LDA is back - Madivala lake and others

silkboard - 11-MAY-2009

Who is actually responsible for upkeep of Bangalore's lakes? Answer may go like this - some lakes LDA, rest of them BWSSB. Refer late last year's news articles - lakes were transferred from LDA to BWSSB. But this was done only for some (17 or 18) lakes. To remind us all that they are around, LDA has floated work for rejuvenating 3 lakes.

JUSCO Award for water supply to Mysore Citizens

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 6-MAY-2009

Dear All, particularly Mysore Prajas

Lot of discussions/protests/street shows/VV Water Works employees protests are going on about award of JNNURM funded contract to JUSCO to be executed for ensuring 24X7 water supply to Mysoreans who are badly affected by irregular supply of all types of water at odd hours etc. etc.

Survey of Brigade Road - Residency Road towards Hosur Road

s_yajaman - 4-MAY-2009

Here is a survey of the pavement of Brigade Road between Residency Road and the old Ashoknagar Police station.  This is along the left of the road as the traffic moves.

Fight to Vote

ravi - 30-APR-2009

Background: My family has been voting in the same constituency since, at least, the 1952 elections(Guess, my grandparents had voted in the Representative Assembly elections too, that's pre-independence era). They have been voting in the same voting booth(Immaculate Heart Convent) since its inception.

Killing our lakes - Varthur Lake as well?

silkboard - 28-APR-2009

No new post this, just a rehash of  year old "Eating up Varthur Lake". Inspired by Rithesh's recent note on Hebbal/Nagavara Lake, I wanted to remind us about possible encorachments on the area/stream between Varthur and Belandur lakes.

Killing our lakes - Hebbal/Nagavara Lake example

Rithesh - 28-APR-2009

See the image below - it shows the Hebbala and Nagavara lakes. I am told by the locals that the area covered in the red boundary once formed an elaborate and huge lake system. The system first got divided by the Bellary road and the region right to the road subsequently dried out. This region was taken over by the UAS and they used it for rice/paddy crop experiments.

Was there selective cleansing of Bangalore electoral roles?

murali772 - 28-APR-2009

That's in effect what Justice M F Saldanha (Retd), Chairman – Karnataka Chapter, Trnasparency International India, is alleging. His letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Karnataka, is reproduced below:

Easy auto being relaunched

shas3n - 28-APR-2009

Easy auto, an autorickshaw initiative launched couple of years ago and in spite of very good intentions, failed to gain a critical mass and momentum to sustain the service.

Voters' apathy? Rubbish!!!

murali772 - 27-APR-2009

There is much talk about the urban middle class’s apathy and how they intentionally stayed away from the polling booths despite initiatives like Lead India and Jaago Re. But, actually, problem isn’t voters’ apathy - it's the flawed electoral system.

Success Story of a Street Committee at Mysore

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 26-APR-2009

Success Story of a street committee - C.I.V.I.L with G.I.S