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BMTC and monopoly - opening up Local Bus Transport in Bangalore

silkboard - 1-NOV-2010

BMTC has monopoly in operating road based public transport services in Bangalore. No-one is allowed to operate buses to carry general public in Bangalore. Special and closed situations like Private companies shuttling their employees, and schools hauling in their students are the only exceptions to this monopoly.

BMTC and monopoly - opening up Local Bus Transport in Bangalore

silkboard - 1-NOV-2010

BMTC has monopoly in operating road based public transport services in Bangalore. No-one is allowed to operate buses to carry general public in Bangalore. Special and closed situations like Private companies shuttling their employees, and schools hauling in their students are the only exceptions to this monopoly.

Making Public Transport the First Choice

murali772 - 27-OCT-2010

That was the title of the Nobel Memorial Seminar convened by 'Volvo Buses', yesterday (26th Oct) at the Leela, Bangalore.

Delhi's bus privatization experiment

Naveen - 24-SEP-2010

Excerpts from a 2007 paper about details of Delhi's city bus privatization process is reproduced below :

Peoples' Movements today - Tasks and Challenges ahead- 27 Apr

vinay_sreenivasa - 26-APR-2010

Peoples' Solidarity Concerns

Bangalore

We are happy to inform you that many representatives of peoples'
movements from various struggles such as anti- SEZ, anti-mining, anti-
water privatization, anti-Posco, Fish workers struggles, adivasi
struggles are arriving in Bangalore for a political convention. We
felt that this would be a good occasion for the like-minded people of
Bangalore to meet and discuss with at least some of them on the some
of the grave issues around all of us. It is also important to think
about how we react to many of these struggles around us.

We at People’s Solidarity Concerns therefore invite you to attend a
Public Meeting to hear these leaders on the topic "Peoples' Movements
today - Tasks and Challenges ahead".  Please do come and let us
discuss the possibilities and alternatives for the future.

Date: 27th of April 2010

Time: 5pm

Venue: Bangalore University Senate Hall, (City Campus) Near K R
Circle, Bangalore.


Speakers:

Power supply - will Bangalore have choice, like Mumbai

silkboard - 29-OCT-2009

How interesting is this news report Mumbai!? Is this an example of consumer benefitting from having choice? Worth wondering if Bengaluru will ever have choices like these?

India's power backup bill Rs 130,000 cr a year

murali772 - 26-AUG-2009

It’s not just suffering the blackouts. The cumulative cost of nationwide power outages is a staggering Rs 1,00,000 crore.

City buses and Privatization - Punjab way

silkboard - 31-JUL-2009

We have talked about some models for BMTC to outsource or competize some parts of its operation.

Hazardous transformers

murali772 - 27-JUL-2009

Caught between emptying his full bladder and avoiding the gaze of passersby, a 45-yearold construction worker suffered burn injuries after an electric shock on Vittal Mallya Road and is still f

Learnings from Delhi's power supply privatisation

murali772 - 23-JUL-2009

DELHI has never been inviting in May and June. This summer, the capital saw its worst power crisis, and frayed tempers pushed Sheila Dikshit’s government on the back foot.