Trees Trees

blrsri - 27-DEC-2007

When I was young and growing up in Bangalore tree growing was done with great enthusiasm..there used to be adds on radio singing..'gida nedi' and then there were drives where forest dept gave free trees for all..and that is the reason I believe that we have so many trees here..'Honge' was and is my fav! At a point even Delhi tried to emulate us for improving their green cover!

Cycling on verge of extinction in India

asj - 26-DEC-2007

The West is promoting cycling increasingly but in India many small cities like Pune and Banglore are making it extinct.
The picture below says it all.

Poll: The airport exclusive train should start from ...

blrsri - 26-DEC-2007

* Byapanahalli\n* M G Road\n* Cantonment Railway Station\n

False Infrastructural Hype of Times of India

Vasanth - 26-DEC-2007

TOI Bangalore Edition is every friday covering infrastructural project reports - But, most of them are not at all true and just it creates hype.

Builders dumping construction materials in the roas

jkicha - 22-DEC-2007

In R.T. Nagar, near CBI road, 3-4 constructions happening in 2 streets. All the builders dump the construction materials like bricks, sand, stones on the streets. This occupies half the narrow street. Is it allowed? Do they have to pay any fee to the corporation for using the streets? They also dig up the streets to get connection and close them with just dirt. To whom, we can report this?

An end to all infrastructural woes of Bangalore

City.Zen - 21-DEC-2007

"Burn Bangalore, Burn IT" - says Dr CNR Rao, "if IT is going to take away our values." http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20071217&fname=Cover+Story+%28F%29&sid=2 Infosys was started in Pune in 1980s and shifted to Bangalore soon after because the then Karnataka Govt. (Devaraj Urs?) extended lot of help to it. Imagine this scenario...

Prius not for India?!

blrsri - 19-DEC-2007

Wiki says for India's electricity generation we use: coal: 69.1%; oil: 5.4%; nuclear: 2.5%; gas:9.5%; renewable: 13.5% (.3% biomass)(2004) So using electric cars -> use more electricity -> Burining more coal -> pollute more Toyota thinks hybrid cars use in China would not reduce carbon emmissions, what would be the policy in India? So, we dont need the Reva's?

"Tata small car set to offer 25 kmpl mileage"!!

blrsri - 19-DEC-2007

KOLKATA: Ratan Tata and the Tata group have for months zealously kept a tight lid on the details of the Rs 1-lakh car that is slated to roll out of Tata Motors’ Singur factory in June 2008. But on Tuesday, the shroud came off in singular circumstances.

Cooking Gas From Kitchen Waste

GVK - 18-DEC-2007

Left over food and vegetable waste discarded in a dump near our apartment complex raise a stink. Apartment residents hold their breath; and curse the municipal waste disposal staff, as they pass by the roadside dump. We could do something about it, if only we are so inclined, thanks to the work

done by Pune-based Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) in developing a household biogas plant that feeds on our kitchen waste.

Good Life Traffic Solutions

tsubba - 18-DEC-2007

Good Life Traffic Solutions(GLTS) is a voluntary non profit organization that works with traffic police and other authorities to improve traffic conditions in Bangalore.