Namma Rasthe .. New Project for BRTS

Vasanth - 25-SEP-2013

Hi Praja Admin,

Shall we have a new Project by name Namma Rasthe.. or whatever, we can have a poll for that infact for discussion on BRTS.

Namma Rasthe as said by buses, cycles and pedestrains procuring space from cars and other private vehicles. 

BMTC's encouraging mini bus talk - good going Mr Parwez

silkboard - 19-SEP-2013

Amidst all the press that BMTC is getting recently, one thing that caught attention was talk of mini buses, shuttles and feeder routes. As we all know, feeder plans, and solid execution of first/last mile connects can help increase usage of BMTC as well as (future) metro.

Here are the bytes I have picked up (read in print, so don't have links handy, will search and add later)

JnNURM Funds

n - 20-MAR-2013

Karnataka state will receive more JnNURM funds.  Excerpts from the article:

Enough of Volvos - Use JnNURM Fund Rs.14,883 crores for sustainable, affordable transport facility

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 5-MAR-2013

/JnNURM funds for providing sustainable, economical and comfortable public transport have been used for construction of huge multi-storeyed buildings in the name of Traffic and Transport Management Centers/

/GPS/GIS systems installed are either not working or are found to be wasteful expenditure/

TTMC - a case of total misuse of JNNURM funds

murali772 - 4-MAY-2010

The Jayanagar TTMC was built with a swanky futuristic look but all what’s within is huge empty spaces and leaking walls and roofs. Almost close to completing a year now, all the promises are still on paper. Apart from the busy bus service in the basement, there’s been no progress within. A quick survey of the entire building reveals nothing more than empty spaces, unfinished structures and poor quality of construction. Even the flooring and electrical wiring have not been completed. The walls and beams have already given in to the recent rain. The unfinished wiring works on the first and second floors are now seen soaked.

At a time when there is serious shortage of parking space, this TTMC has a huge park and ride provision on the terrace with a capacity of nearly 110 cars. The original idea behind it was that people could drive in, park their cars/ two-wheelers and board their bus. But, with no lifts ready yet, people are forced to walk the entire ramp up and down to park and ride. According to locals here, weekdays hardly see even 10-15 cars parked here. Even on weekends, the numbers hardly touch 20.

JNNURM progress update report

sanjayv - 13-MAR-2010

 I came across this interesting document while surfing around on the BBMP website for Qtr2 09-10.  It is a fairly large report sent to quarterly to the central government on the status of various JNNURM projects implemented by the BBMP.  It makes interesting reading.  I think a careful perusla and analysis will shed a lot of light on how projects are run and the attitude of the govt officials towards the public.

Here is a snapshot from the item on the Tagore circle underpass.

Tender release date: 25/09/2007, Scheduled date: October 2008

Budget: 2318 lakhs

Reason for delay: Project not started due to non-cooperation by the public.MLA intervention is sought. Issue is being "solved".

Eh? The public is an impediment. in the path of progress.  A problem!

Link to the report here.

Hubli-Dharwad JnNURM

tsubba - 17-JAN-2010

http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/17/stories/2010011752610300.htm

Hubli-Dharwad to be brought under JNNURM

Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy has said that Hubli-Dharwad would be included under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the second phase.

Petition: Say no to Tagore Circle underpass in Bangalore

indian - 5-NOV-2009

Bangalore is one of the 59 cities to which Ministry of Urban Development or MoUD has sanctioned grants for public transport buses.

This grant is linked to conditional reforms in the transport sector in cities that includes higher taxes on private cars, dedicated funds for public transport, parking policy as a car restrain measure and bus sector reforms.

Mysore gets first Intelligent Transport System and Innovative Environment project under JNNURM

vinod_shankar - 3-SEP-2009

The Central Sanctioning  and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under Ministry of Urban Development for sanctioning of projects under Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), submission-I on Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) has sanctioned first Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and Innovative Environment Project for Mysore, Kar

Pictures BMTC-JNNURM - semi-low floor buses

vinod_shankar - 5-AUG-2009