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Knowledge city - DLF township or " gowda family township"

pradeepwins - 31-DEC-2007

Dear prajegale As every one knows bangalore outskirts are getting filled with township, but i have one doubt- is these township helping bangalore civilians or politicians !!!!!!!! .... ok it may be helping politicians only.. but the bidadi knowledge township is of DLF groups or gowdas family's????

Quickest and Easiest means of Transport Vehicle in Bangalore

Vasanth - 31-DEC-2007

* A Big Sedan Car (Camry,Corolla)\n* A Small Car (Santros,Altos)\n* SUV/MUV (Innova/Scorpio)\n* Geared Bike (Splendor/Victor/Pulsar)\n* Ungeared Scooter (Activa/KineticHonda/Pleasure)\n

BTRAC - smart traffic lights are coming

silkboard - 30-DEC-2007

Hope you still remember BTRAC-2010, the nice sounding traffic management project for Bangalore. Seems like KRDCL has started the process of putting up new traffic signals under this project. This bidding document talks of 204 locations for these signals. Thankfully, this document contains the specifications of these new signals as well, and they do seem smart - vehicle detectors, remote control from a Traffic Management Center, pedestrian crossings with audible alarms, and more. Have a look:

56 motorized sky walks for pedestrians!

silkboard - 30-DEC-2007

Not that BBMP doesn't care for pedestrians. They have been talking about motorized sky walks for sometime now, and earlier this week, a BBMP tender showed up with plans for sky walks all around the city - 56 of them, and with escalators!

"These sky walks are proposed with attractive escalators of adequate capacity on both sides of the road which shall facilitate the vertical movement of the users for climbing as well alighting purposes"

As I said, the fancy skywalk talk isn't new. Earlier this year, BBMP had plans for 30 "capsule lift" based sky walks, refer this tender dated 12th Feb 2007:

less government

murali772 - 29-DEC-2007

Economic Times has invited its readers to state what their dream for the state would be. My response was that I dream of a state with the babudom reduced to such an extent that half of Vidhan Soudha (and, of course, the entire Vikas Soudha) itself gets rented out.

Airport Train Decisions

blrsri - 29-DEC-2007

http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=308467 ------------------------------------------------- International airport rail link alignment changed BS Reporter / Chennai/ Bangalore December 24, 2007

BMTC's Point-To-Point Service From January

tsubba - 29-DEC-2007

The BMTC is planning to introduce a new flat fare, point-to-point non stop service in January 2008. The service will offer directional connectivity and will run at a frequency of 20 minutes from different parts of the city. BMTC plans to introduce 500 new suvarna buses in January and will set aside 20% (100 buses) for this point-to-point service.

Bangalore Disaster Management Cell

tsubba - 28-DEC-2007

Raghava M writes in The Hindu that starting Jan 15, 2008, Bangalore will have a Disaster Management Cell that will coordinate the usage of resources and manpower between Bangalore's various agencies during emergencies. As distressing as the sight of a wailing ambulance getting stuck in traffic is, the problems of disaster management are not limited to traffic woes.

Residents' Initiative To Turn The City Green

GVK - 28-DEC-2007

Tabloids are not just about scandals, glambiz and other trivia. Bangalore Mirror and a local private trust have clubbed up to promote tree planting in their city. Mrs. Janet Yegneswaran, who founded the trust a couple of years back in memory of her husband, has been engaged in encouraging Bangalore residents and neighborhood communities to chip in their bit in her endeavour to make a difference to the city’s green cover.

Should BMTC be privatised?

Vasanth - 27-DEC-2007

* Yes * No