Crushing bus door

murali772 - 4-AUG-2010

A 21-year-old man was almost crushed to death when the hydraulic doors of a BMTC bus closed in on him on Sunday evening. Prannoy David Rao hurt his shoulders and chest but what hurt more was the reaction of those around: The bus conductor yelled at him and some passengers guffawed at his plight instead of rescuing him.

Fire Safety - project to bring awareness and seriousness

Ravi_D - 13-MAR-2010

This project is coming out comments like these (Awareness, Citizen's audit) from Major Kapur, Ravi_D and others on the discussions we had about incidents at Carlton Tower. Remember, it could be the mall you visit, or your office building next, and fire breakout is always one accident away.

Safety at Elevated Hosur Road (BETL)

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 13-MAR-2010

Believe it or not, Hosur Road Flyover witnessed multiple vehicle accidents at least 2 times involving 4 or more vehicles. Few accidents even caused damage to median, any one can see it clearly. 2 Fatal accidents have also occured. Pity ! - A local "breaking news" channel did not get these news, while they get news within minutes from any part of city. I suspect their mouth was shut by "Kaibisi"(Some offer) . When I drove I felt like driving in tunnel, not comfortable. I saw average speed of 90+Km when I drew. Ironically during a test of VMS(variable message system) it read "All is well. Drive slowly" !!!

Now I am scared to drive even below flyover in regular road, as I heard of an accident where a biker flew above side-guards and fell below onto road( and died of course). I always drive exactly below the flyover(rightmost lane) to be safe from falling objects, call me whatever..

To BETL : All the best for your toll collection which is going to start  "soon" (Soon - Answer I got when I asked some people at toll. No dates, no certainity) . Make sure your customers reach other end for sure.

Carlton Fire - What can we learn?

Ravi_D - 24-FEB-2010

Earthquake in Haiti showed us results of bad construction practices. A 5.1 Richter scale quake is a distinct possibility in Bangalore per this study.

Our experience with Karnataka Electrical Inspectorate

s_yajaman - 2-FEB-2010

 Those of us living in apartments might know that an annual inspection of the electrical installations in our buildings (DG set, earthing, wiring, lifts, etc) by the KSEI is mandatory.

This is their vision (from their citizen's charter).

Gammon and the Metro - is there a safety concern?

sanjayv - 30-DEC-2009

 After the recent bridge collapse in Rajasthan on the E-W corridor involving Gammon, am beginning to wonder about who would conduct a proper audit of the company's practices?  Since Bangalore Metro has offloaded a portion of the work to Gammon, this is particularly worrying for us. There are three major accidents that have been reported in the national press.

Is Bangalore a good place to bring up a child?

s_yajaman - 11-OCT-2009

IDS's post on the Olympics set me thinking a bit.  Though the title of my post refers to Bangalore, we can substitute "any Indian mega city" in its place.

Bangalore today is very different from the Bangalore in which I grew up (70s and 80s).  I won't get into that too much. 

KSRTC turns to homas to Prevent Road Accidents

murali772 - 19-AUG-2009

The Tumkur division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation ... has organized different homas to reduce accidents ... These homas began from 6 am and ended at 9 pm.

Pedestrian amenities and safety - Bangalore, Swabhimana

s_yajaman - 4-MAY-2009

Project to improve awareness on pedestrian amenities and safety and get local civic. Goal is to work with BBMP etc to drive on-ground improvements.

Bus service Improvements around KR Circle areas

Naveen - 15-APR-2009

The widening of Seshadri rd, Race Course rd & Palace rd together with the flyover at Anand Rao circle, the already wide District office rd & underpasses at KR circle & Maharani's college has one benefit - possibility for improvement of bus services for savings in bus travel times for commuters.