If you work in tech park / e-city type places - do read, important

silkboard - 17-JAN-2013

Need your inputs and help please. Some of us are planning on an awareness campaign for Namma Railu aka demand for Commuter Rail Service. If you work in a tech park like place, or in large offices, wanted to check on a few things:

Praja Party - New year, Award for Namma Railu Project and anything else for celebration

dvsquare - 1-JAN-2013

Prajagalu's

- Long time from the last meet

- Long time we celeberated together

- Long time we had discussed something concrete on Namma Railu as how to move forward

(SB was also mentioning about meeting after new year break to discuss further strategies regarding PIL for Namma Railu)

Reasons:

- New Year

- Christmas

CRS - Minutes of Nov 17th Meeting (Shared by PS, IDD) !

kbsyed61 - 11-DEC-2012

Dear Prajagale,

I would like to share the minutes of the meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr. Amita Prasad, IAS, Principal Secretary, UDD to examine the RITES report on "Implementation of Commuter Rail Service in Banaglore.

Thanks to Dr. Rajkumar Khatri, IAS, for sharing this meeting minutes with me in response to my email request.

A PIL for Namma Railu aka Commuter Rail Service (CRS)

silkboard - 4-DEC-2012

Friends, some of us have discussed possibilities of filing a PIL for seeking closure or accelerating work on Commuter Rail Service (CRS) for Bengaluru. At this point, we are not entirely sure how well or fast the project is moving. Going by some reports, there is good progress.

BMTC Strike - what have we learnt?

idontspam - 13-SEP-2012

Public Transport in Bangalore today means Bus which is solely run by BMTC. During business as usual this looks good but its in crisis situations like todays strike that the deficit of not investing in multiple modes or using modern methodologies of running operations can hurt.

Regarding Train Day

sanjayv - 7-AUG-2012

I saw a write up in Bangalore Mirror yesterday.  I am not able to access the BM website somehow to paste a link -> it would not open at home yesterday and now some filter at work is blocking it.

Public discussion on a Commuter Rail Network for Bangalore

murali772 - 10-JUL-2012

Hasiru Usiru, along with PRAJA, ITEC (IT Employees Centre) and Concern (IISc), is organizing a public discussion on a Commuter Rail Network for Bangalore (Namma Railu) on 15th July, Sunday, 10.30 AM at SCM Hall, Mission Road.

Controversy brewing over commuter rail, Metro to blame?

silkboard - 21-JUN-2012

Time to indulge in some talk on Namma Railu aka Commuter Rail Service (CRS). RITES has submitted a report to DULT last week. Sources claim that Rs 3000-4000 Crore can give Bangalore a 15 minute lead time commuter rail system covering 200 odd kms of distance. We will validate this once the RITES report is made public.

Where is Namma Railu Today?

kbsyed61 - 13-JUN-2012

Do you know where our Namma Railu is?

It seems Namma Railu is stuck at DULT station. The much awaited RITES final report is ready. No nobody knows what is holding up at DULT?

Here is a depiction of Namma Railu's journey so far!

Commuter rail update/way forward meet

idontspam - 9-APR-2012

We meet 8AM, Saturday, 21st April 2012 at Fredom Park to discuss commuter rail progress so far & next steps. Do come.