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Why does the State Govt. want to be a vegetables vendor?

City.Zen - 24-NOV-2007

There is a Saphal outlet located in a single storied building on a sprawling site in 8th Block Koramangala, selling vegetables, etc. I believe there are many such outlets all over the city. Questions: (1) Why is the Govt. so eager to run a business?

SPOORTHIVANA

thampan - 6-NOV-2007

I came across a project being done by an NGO called Parisara and BWSSB. They are doing something to revive the greenery for bangalore. I thought that I will share the same over here so that readers of praja can participate if interested. Excerpt from the site of Spoorthivana

Vision :

To preserve the eco system for future generations.

Mission:

To grow trees with active public participation and involvement. To create awareness among public and to create a live museum of memories so that the future generations would be inspired. Spoorthivana 35 Kms away from Bangalore city on way to Magadi, near the confluence of Arkavathi and Kumudvathi rivers; SPOORTHIVANA – a dream project for preserving all your cherished memories by planting saplings, has come up in 300 acres of sprawling terrains belonging to Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) at TG Halli (Thippagondanahalli) reservoir catchment area. The Government of Karnataka has approved this greening venture with BWSSB and Parisara The idea is that you could sponsor a tree for Rs 500/- and it will be maintained by the spoorthivana team.

Prez Rule - What's In It For Us?

tsubba - 9-OCT-2007

So we are in for president's rule for the next 5-6 months. so what happens to things like AT ramaswamy led joint commission that is probing land encroachment? what about airport expressway and metro? and what about ULB elections? already we are being panned by the NURM on this. and what about things like mono, bidadi, PRR, nandagudi... and the million $$ question what happens to BMIC? :)

PILs Against Regularization

tsubba - 17-SEP-2007

MANGALORE, September 15, 2007: The Citizens Forum for Mangalore Development has filed a public interest litigation (Writ Petition No.

How about Tumkur to Airport in 60 minutes?

tsubba - 16-SEP-2007

Even as Bangalore's clueless observers wonder about how to reach the airport, an ageing but agile HDG shows the way by doing the Tumkur to BLR airport stretch in 60 minutes flat. Here is how to do it the HDG way.

Inspired Folks

tsubba - 3-SEP-2007

Raju Narayanaswamy One subtle twist in a local district collector’s official probe report and T U Kuruvila, Kerala’s land scam-tainted public works minister, could probably have hung on in office — not felled the way he was, today. But the Collector was Raju Narayanaswamy. And that is saying a lot in Kerala.

Right to Information Act: How does it work?

GVK - 6-AUG-2007

Read in the papers about an awareness programme – ‘ RTI – Gateway to Good Governance’ – Tuesday (Aug.7) at Jnanajyoti convention centre, Bangalore. Details from – 9844010121 or 9448278584.

Funny - Where to go to Rest Room when in Traffic Jam

bangalorean - 1-AUG-2007

Traffic cop with a heart

shas3n - 20-JUL-2007

Several times I have been harrassed by traffic police. I have even been fined on a one-way inspite of going in the correct direction. I kept arguing and the cop kept threatening me with words like warrant, summons etc. Finally I ended up paying 100 Rs fine inspite of following all the rules. That had left a bitter taste in my mouth about traffic police.