No trees planted on ORR

parisarapremi - 22-JUN-2009

The ORR between Sarjapur Road and K.R Puram bridge and then on between K.R Puram to Nagawara is devoid of trees. I see that in some small stretches, there is an attempt to plant some trees, but in general these stretches are some of the worst when it comes to avenue planting.

Minister asks KSPCB to withdraw closure notices on served on govt hospitals

murali772 - 22-JUN-2009

Medical Education Minister Ramachandre Gowda has said that the government would direct the beleaguered Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to withdraw the closure notice slapped by it on nine government hospitals for lack of permanent effluent treatment plants (ETPs).

What makes HSRL so attractive?!

blrsri - 22-JUN-2009

 "After several bureaucratic hitches, the Rs 5,767-crore project has gathered steam. The 34-km high-speed rail link will start from MG Road, run along the right side of National Highway up to BIA. "

The HSRL has got the Viability Gap Funding(VGF) from the Centre..

Sanitary Drainage System the bane of Bangalore Lakes

psaram42 - 21-JUN-2009

 The Sanitary Drainage System in a Mega city like Bombay, and our own Bangalore for an instance, is a source of persistent annoyance leading to exasperation.

Half hearted storm water drain cleaning in Bellandur ?

minus43 - 20-JUN-2009

Recently the BBMP has taken up storm water drain cleaning in preparation for the monsoon. However it seems like they are going a half hearted job. A strech of drain has been cleaned on Bellandur Outer Ring Road and the silt has been left right besides the drain. Over the next week we will track to see if BBMP clears up the dumped silt.

Save Race Course Campaign

Suresh Bangalore - 20-JUN-2009

Dear All,

As you are aware that the government is keen on shiftng the Bangalore Turf Club from its present location.
Though this move is welcome, there seems to be an ulterior motive for this move, because the government
plans to convert this huge space into concrete jungle.

Monthly Praja meet 20 June 2009

psaram42 - 20-JUN-2009

The meeting at Ravi_D’s office at Cunningham Rd was well attended by 15+ members including a couple of new Praja members.

It was good to see Pranav after his well deserved Holiday

He briefed us about a concrete road map for taking Praja forward. In a nut shell it is

Bangalore - Water

sanjayv - 19-JUN-2009

This is a book to cover various aspects of water in Bangalore.  This will be populated slowly. The goal is to cover the following aspects.

Race Course Shifting-CM stresses Asia's tallest monstro-city bldg.

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 19-JUN-2009

Race Course is again in the news

- SHIFT elsewhere-Till such time race in Mysore says CM,

-  No says horse lovers,

-  Yes says CM for Asia's tallest building,

-  No says environmentalists and citizens.

Integrated BMTC Volvo routes map

kaundinya - 19-JUN-2009

BMTC has approximately 25 volvo routes. An integrated map over the Bangalore city map would be useful. Or even a plain line-sketch drawing of all these integrated routes would be helpful to plan the commute. Is there any such map available on line? The website btis.in has stopped giving information (tracking) on volvo busses.