HOT TOPICS
SPOTLIGHT AGENCIES
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BMTC-RTI Meeting Minutes and updates Rithesh - 22-MAR-2009
Meeting minutes - March 22, 2009 Participants - manjari, ritesh, kbsyed61 Points of dicussion:
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Bangalore pedestrianization projects das - 27-APR-2009
Project to push for pedestrianization of some popular stretches of roads in shopping districts of Bengaluru. |
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murali772 - 27-APR-2009
There is much talk about the urban middle class’s apathy and how they intentionally stayed away from the polling booths despite initiatives like Lead India and Jaago Re. But, actually, problem isn’t voters’ apathy - it's the flawed electoral system. |
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What is the reason for pathetic voting % in Bangalore south? E.R. Ramachandran - 27-APR-2009
What is the reason for abysmal voting pattern in Bangalore which must be rated from 'poor' to 'terrible'. Despite tremendous efforts on creating awareness on 'Need to vote' in both electronic and Print media, voters especially the urban middle and upper middle class , who complain' maximum 'on any issue ,have stayed away from exercising their right to vote. |
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A dangerous Strain of corruption psaram42 - 26-APR-2009
Peenya in Bangalore is a renowned Industrial area of the IT city. Being an Industrial area processing of polluting Industrial wastes is a crucial issue. There are set standards for classifying any industry’s pollution factor in three zones A, B, C etc, in decreasing order of polution. |
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Planning numbers - don't take them at face value das - 26-APR-2009
The true costs of a project (economic, environmental, whatever) are never evident till the project is done. There is a beautiful (and very well known) study on the issue. Some excerpts from it : |
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Save 1,800 trees in Lalbagh from Bangalore Metro - Petition indian - 25-APR-2009
On 16 March 2009, the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka issued a direction to all agencies involved in management and implementation of urban projects that they would "strictly follow" the provisions of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act and Karnataka Preservation of Trees Act (in WP No. 7107/2008, Environment Support and ors., vs State of Karnataka). |
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stpalli - 25-APR-2009
The irony of the whole Metro-Nanda Road issue is this paragraph that is proudly displayed on the Bangalore Metro website. (http://www.bmrc.co.in/) |
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Murphy’s Law and Public outcry over Missing names in the electoral Lists psaram42 - 25-APR-2009
Murphy's law is an |
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Sign online petition to save Lalbagh from Metro Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 25-APR-2009
Dear all For your kind information and necessary action from - www.hasiruusiru.org Pictures of the protests are on flickr: [flickr-photoset:id=72157616949941876,size=m] |