Transformer too close to the House

Tina Valerine Raj - 12-JUL-2011

Hi Sir,

My name is Tina. I was part of the Civic Awareness and Social Responsibilities Credit Course class that you took in Mount Carmel College.

My uncle's house is under construction. Right next to it, there is a transformer that has been put up, which is almost touching his wall.

Hall of shame spot #2 - Domlur Flyover?

silkboard - 4-JUL-2011

Seeing purely from the point of view of amenities for public transport users to change buses (their direction of commute), I count Domlur Flyover also as a hall of shame spot.

The 'Last Mile' myth

Naveen - 26-JUN-2011

I think the many repeated questions raised about 'Last Mile Connectivity' is more of a creation by the very large affluent private vehicle loving public in this city that loathes walking even short distances to & from bus stops, rather than reality.

Street meet @ marathahalli ring road chaos aka junction (date changed)

silkboard - 21-JUN-2011

Let us meet on Wed June 29 (updated), at 5.30 PM bang at the Marathahalli ring road junction to capture the chaos and neglect of pedestrians, most of whom are bus commuters. Venue of meeting - , right at the corner on Old Airport/Varthur Road where buses coming from Whitefield turn left towards Ring Road.

Bangalore's hall of shame - 3rd class treatment for Bus commuters @ Marathahalli

silkboard - 20-JUN-2011

Sometime ago, we discussed Bangalore hall of shame locations, and Marathahalli Outer Ring Road junction. After one round of work to 'improve' pavements where in they basically widened the roads connecting Outer Ring road and Varthur Road, and installed barricades to prevent pedestrian spill over, this junction has been left as it is.

ST Bed Koramangala area, Is this rework of drainage-covering height increase needed?

dvsquare - 16-APR-2011

Have a look at these 2 photos, the footpaths over the drainage lines in ST Bed, Koramangala area.

eCity-Phase 2 new Footpath : Visual Report

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 26-MAR-2011

Few days back new footpath work completed in eCity Phase-2. From XIME to TataBP Solar strech. Here is the photo report. I have no comments posted on this intentionally. Last few pics show how a footpath space is used for "beautification" by a private company. So no footpath laid there :(

"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

ashwin - 23-DEC-2010

TOI article on ABIDE member Ashwin Mahesh's  wishlist for Bangalore in which he is quoted as saying, 

"The footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas around stations are a good beginning"

Green massacre

murali772 - 11-NOV-2010

Bloodless it will be, but it will make the city bleed in course of time. More than 850 trees on Jayamahal Road will be gone in a month’s time to make way for more vehicles of pollution.

Avenues & Boulevards of Mysore

Arun - 25-OCT-2010

• In the wake of MCC going on a road widening blitzkrieg, few of us are meeting the Commissioner of Mysore, few Corporators and couple of Ministers (depending on their availability) between 30 Oct and 1 Nov. 

• Apart from a reliable public transport, Mysore also needs good engineering minds in the Corporation. Some of the roads have been widened from