Gated communities and town planning

psaram42 - 28-NOV-2012

Living in Indiranagar or any other BDA locality in Bangalore is like living in wilderness devoid an identity.  One cannot blame BDA entirely for this a seeming short sightedness. After all engineers are supposed to put to practice the engineering what they have learnt by rote.

Koramangala - new mall on Agara Lake to choke Sarjapur Road?

silkboard - 26-NOV-2012

Remember this accusation made seven months ago? refer DH article from May:

Iniquitous CDP, conflicts thereof, and a SDZ (Sustainable Development Zone) plan as a solution

murali772 - 16-NOV-2012

The Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) - 95 marked out large areas around the city as "Green Belt" (check here), along which no development was to be allowed.

BMRDA - dead, defunct, or dormant?

silkboard - 18-OCT-2012

No news is good news is how some say it. Hope it applies to BMRDA as well. Do a news search on BMRDA, you see nothing. The only thing new on their website recently is a list of "un-authorized approved" layouts. Wonder what that means, approved, but not authorized, hmm.

Why is the link to "code of conduct" on the CREDAI site not functional?

murali772 - 2-OCT-2012

The CREDAI, Bangalore (Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India) site is accessible here. Listed amongst various links on it is one on "code of conduct". But, if you click on it, it just takes you in circles.

The Apartment law you must know

murali772 - 7-SEP-2012

CITIZEN MATTERS and The Whitefield Club, in association with Whitefield Settler's and Resident's Association, invite you to the book release of Living in Bengaluru, Wednesday, 12th September, at 6 pm, Whitefield Club.

Concerns over lack of transparency in SCHBS, Koramangala, Developments

murali772 - 6-SEP-2012

Following is the text of a letter sent to the BDA, jointly by the office bearers of affected RWA's, in March this year, because of the Shantinagar House Building Co-op Society developments taking place, over the 65 acre area in the vicinity of the Nirgun Mandir, in Koramangala (check

The Discarded Median Innovation as applicable to town planning

psaram42 - 3-SEP-2012

Whenever there is a requirement for a new road in the outskirts of a city, instead of building one dual way road, separated by a median, build new or modify existing two roads separated by a wide enough usable land as a pair of two one ways. These roads need to be barricaded, so that free NMVT access to roads is denied, except at the Bus Stations.

Fiddling with Section 14 (A) of the KTCP Act

murali772 - 2-SEP-2012

The state government, which is bringing in amendments to Section 14 (A) of the KTCP Act, will make the change of land use a money spinner for the BJP in the election year.

Where do we compare with Stockholm?

murali772 - 25-AUG-2012

The city of Stockholm asked an Advertising agency to develop a presentation about the city and its attractiveness to business and entrepreneurs! Click on the link below to see the result. Turn sound up!