Ambulence Service - Pizza Delivery Faster than Ambulence

Vasanth - 9-DEC-2010

 Yesterday I had a very bad day. Myself and my aged grand mother aged 81 were only at home. My Grand mother suddenly developed continous  convolutions / fits which didn't stop at all even after giving iron to her hand and she had totally became unconcious. No one was there nearby my home whom I knew as it was afternoon and everyone had left to the office.

Asian Games in Bengaluru

santsub - 19-NOV-2010

We have already discussed this on Praja long time ago about how other cities in India should shape up for sporting  mega events. Here is a media published article on Bengaluru being a strong candidate for the next Asian games (2019)

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/114001/asian-games-blore.html

diwali crakers global warming

hemaraj - 19-NOV-2010

I am still pondering in the point of no crakers for diwali.

I have lived all these years every diwali enjoying crakers and festive mood with sweets during diwali.

for the past 4 years after reading a lot about global warming , i had decided we should not burst crakers.

digital tree census

murali772 - 18-NOV-2010

A group of students have been working on a street tree census in Bangalore. This team has now completed a count of all the street trees in one particular ward and put up the details online - here.

Worthwhile effort, I should think - may be prajagalu would like to join in.

Muralidhar Rao

Local wastewater (or mini sewerage) treatment plant

n - 17-NOV-2010

Jayadeva institute built their own treatment plant. full article (DH source http://www.deccanherald.com/content/111788/now-jayadeva-institute-has-another.html) below.

Domestic Tourism - Bangalore and Karnataka

silkboard - 12-NOV-2010

Domestic tourism is a powerful economic activity. It holds the potential to bridge the urban-rural divide in our state. We live in a very beautiful state, with range of tourism options - leisure, pilgrimage, nature, history or health/medical. Karnataka has a tourism ministry, but its performance and focus on domestic tourism is largely unchecked and not monitored.

Green Bangalore? See this picture

PManish - 10-NOV-2010

A picture speaks more than 1000 words. Look at this snap. It is a new electronic display installed just few days back at Kundanhalli Gate signal, Bangalore. Also look at the tree, whose branches are cut so that the display becomes visible to all. 

How to file a complaint with consumer court in Bengaluru?

kbsyed61 - 6-NOV-2010

Thanks to our friend Mr. Muralidhar Rao, here is a brief summary on how to file the complaint with the consumer court. The process of approaching a consumer forum/court to get your grievances whether in terms of wrong billing by utility companies, deficiency in service provided vis-a-vis  against the charged fees etc., involves mainly 5 steps:

No toilet? You can’t contest ZP, TP polls

murali772 - 9-NOV-2010

If you want to contest the upcoming zilla and taluk panchayat elections in the state, make sure your house has a toilet. At least that’s the message from rural development and panchayat raj minister Jagadish Shettar, who is pushing hard to make it mandatory for a candidate to have a toilet in his/her house.

How to file a complaint with consumer court in Bengaluru?

kbsyed61 - 6-NOV-2010

Thanks to our friend Mr. Muralidhar Rao, here is a brief summary on how to file the complaint with the consumer court. The process of approaching a consumer forum/court to get your grievances whether in terms of wrong billing by utility companies, deficiency in service provided vis-a-vis  against the charged fees etc., involves mainly 5 steps: