'development' under police protection

Public Agenda - 28-NOV-2010

Is this how people are excluded from the way policy and schemes are implemented?

Sky-walk, literally

murali772 - 28-NOV-2010

The BBMP, it would appear, likes to impart literal meaning to the term sky-walk. This set (pictures below), coming up at the High Grounds junction (facing the Sophia school, and behind Basava Bhavan), has a ground clearance enough for a BMTC bus to pass under, even with a full grown adult standing erect on top.

Bangalore to Whitefield on Pushpulls

shyamm - 27-NOV-2010

Though my office is in Electronic City, for a new project I had to visit our company's branch office in GRTechPark, Whitefield  for 3 days. This building is next to ITPL.  I had to take public transport on all 3 days  to reach the office  in the afternoons while the drop back home would be provided on the company cab as it would be late in the night.

Bangalore Patrol - BWSSB - public interaction

murali772 - 23-NOV-2010

Have a water problem? Just dial 22238888 for ‘immediate’ help.

LOCAL Scams RTI and political activism

Public Agenda - 23-NOV-2010

Seems quite amazing that since 2 1/2 years and even before the Govt has sunk in land scams and we all knew this from the politicians affidavits in elections but the lid was blown by the former CM and political opponents and RTI activists.

In the emergency how many more people were on the streets

digital tree census

murali772 - 18-NOV-2010

A group of students have been working on a street tree census in Bangalore. This team has now completed a count of all the street trees in one particular ward and put up the details online - here.

Worthwhile effort, I should think - may be prajagalu would like to join in.

Muralidhar Rao

Business-Standard's double standards - worse than Tata's?

silkboard - 17-NOV-2010

Since I read almost all editorials carried by Business Standard, read their (Mr T N Ninnan's?) take today on Tata's Rs 15 cr remark as well. To quote the editorial:

Mr. Tata has neither been brave nor has he served the cause of good governance. His tangential remarks this week ... make him look smaller.

Agara Flyover - Inauspicious start :-(

ashok_n - 11-NOV-2010

Yesterday the Iblur --> Silkboard section of the Agara flyover was "soft-launched". Still some work (painting, lane-marking, lighting etc) remains.

Adyar Ananda Bhavan, BTM layout - giving one example

acoward - 7-NOV-2010

You people are discussing bye-laws and corruption. Now I will give you an example of how one mid-size business plays on these two subjects and we people do not see anything. I can see, but can not do anything about it.

Chennai Metro contractors - anything new, different?

silkboard - 2-NOV-2010

Just out of curiosity, was looking at home page of Chennai Metro Rail corporation (CMRL) to find the list of awarded tenders. Wanted to see if it is the same set of companies (as in Bangalore) carrying out works there, or if there are any new & different names.