DBOOT BASIS"

Mobilicity - Review meeting with CISTUP

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Next meeting with CISTUP, at IISc. Open only to organizing members/volunteers of Mobilicity. Leaving note on website to share progress with Praja members as we get closer to the d-day.

Will Green Bonus save the forests around Gundia?

deepakar - 19-OCT-2009

The environment ministry has declared a reward system called "Green Bonus" as an incentive for states to protect and increase their green cover. The details of this scheme are not out yet but it sure sounds interesting. I do hope that this comes out as early as possible.

Big10 Corridor improvement - good intentions

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Some good intentioned work seems to have been kicked off on the Big10 corridor this side of the city. From what I can see, the HAL Airport Road, Varthur Road Big10 corridor is seeing some upgrades towards:

BMTC best, BDA worst

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Sorry for that catchy headline there. But we, a bunch of nobodies, group of mostly no-namers, have tried reaching out to various local bodies in Bangalore over past year for few things here and there. We have also seen and heard about other citizen's (may or may not be Praja members) attempts at connecting with city's local bodies.