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Mangalore to get traffic cameras shas3n - 5-SEP-2008
Following the foot steps of Bangalore, now Mangalore is planning to install cameras to monitor traffic. Mangalorean.com quotes Mr. N Sateesh Kumar on the plans. |
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Signs for Proposed Bus Stops that have sprung around the city ashwin - 2-SEP-2008
In most places, these are next to existing bus shelters. There seems to be a connection with the Airport bus service as these signs are often next to the sing announcing the frequency of the BIAS routes, like in the photo (the existing bus shelter was behind me as I took the photo). |
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Chronology of a Project - Anjaneya Temple Flyover Ravi_D - 2-SEP-2008
Driving on Mysore Road daily can be a nightmare. Choke points are many - in fact, I cannot think of any better candidate for SB's 'model road demonstration' project! One of the many such chronic choke points, Junction in front of Gali Anjaneya Temple, was (and still is) to get a flyover. Here is how the project went: From this entry: (June 05 2007) |
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Ejipura Main Road tormented and ready to fall honey - 31-AUG-2008
Its been 3 years since I have been living in Ejipura. The transition I have seen so far of the main road starting from Ejipra Signal ending at Vivek nagar PS, is Terrible... earlier when I used to travel conditions were bad but not worst. As of now, the condition is as follows: |
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BATF model - love it, or hate it? silkboard - 30-AUG-2008
In the midst of reams of paper devoted to potholes and sticky roads (come rains, and newsmedia remembers road quality issues) I caught two tiny paragraphs devoted to things that may deserve Prajagale's attention. Our state government has created a new BATF (remember it?) like body. The "Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure Development" team is headed by an Rajya Sabha MP Mr Rajiv Chandrashekhar (Convener), and other members include: |
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asj - 29-AUG-2008
Check this video out [flickr-photo:id=2759380483,size=m] Can we call this teething troubles anymore?
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Tata's bid to awaken spirit of leadership murali772 - 27-AUG-2008
Tata Jagriti Yatra 2008 will be an inspirational train journey undertaken by around 400 young and enterprising participants, between 18-25 years, from India and overseas. These youth will participate in the 18 day train journey interacting with social and economic entrepreneurs across the country thus encouraging the spirit of social entrepreneurship. |
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PIL Filed against MLAs' America tour shas3n - 21-AUG-2008
A PIL has been filed in the highcourt questioning trip (junket?) that the CM, MLAs and officers are taking. There is an article in thatskannada about this and I guess tomorrow's newspapers might carry this too. Since the article is in Kannada, I am translating the highlights. * The team size for the visit was 115. |
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belgaumblog - 20-AUG-2008
I have just found a Belgaum city map of 1894 from the Bombay Gazetteer. The image was in a pdf file & of low resolution and is not very clear. Thanks, Mr.Vilas Patil, a Belgaumite, now working in Pune who has made the present version on the image which is better viewable. See Belgaum in 1894 and now, it has changed. I request all the readers to send in their comments as to what changes they have found in that map and the current Belgaum.
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Rohan Kokane of Belgaum makes a record in skating belgaumblog - 20-AUG-2008
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Signboards on poles have sprung up all over the city announcing "Proposed Bus Shelter by TimesOOH".
