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Elevated Corridors - green light tsubba - 18-JUN-2008
Source Deccan Herald, CM Gets Cracking on City's Woes: "Yeddyurappa showed the green signal to BBMP to take up two elevated corridor projects: the 16-km North-South corridor connecting Hebbal to Madivala through Minsk Square and Vellara junction and the 12-km Bangalore East corridor connecting Kodihalli and Kundalahalli through Vellara junction..." |
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tsubba - 18-JUN-2008
Finally, a plan/proposal/idea that shows some clear out of the box thinking and goes beyond the currently fashionable gospels of maintenance, sustenance and development models. In rediscovering the original purpose of many of these man-made lakes of bangalore - as a source of potable water - bwssb might have hit upon a truely sustainable 'novel' idea to save our lakes. |
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'People for a cause' - banners on IRR silkboard - 17-JUN-2008
Saw some folks on Sunday putting up posters and banners around Innter Ring Road spreading awareness about traffic rules. They were being well supported by the traffic cops. Inspiring indeed, and newspapers tell us that its a group of techies called PFC (People For a Cause). Good show guys! Snippet from DH June 15:
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murali772 - 16-JUN-2008The right of the pedestrian to use the pavements unhindered is sacrosanct which has been repeatedly echoed even by the highest court of the land. But lower courts grant stay orders whenever attempts are made (though half heartedly) to remove the footpath hawkers. These stay orders go unchallenged effectively. |
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Imagine Bangalore traffic with this ... silkboard - 16-JUN-2008
On a lighter note, just imagine Bangalore's traffic landscape (err... airscape) if we all were allowed to let loose in these personal helicopters!? Looks like they are almost here.
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narayan82 - 16-JUN-2008
As we see in other cities across the world, the Central Business District is always the most congested area. Hence many schemes have been introduced such as Congestion Tax, Pay and Park/Ride..etc
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The Jayanagar Complex Fire - An eye opener namma_nadu - 16-JUN-2008I was pretty surprised not to see a single post on the great Jayanagar Shopping Complex Fire that swept through late friday night on Praja. No Jayanagarites here :-)? |
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blrsri - 16-JUN-2008
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6 ways drivers typically waste gas on every trip pradeep - 15-JUN-2008
I found a good link on the yahoo website. Just thought of sharing with all the members here. Hope it will be helpful. http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/579/6-ways-youre-wasting-gas 1. Racing away from green lights |
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murali772 - 14-JUN-2008
A tiny fraction of the sun's energy that shines upon the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East could meet all of Europe 's electricity demands. The technology to harness the energy already exists. |
