Posts : BDA

One more lake make-over project announced

Rithesh - 15-AUG-2009

One more lake makeover plan has been announced and this time it is BBMP. 900 crores will be spent on makeover of 187 lakes and the project is called ‘Namma Bangalore Nisarga’.

Delay in completion of Underpass on Ring Road

Suresh Bangalore - 12-AUG-2009

Dear Friends,

BMLTA Pedestrian and parking policy report

Rithesh - 4-AUG-2009

BMLTA has come up with a draft pedestrian and parking policy. The vision seams to be in the right direction with emphasis is on pedestrians infrastructure including footpaths and crossings.

Rejuvenating Bangalore Lakes

Ravi_D - 27-MAY-2009

DH Reports: 33 lakes to get new lease of life

"The State government will set in motion its ambitious plan of rejuvenating 33 lakes in Bangalore, at a cost of Rs 294 crore, with Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa launching development works at the Ullalu lake on Wednesday."

Mixed use misuse

idontspam - 12-MAY-2009

Take for example Kanakapura Road...Now suppose I want to cross the road at Yelachenahalli.

This is the whole crux of urban planning.

Revamp of the Bangalore civic body.

psaram42 - 11-MAY-2009

 Recently we discussed about high dividers and roads being made “Double roads” in a forum. The truth is that, the roads are two way traffic roads by default, to start with. Normally two way roads are made one way to take care of increased traffic density. There is sometime a need to iterate to satisfy the public demands.

Mysore / Magadi Outer Ring Road Complete?

Ravi_D - 7-APR-2009

Today's Business Standard article reads: Maytas Infra completes road project in B'lore.

The hardships of changing a bus

silkboard - 22-FEB-2009

Vasanth's Big10/ORR buses comment, and seeing a bus stop near silkboard junction move farther from the flyover prompts me to repeat a point made earlier.

Bangalore - Governance Reforms

silkboard - 6-FEB-2009

Growth pains of Bangalore lead to demands for urban governance reforms to bring more local participation and autonomy to the urban area referred to as the Bangalore Metropolitan Region. Expanding BMP to Bruhat BMP via bringing adjoining CMCs within the fold of this Bangalore MEtropolitan Region was the first step.

lighting on KRPURAM to ITPL road

swasha - 20-NOV-2008

I was sending E-mails to the Commissioner BDA about the non-functioning of the street lights installed at the meridian of the road under subject. I am pursuing this for the last a month or two. I got good respense but stretch of road from Singayyanapalya to Hoodi (beyond that I have not gone) is not working now.