Updates on BETL, please

termin - 9-FEB-2009

Can any one at Praja help get status of BETL project on Hosur Road? Points for discussion: a) estimated completion date b) current status of the project (pending issues) c) any change in alignments undertaken by consessionaire / NHAI - due to external pressures / any-other (eg: Maytas) d) progress of toll-collection centers & est.

metro north south extension maps

bcsagar - 6-FEB-2009

The maps for Bengaluru metro North south extension are put in their website. http://www.bmrc.co.in/news.html Lots of people living adjacent to kanakapura road will be losing land. Though its a right way forward to decongest these areas, the project may get mired with litigations and get delayed. We need services of DMRC chief E. Sreedharan to progress through obstacles.

Lessons from Mumbai

rs - 5-FEB-2009

I just returned from a trip to Mumbai and was quite impressed by how much the city has improved in the last one year. While of course most of the city is still in really bad shape large parts have been improved in several ways

BMTC Big 10 and HOHO service: work in progess?

Transmogrifier - 2-FEB-2009

BMTC is prepping 140 buses ready for ABIDe's Big 10 proposal in addition to suggesting Volvos be used for the HOHO service. Does this mean that BMTC will remove/reduce current bus services operating on the 'Big 10' ?

London bus lane in action - snap shot

asj - 1-FEB-2009

This is part of my usual journey from Hammersmith to Hounslow. I managed to track 4 of the 8 miles on foot up to Chiswick (by then it the light was getting poor) - here are some snap shots put together as a slide show.

[video:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3YbPCH5kGAg]

Big cinemas online ticket booking stopped due to Local statutory permission/regulations

belgaumblog - 19-JAN-2009

BIAL RTI - Airport Development Overview

Rithesh - 16-JAN-2009

Following is the overview of the airport development history.

Praja thanks Mr Nagesh, DyGM KSIIDC for having taken the pains to write this document exclusively for us.

BIAL RTI - Steering Committee Meeting Proceedings

Rithesh - 13-JAN-2009

The Steering committee proceedings documents were provided by KSIIDC after the meeting between Praja members and Mr. Nagesh DyGM, KSIIDC on 13th Dec 2008.  The documents were obtained from KSIIDC on the 2nd of January.

The joys of crossing a road

silkboard - 13-JAN-2009

The pedestrian chaos at ORR-Old Madras Road interchange can'tt be stated in words, so I tried this video last week (find it below). The place is a live example of collaboration, lack of it rather, between multiple sarkaari bodies. Bring this up with a babu in Bangalore and instead of ideas or initiatives, you will get stories of how things can only fall between NHAI, Railways, BDA, and the Traffic Police but not improve. Oh yeah, the job of taking initiatives is best left to the citizens.

Recession as an opportunity for self improvement.

psaram42 - 11-JAN-2009

The following news item Appeared in to days Times Of India
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