CM's Rajakaluve upgrade plans - ambitious?

18-AUG-2020 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

CM Yediyurappa in his Independence day speech introduced a plan to spruce up the Rajakaluves in the city and convert them to public spaces. Sounds grand and ambitious. However as they say the devil is in the details. One of the sources mentioned this to the press:

“At places,...

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Metro OR Suburban train to KIA?

4-FEB-2020 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

So its that time of the year again, expectations from the budget abt announcements on suburban rail and no doubt madam FM did say few words on the issue but also left a lot for speculation. And then the news items abt the train link to the trumpet interchange near...

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applicability of 50% reservation limit

28-APR-2020 05:30:00 AM -- murali772

The Supreme Court order last week which quashed a January 2000 order of the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh providing 100% reservation to Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates for the post of teachers in schools in the scheduled areas of the state is a reaffirmation of the 50% ceiling principle laid down by...

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Fear and Tender S.U.R.E

20-MAR-2019 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

First would like to start with saying that Tender SURE was indeed a ground breaking effort, literally too, in many ways. Uniform Carriage way and few other principles which are new and commendable.

However the original Tender SURE and the other versions thereafter like the BBMP version of  TenderSURE 'Lite'...

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Sanity at Silkboard!

23-JAN-2019 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

Now that there are land acquistion and the tendering issues to be resolved to sort the grand silkboard road plan, which BMRCL attempted to implement. Also, the double decker work is still on, starting from the marenahalli end.

There is a need a less ambitious practical solution which can be...

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Metro, not NimBus (BPS) , needed for ORR

2-NOV-2019 12:11:00 AM -- srinidhi

The govt along with various organizations like DULT is gearing up for the launch of  NimBus or the Bus Priority System(BPS) planned on the ORR. This, on the outset, seems a sane decision, probably a little late in coming though.. This is because the weird designs of flyovers, with separated...

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BBMP seeks public help to fix plan violations

5-AUG-2019 12:16:00 PM -- srinidhi

It seems straight out of the STASI manual from earstwhile East Germany, where folks within families were known to spy on each other. But however weird it seems, BBMP plan to get public/neighbours to check on by-law violations might just as well work. The details of the BBMP plan is...

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Bengaluru footpath issues/solution

13-APR-2019 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

Bangalore footpaths are unusable at many places and the result is that pedestrians are forced onto the roads where they run a risk of getting hit by vehicular traffic. Many interesting videos are done to show this problem. A recent one by Malleshwaram Socail  is here below:

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Bellandur - Varthur wetland encroachments

15-FEB-2019 05:30:00 AM -- srinidhi

The saga of encroachments and land grabbing on Bellandur lake is very painful to say the least. Its a prime example of how a historical waterbody has been turned to waste just because of human greed. Land grabbers are the worst of the lot who first encraoch and then 'create' paperwork...

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What Type Of City Do We Want?

27-AUG-2018 11:30:11 AM -- Naveen

Unmanageable traffic forever - Is that what we want in our City?

"Experience is the ability to recognize a mistake when you make it again"

The proponents for elevated freeways planned to be built, cutting across the city claim the following benefits:

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