Risks of Entrepreneurship in Bangalore

idontspam - 13-DEC-2012

This is how small business is encouraged in Bangalore. The world needs to see how we encourage people to do business & create jobs. And if you thought this was a one off case, talk to any small business owner about how many people come to their doorstep & feel entitled to take money from them without any compunction.

Videos on Garbage Recycling Technologies

psaram42 - 12-DEC-2012

Handling the normal house hold garbage is not a herculian task as it is made out to be in our city of Bangalore.  If one looks at  how the problem is being tackled at various cities of the world we can be relived by the realization that it not that herculian after all!

BRT with bike rentals!

srinidhi - 12-DEC-2012

Hindu carried a full page article on Sunday 9th Dec about cycling and its usage all over India. A very interesting article in there was about the Delhi BRT system and the bike rental program that has been setup along with it..

Extortion - the three way squeeze on street vendors & hawkers

silkboard - 12-DEC-2012

Hope you all read about the BBMP councillor extorting Rs 15000 / month from an eatery at Kalasipalya. Here is the news report in DH. I cross checked to find same version in Hindu also, so its not a one off tabloid type story:

CRS - Minutes of Nov 17th Meeting (Shared by PS, IDD) !

kbsyed61 - 11-DEC-2012

Dear Prajagale,

I would like to share the minutes of the meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr. Amita Prasad, IAS, Principal Secretary, UDD to examine the RITES report on "Implementation of Commuter Rail Service in Banaglore.

Thanks to Dr. Rajkumar Khatri, IAS, for sharing this meeting minutes with me in response to my email request.

New 40mld Cauvery Water 4th stage 2nd phase

psaram42 - 10-DEC-2012

This new Cauvery water line laying is completed. To day there was a ceremony organized by MLA Raghu in his constituency. This water tank is situated on the Suranjandas road. Click here [1]

'Passenger trains yet to run to Nelamangala' - same old story

silkboard - 10-DEC-2012

Hindu reported this weekend that SWR is yet to start trains to Nelamangala. Story here, key excerpts:

Odd timings for the trains that are supposed to to run ...

Photos from a walk around Domlur flyover

silkboard - 10-DEC-2012

Some pictures from a walk we took around the Domlur flyover. Really hard to get around here in peak traffic times.

Most common walk here seems to be change of direction from Airport Road to Inner Ring Road and vice versa. Coming from IRR, to go to airport road towards HAL/Outer Ring Road side:

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A lecture on promoting good governance

psaram42 - 9-DEC-2012

Public Affairs Centre click [1] has been promoting good governance since 1994 through

A curse called "Address Proof"

Pravsee - 8-DEC-2012

I believe the constituion of India has a clause that says something to the effect of "All citizens are equal and should be treated equally". In reality, this is not followed though.