Posts : Bangalore

10 Lakh Employment Oppurtunites in Karanataka !

kbsyed61 - 19-OCT-2008

It seems there is good news for our youths in terms of employment opportunities. Karnataka government has announced measures to employ about 10 lakhs. I wish and pray that government sets a new and unique trend of living upto its promises. This news was reported in Deccan Herald today,

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Karnataka to do a Pune

murali772 - 18-OCT-2008

The Karnataka government appears to be looking seriously at the DG set plan, experimented by Pune two years ago, involves getting companies with large captive generation sets to utilise those sets during peak hours instead of drawing power from the state grid.

Lessons from the American Melt Down

psaram42 - 18-OCT-2008

The Sunday October 5 2008 Hindu magazine carried an article by Shyam P When the bubble burst

Bangalore Traffic website in Ascii Characters and spelling mistake

pradeep - 17-OCT-2008

I wanted to complain of traffic situation on Bannerughatta Road. The median intersection opposite to Spar is causing lot of traffic jams especially evening times when Accenture and Oracle office timings.So I visited our Bangalore Traffic website and I was shocked to see this.

How infrastructure projects get delayed and stopped

mcadambi - 17-OCT-2008

The ROB at Whitefield is delayed because of inability of the parties (tenderer and tenderee) to work out a commodity rise formula. As noted in the following article, because of unexpected and steep rise in steel and cement prices, the tenderee could not complete the project and had to cite force majeure clause.

Money Crisis, Power crisis

murali772 - 17-OCT-2008

Blame empty coffers for power outages. The crisis has arisen as power generation in hydel power stations has been low due to a weak monsoon. The main power generation centre, Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), has been affected as coal suppliers have been demanding KPCL clear outstanding debts and increase pay per load.
    

Petition against road widening

shas3n - 17-OCT-2008

Campaign Appeal: Endorse Petition to High Court Appointed Committee to review Bangalore Mega Road Widening Project http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nammaraste Dear All,

Poor lakes....

Ravi_D - 17-OCT-2008

Seen this interesting article in DH on state of KLDA?

Summary: Budget allocation - Rs 3.15 Cr for 40,000 lakes in the state. Karnataka Lake Development Authority has 4 officers and 6 contract employees, 1 vehicle and 1 telephone for the whole state!.

Crack down on vandals

murali772 - 16-OCT-2008

The Maharashtra government has proposed a jail term of up to five years, or a big fine, or both for those who vandalize public property during protests or due to a personal grudge.

Yeh Hum Naheen

murali772 - 16-OCT-2008

The power to change the fortune of nations lies with the people. The citizens of Pakistan have just raised millions of hopes around the world that they don’t want to be crushed under the weight of extremism.