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Update on Koramangala projects

18-NOV-2019 07:02:00 PM -- murali772

With the Ward Committee's largely dysfunctional (check here), I am appending below my version (gathered from exchanges on various WhatsApp groups, and hearsay - if anyone has more authentic info, they are most welcome to correct me) of an update on various projects in the Koramangala area:

 

1) Ejipura-KendriyaSadan Elevated...

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Extortion racket by faking accidents

28-AUG-2019 01:14:00 AM -- murali772

The following was posted by a resident on our apartment complex WhatsApp group:

 

Thought I should share an incident that happened today as I was going to work (around 9 AM, Monday, 26th Aug, '19); and some thoughts. Might help others.

 

I was in my car near the...

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Relevance of KAOA under RERA

9-SEP-2020 05:30:34 AM -- murali772

Urban Development

Typical case of KOFA/ KAOA compliance

Listed below are relevant extracts of Sections/ Clauses from KOFAand KAOA, along-with my comments against each (in italics), in support of my claim of the 132 unit high-rise apartment complex I own an a flat in (and currently reside in), having...

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Koramangala 4th block flood mitigation plan

13-SEP-2018 11:26:14 AM -- murali772
A few weeks back, there was an announcement of the commencement of work on the subject plan, with a pooja, presided over by the BTM layout (under which Assembly constituency, the area falls) MLA, Sri Ramalinga Reddy.
 
The announcement talked about laying of pipelines along the 80 ft road (Google terms it "Srinivagilu main road"), in the vicinit

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Failed PPP's, and finally, a good model

5-AUG-2018 02:47:33 AM -- murali772
With government-owned, and thereby incapacitated, "public utilities" (BESCOM, BMTC, BWSSB, etc in Bengaluru) unable to meet the burgeoning and varied demands of the fast-growing urban centres, the way out for managing them very clearly points to PPP's.

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If I were to be the Mayor of Bengaluru

6-DEC-2017 07:59:56 AM -- murali772
Citizen Matters recently invited essays from citizens on how they would go about things if they were to become the "Mayor of Bengaluru".

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BekuBedaSanthe

4-OCT-2017 05:49:37 PM -- murali772
The "Citizens for Bengaluru" is organising a "BekuBedaSanthe" on the 15th Oct, and the following is what I posted on their web-site as comprising my initial "wish-list" (The linked blog-posts provide more details.

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Pedestrian issues

28-SEP-2017 07:03:08 AM -- murali772
An Indian Express reporter called to ask if I could write a 200 page note on pedestrian issues in the city, perhaps since I was part of the PRAJA team that had filed a PIL in this behalf in the High Court (check here, for more on that).

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Trees planted but WRONG intentions!!

13-MAR-2017 07:10:57 AM -- srinidhi

Initially when the TenderSURE works started, it was decided that there would be no new trees planted. This was an autrocious decission as there cannot be pedestrains on the footpath without tree shade in our city.

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Hurray!! State Government signed a MoU with Railways for Bengaluru Suburban Rail!

16-JAN-2017 04:59:13 PM -- kbsyed61

Prajagale,

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