Posts : Citizen Reports

A new DPR for monorail - when?

n - 26-FEB-2010

Refer to the proceeds of this BMLTA meeting. Go to section 6/7 - there is no mention of Scomi/Geodesic. Why would IDD again prepare the DPR if Geodesic already submitted one? Different alignment?

See meeting notes in full here:

Commuter / suburban rail - part II

n - 25-FEB-2010

Branching off from "Commuter-rail-will-it-ever-materialize" thread as it got too long. The IDD seems to be moving in the direction of surveying for CRS (item 3, pp. 2).

Pedestrianization success story

rs - 25-FEB-2010

Interesting story about Amman's Master Plan...

www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/world/middleeast/24amman.html

They seem to have implemented a pedestrianization project which has transformed the city. If only Bangalore's powers that be had such vision...

A case study from koramangala on land grabbing

vmenon - 24-FEB-2010

Dear all,

A posting on a legal win in a land case in Koramangala.It might serve as a boost for others in similar fights and also some indications of methodology, though of course that would change from a case to case basis.
 
Essentials of the case

Private buses using BMTC stops for waiting

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 24-FEB-2010

 While I appreciate government's(NHAI)  efforts to complete the hosur road bus stops, I observed they are not used by BMTC to full extent. I have earlier posted a blog regarding possible root causes.

Address by Mr. PB Ramamurthy Chairman BWSSB at FKCCI

psaram42 - 23-FEB-2010

 This meeting was held at the cabinet hall of FKCCI Kempegowda Road Bangalore on 22 Feb 2010. The cabinet hall was full. 

Discussions on “New Age Political Movements in India”

psaram42 - 17-FEB-2010

The meeting was held at 4th floor, Auditorium, St Josephs College of Commerce, 163, Brigade Road, Bangalore, on Monday February 15, 2010 between 5:30 – 7:30PM. It was attended by myself and pathy.

EC/ SEC - symbol of incompetence, incapacity, apathy, lack of accountability, all put together

murali772 - 16-FEB-2010

During the Koramangala SmartVote exercise, this is what the members chanced upon "We introduced the software mainly to enable voters to start an easy search for their names on the voter lists online. However, in the process, we found that a number of names were exactly replicated.

Experience of A Visit to Big Bazaar @ Malleswaram

ranga - 14-FEB-2010

Big Bazaar has opened its shop at the old geethanjali theatre complex.....even tough is good for shopping and shopping experience for the malleswaram residents, it is come with lots of nightmare to the public. Few of them i noticed with one visit this weekend are :-

CAG is auditing Water Pollution - any lake to suggest?

silkboard - 14-FEB-2010

By the way guys, saw ads in papers saying that CAG is conducting a performance audit on the subject of Water Pollution and that if we want to draw attention of CAG to any particular instance of water pollution, we can reach them at their email/fax. See details in the ad image below.