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psaram42 - 18-OCT-2009
The way the BWSSB, in the absence of BBMP elected mayor and his team, is going ahead with its job of planning and maintaining the city infrastructure is not acceptable. Reference is made to the earlier two threads on the subject on SWD. |
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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. |
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Guangzhou – Many lessons for Bangalore Naveen - 20-SEP-2009
The third largest city in China, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is a city of about 8 million & is similar in population /size to Bangalore. It lies at a distance of a mere 2 hours (by road or rail) from Hong-Kong, in southern China. |
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Bus stand and clean? Channapatna silkboard - 27-AUG-2009
Recently, I had been to Ramnagara/Channapatna area for some work. Ended up having about an hour to kill so decided to check out the KSRTC bus stand at Channapatna. |
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BBMP Online Tax Payment System Ravi_D - 13-JUL-2009
....is functional. I paid my property taxes online last week. |
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Focus needed on Metro Stations... Ravi_D - 24-JUN-2009
Last evening I noticed contractors starting to work on Mysore Road Station. BMRC's June NewsLetter claims to have awarded most (if not all - I didn't count) of Metro Station related works. |
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Vasanth - 19-MAY-2009
I found an interesting tool on the cityfix.com on urban planning. You can plan the real city for 40 years. Our city agencies like BBMP, BMLTA etc can use tools like this and we praja can explore the possibilities. I could not get a chance to get into the tool in detail. Just wanted Praja members to know about this. Here is the link: |
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LDA is back - Madivala lake and others silkboard - 11-MAY-2009
Who is actually responsible for upkeep of Bangalore's lakes? Answer may go like this - some lakes LDA, rest of them BWSSB. Refer late last year's news articles - lakes were transferred from LDA to BWSSB. But this was done only for some (17 or 18) lakes. To remind us all that they are around, LDA has floated work for rejuvenating 3 lakes. |
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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. |
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namma_nadu - 2-MAY-2009
Madivala lake is dying. I think there is a definite plan in trying to kill the lake. First the hyacinth - i just dont understand why the hyacinth is allowed to mushroom and cover half the lake at any point of time - is there a mafia? |