Urban Disaster/Risk Management Workshop, ESG

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 4-DEC-2009

Environment Support Group  invites your participation in a workshop on Fundamentals of Reducing Risk and Managing Urban Disasters

Praja in Sulekha.com

psaram42 - 1-DEC-2009

 praja.in is ranked number 198658 in the world according to the Alexa Traffic Rank.

Street topography

idontspam - 1-DEC-2009

 Here is a typical 2 lane street residential street, not too dissimilar from the ones we have in Bangalore. Notice the following

1. Pedestrian refuge even on a narrow street

2. Pedestrian crossings & frequency (second one at the top of the turn)

3. Bus stand and visible indicators for the same

Citizen participation in policies

idontspam - 1-DEC-2009

(The mayor) told officials and residents of his city that "it's not that complex. We can be doing a lot more of this and in a quicker way if you adopt and embrace this proposal.We are counting on all of you. If we're successful here...if the community all agrees that this works...

LED street lights are here!

blrsri - 1-DEC-2009

 The infamous richmond road flyover is always blamed for everything...First signal-on-flyover in the world..etc

But these days its in the news for good reasons..here you can see one of the first implementations of the LED streetlighting..

Proposal: Green Score system for KSPCB/BBMP

silkboard - 29-NOV-2009

Scaling up infrastructure and managing expectations of the greens isn't an easy job. A protest worthy job here and a green initiative there, one would expect to see some balance, and even better a system to quantify such balance. What if a body (BBMP or KSPCB) was to keep track of "green score" lost or scored on every project running in the city?

Protest against ID cards for entry into public parks

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 28-NOV-2009

To protest such abhorrent acts of exclusion, the Environmental Support Group (ESG) have organised a protest on

Monday, 30th November 2009, 4 pm to 6 pm at Queens Statue, Cubbon Park, M. G. Road. 

We urge you to join us in large numbers in this very critical struggle against encroachment of the Fundamental Rights to Access Public Spaces.

Helpless Desk - hospitals

idontspam - 28-NOV-2009

Refer Indian Express story - Helpless Desk

Here is a classic case of good intentions wrongly implemented.

The intention

SmartVote - Door-to-door campaigning in Koramangala 3rd Block

deepakar - 28-NOV-2009

Door to door campaigning is planned for the Koramangala SmartVotes campaign (see details here http://praja.in/en/blog/deepakar/2009/11/27/koramangala-smartvotes-calling-volunteers).

Meeting venue: Koramangala 12th Main , 3rd Block , BBMP Park

Time: 8.30 am and should be finished before lunch .

Incase you require any further information , please call :

Koramangala SmartVotes - Calling on volunteers

deepakar - 28-NOV-2009

Koramangala SmartVotes is a campaign to elect a true citizen's representative in the upcoming BBMP elections

The Process