Daily TOI coverage on Garbage Crisis “The Muck stops here”

psaram42 - 14-SEP-2012

TOI has a daily coverage of the Garbage crisis for the past 23 days. To day’s TOI have 2 articles relating to Bangalore Garbage crisis.

1. The muck stops here Day 24 article by Sunita Rao
2. BSY Ananthkumar Tug of war

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How a Russian city got its politicians to do their work

murali772 - 13-SEP-2012

The video clip, linked below, shows how a Russian city managed to get the powers that be of the city to do their work. Can we possibly make such an approach work in Namma Bengaluru? Or, are our politicians too thick-skinned compared to those in Russia, or elsewhere? May be worth finding out.

[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WoNWYUy7g]

Muralidhar Rao

Prakash Belwadi on Bangalore Garbage crisis

psaram42 - 8-SEP-2012

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.

Garbage Cities Garbage Mismanagement

psaram42 - 23-AUG-2012

Bangalore has got the Tag of a "Garbage city" recently due to gross mismanagement of Garbage collection and disposal.

Undermining the Commissioner's authority

murali772 - 8-AUG-2012

It seems like there is no value for the BBMP Commissioner M K Shankaralinge Gowda’s orders. Eight of the 15 officials, who were transferred by him from the civic body’s Town Planning Department to other departments 10 days ago, are back in the same department using ‘political influence’.

BMTF and Dr. R.P. Sharma to go ?

Bengloorappa - 28-JUL-2012

Apparently, BMTF's website inviting online complaints against encroachments and building violations have drawn the unwanted attention of powers that-be and the website http://bmtf.gov.in/ has been brought down unfortunately.

Appalling health standards in Bangalore hotels

idontspam - 24-JUL-2012

It is a well known fact in all markets & mandis you will visit that the rotten vegetables they stack on the side are for hotels. 

Mysore bank junction sky-walk with lift facility

murali772 - 20-JUL-2012

The skywalk operators offer lift facility between 8 am and 8 pm everyday and the lift has a capacity of 1,000 kg. It can lift 13 people at once and during power cuts too, the lifts are operational using generators.

Garbage Segregation by individual house holds

psaram42 - 14-JUL-2012

Venkataramanan a resident of HAL iii stage a retired Architect is a composting enthusiast. He had organized Garbage collection in HAL III Stage and started composting the wet garbage at the HAL III stage park now named as “Sir M Visweshwaraiyya Park.” [1]