Why is the Bellandur Lake Dead?

psaram42 - 16-JUN-2009

There are 20 storms cum sewage water inlets feeding polluted water into the Bellandur Lake in total. Out of this only one inlet namely Koramangala Challaghatta (KC) valley inlet water is being treated before discharging into the Lake.

Trees at risk in present day Mysore

SANJAY - 14-JUN-2009

Cutting trees for road widening - Save Trees

Namma Metro Phase 2 Soil Testing

Vasanth - 10-JUN-2009

Today morning I saw soil testing of Namma Metro Phase 2 in Bank Colony near Udupi Upahar hotel. Boards had written "namma metro phase 2 soil testing".

We didn't hear anywhere officially about the alignment of Phase 2 Namma Metro. Surprised to see this!!

Water Body encroachment opposite to Agara Lake

check - 9-JUN-2009

Hi Everyone,

I am a new entrant to Praja.in. For the last 2-3 years I have been following Silkboard's blogs and now I thought may be I will add my observations. 

NH7 to BIAL - A sea change

s_yajaman - 4-JUN-2009

I have been traveling on the NH7 to BIAL for the past 1 year and decided to make this post on how my experience has changed since May 2008.  It is also a tribute to the Bangalore Traffic Police's efforts to make the commute a safer one.  We often have nothing but the harshest words for our bureaucrats (and I am no exception), but we need to give them their due when they do a good job

Abhishek - Life down the drain

namma_nadu - 2-JUN-2009

On Sunday evening, another small boy was consumed by an uncovered storm water drain. The story is tragic and is compounded by the utter callousness of the authorities - the BBMP engineer went on record virtually blaming the mother for the mishap.

Lokayukta all set to break speed breakers..

kiran8 - 27-MAY-2009

Another goof up by the BBMP is the placing of sped breakers which are erratic and they come in all sizes and shapes causing misery to a driver and has been the cause of many accidents..

But there is some hope for the citizens of Bengaluru...

Is HOHO experiment being dropped???

vinod_shankar - 25-MAY-2009

On my daily commute today, i observed 2 orange line buses being run with route  number as 333P......
Is this the end of HOHO service??  Was it intended by design to fail by using high end volvos?  Why not contine HOHO services with suvarna type of buses??.... I happy that atleast BIG 10 is a succes to a great extent....

Early Bangalore as seen from Bus Route # 11

E.R. Ramachandran - 19-MAY-2009

Bangalore in Fifties and Sixties was still a Pensioners’ Paradise and very much a sleepy town. It was mostly divided into City and Cantonment with Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram well known among its residential areas. Jaya Nagar or its famous mosquitoes had not made their debut yet.

Saying goodbye to subways

asj - 13-MAY-2009

In the past I had shared images of useless pedestrian subways near Hammersmith. Instead the pedestrian refuges were so effective and popular that the subways became disused. Work is still on going, but notice how the ugly space occupying lesions have been surgically removed to make way for a more likeable streetscape.