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Self reliance in Security and battlefield armory !

kbsyed61 - 5-DEC-2008

We are in the midst of difficult times and circumstances with failing economy on one hand and safety of lives on another. In these trying times, one question that passes my mind is, why is that we are still dependent on other countries for our defense and security needs?

The crooked signs

silkboard - 4-DEC-2008

Crooked Signs 2I think its a challenge, a real one. How do you convey, via simple road signs, the so modern concept of looping road interchanges!? Try describing an interchange when giving out directions - is that a left, or a right that you take from Inner Ring Road to get on to airport road towards HAL? The road signs around such interchanges convey this confusion really well. Some samples for you:

A political awakening

murali772 - 4-DEC-2008

The Mumbai attack could be a significant moment in our country’s history in an unexpectedly affirmative way. As we demand more of our politicians—and we must—it’s time to also demand more of ourselves. Maybe the latter needs to come first.

Occupancy ratio of buses at airport

vkviswanath - 4-DEC-2008

hi, i am going to fly from hyd to blr tomorrow morning. i saw ticketvala.com selling tickets for bial shuttle services to city. but they are charging 200 bucks for krpuram. they are cheating by charging full fare to krpuram, which is applicable to electronic city. actual fare i got to know is 100 only. what is the occupancy ratio of buses at airport?

Peace March, Bangalore: A Report

Photoyogi - 3-DEC-2008

Media fuels a Louder voice that calls for War on terrorThis morning I got this email fwd from a friend in the US, calling citizens to gather at cubbon park,  and express their feeling with the terror attacks in Mumbai. Yes, the past few days I have been tracking this news across the prominent national TV channels. My blood boils, my heart broke on seeing the the Taj Palace burn.

BIAL RTI - State Support Agreement

Rithesh - 3-DEC-2008

Govt of Karnataka State Support Agreement for the Bengaluru International Airport.

The following documents were requested from the Office of The Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka. The request was forwarded to KSIIDC which is the nodal agency for all BIAL related issues. The document was collected from KIIDC on 29th Nov, 2008.

Traffic Lights don't work

bijeshkrishnadas - 3-DEC-2008

On one hand, we have the B-TRAC initiative that the Bengaluru Traffic police claim will improve traffic conditions, lights and signage. On the other, we have traffic signals that don't work or work erratically and have gone unfixed for months.

Traffic fines to be increased

mcadambi - 2-DEC-2008

Finally,

The Transport Commissioner, Shri Bhaskar Rao is going to increase the fines and enforce traffic rules better in Bengaluru:

http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/26/stories/2008112651610600.htm

He should seriously consider options such as the "denver boot" for vehicles that are parked opposite driveways and other negligent drivers.

Urban development - the skill gap

silkboard - 2-DEC-2008

Time for a boring post. A habitual visitor to MoUD website, I was waiting to put up a small summary of a policy paper that showed up recently. Its called "Capacity building scheme for urban ...". If that was all greek and latin to you, jump to section 3 (page 9) on that pdf, and under "specific capacity gaps", find things that you and me complain about everyday - they don't know how to plan, how to run projects, how to handle public relations etc etc etc.

The Real Problem

murali772 - 2-DEC-2008

But not a single politician spoke of the real problem. There can be no change unless India is able to strengthen not its laws, as we have more than enough of these its security network. For this only two steps are necessary: end politicisation and rid the police and the intelligence and security agencies of corruption.