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murali772 - 5-JUN-2012
The cash-strapped Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will also set up shop at GIM venue to attract investors for 12 projects like managing the city's garbage and building skywalks. The civic body proposes to execute the projects, worth Rs 1,000 crore, under the public private partnership (PPP) model. |
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Can we leave the decision of how our public spaces should evolve just to politicians? murali772 - 22-MAY-2012
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Namma Bengaluru Uncaring? hotel worker left to die on road ! kbsyed61 - 16-MAY-2012
Source - DNA This is what a 24 year old hotel employee, Lino Tharakan, injured in the crane accident has to say about indifferent attitude of the people on the road who failed to lend a helping hand. |
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Single Emergency Response Number for Bengaluru/Karnataka kbsyed61 - 9-JAN-2012
We do have phone numbers to dial in case of emergency. But there are many problems with them. There are a bunch of numbers and not just one. 100, 101, 103, 8 digit numbers on national highways, a separate number on NICE Road, and even more. Next, numbers like 100 don't reliably work from cell phones. |
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murali772 - 4-JAN-2012
In future, the streets and pavements should be in order, with vendors taking places allotted to them. The Karnataka Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, approved by the cabinet on Tuesday, aims to streamline hawking by having specified vending zones and ensure convenience to pedestrians and motorists. |
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Armchair Tour of the Bellandur Lake psaram42 - 20-DEC-2011
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Socio-Economic Challenges of smart cities in India IISc meet psaram42 - 10-DEC-2011
The Seminar was attended by five Praja 1)Venu, 2)PSA, 3)Pathy, 4)Satya and 5)Pranav. A smart Agenda and Speaker Profiles were available along with a nice bag given to each of the delegates. Most of the talk went overboard for me. The following were exceptions 1. Mr. Suresh Heblikar, |
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Urgent need for single emergency helpline number! kbsyed61 - 25-NOV-2011
Isn't it odd that we have to call different helpline for different emergency needs? In Bangalore, the listed emergency helpline numbers are: Source - www.bangalore-karnataka.com
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Is Public Works Coordination Agreement working? Fresh roads still being dug up vijaypadiyar - 17-SEP-2011
Like many others, I was very happy when the Public Works Coordination Agreement was put in place to have better coordination between various civic agencies. |
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The Sir M Vishveshwaraiah Park at HAL III stage. psaram42 - 15-SEP-2011
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