Highways and Ribbon Development

asj - 30-JAN-2009

[Moved out of the Karnataka Roads PPP post] Without legislation that stops ribbon development, every new highway and bypass road (meant to by pass the townships) will be engulfed with surrounding development.

Even Mumbai-Pune expressway has not been spared from the above and towards the Pune end, we have numerous junctions sprouting and malls along highway which have driveways opening straight on to the highway!! Wakad in Pune has a Shoppers Stop and several more Corporates on the highway.

If you look at Western stats - country roads are most dangerous and Freeways / Motorways are most safe - because they are free of cycles, pedestrians and junctions. But in India, a highway can have have everything on it - from pedestrians, bullock carts, cycles, rickshaws and multitude of junctions - lots of elements trying to go across and perpendicualr to faster vehicles on the main carriage way. All this = 80% fatalities on Highway as reported above.

Amongst these, who is best placed to improve my local area?

silkboard - 26-JAN-2009

* Councillor * MLA * MP

Unique ID for citizens, voters' list, and German registration system

murali772 - 18-JAN-2009

German registration system for citizens and aliens consists of a single data-base which is used for bringing people into the electoral rolls, tax net, into the compulsory education and vaccination systems, insurance systems, Births and deaths, etc.

Moving the capital out of Bangalore

ashwin - 2-JAN-2009

This is an idea that has been discussed before, including on this forum. I am coming from the view not of the governance structure of Bangalore (autonomy etc) which is an orthogonal issue, but of the power of such a move to take the pressure off Bangalore.

State Level Reforms linked to Security issues

murali772 - 30-DEC-2008

As important as fixing the security issues, are the fixing of certain key issues pertaining to governance, the deficiencies around which are the actual cause of the precarious security environment prevailing. A few of the more important ones are listed below.

Govt functionaries as fund collectors

murali772 - 26-DEC-2008

M K Gupta, a UP PWD engineer, was killed allegedly by BSP MLA, Mr Sekhar Tiwari, and his henchmen, for refusing to donate money for Mayawati's birthday celebrations.

Para-statal agencies and task forces in Karnataka

murali772 - 19-DEC-2008

A One day public consultation on their constitutionality, programs, influence and impact on Democracy
Date: 20 December 2008.  Time: 9.30 AM to 5 PM
Place: Legislator's Home, Vidhana Soudha. Bangalore

Background:

KA least preferred by entrepreneurs?

Ravi_D - 17-DEC-2008

This Deccan Herald report shows how bad Karnataka is rated by entrepreneurs. I thought KA did better than this...

Another reminder for GOK to wake up, take note, and start to act.

Thanks,

Ravi

How should the communication from Government look

shas3n - 16-DEC-2008

http://www.bmponline.org/egov-birth/PDF/PPT/jd.pdf

Karnataka's Accountant General - dead or alive?

silkboard - 15-DEC-2008

Ever been to the CAG website? Its of interest because it provides useful data on how select government departments are doing with tax payer's money. Look at this report on NAL (National Aero Lab) for example, and see how CAG details NAL's failure to meet its targets. Or see this report on allotment of housing by DDA. Don't we wish Karnataka too had a CAG like body to audit the likes of BDA and BBMP?