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Mysore dasara - To prevent a disaster/stampede during festive season

09/30/08 18:18 - sandeepmr

2 months 2 stampedes more than 300 dead, almost 10 times the number of deaths in the recent bomb attacks.

People from Mysore on Praja, can you ensure that the local authorities have done enough to prevent such a ghastly disaster during the mysore dasara event.

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'Rs 3 crore goes down the drain' - Belandur Lake works

09/30/08 13:48 - silkboard

In case you didn't read this today:

Rs 3 crore goes down the drain
CAG Unearths Major Irregularities In Bellandur Lake Rejuvenation Project
Vinay Madhav | TNN

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How to Improve Efficiency in our system

09/30/08 09:59 - Avinash

Hi All, Can we work out a plan like before the Election the party & the people who were in rule has to come infrount of the people and have to share Developments, Construction ,New Project Implementation , New Rule & regulation ,which they have done for the city and to the state in the time span what they had got.

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Success of Delhi Metro Phase One

09/29/08 18:44 - mcadambi

http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=72&task=view&id=16138&acc=high "But the only way to discourage the use of private vehicles is to provide alternatives—ones that are safe, reliable, fast and easily accessible. That is where a rail-based transit system taps into a metropolis' needs, becoming the lifeline of its economic activities. [...]

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Tenders for 10 metro stations - details

09/29/08 13:17 - silkboard

jayanagar stationFirst of all, I have no idea what that Deccan Chronicle article meant when it talked numbers like Rs 1 to 10 Crore per station. We have been noticing Bangalore Metro tenders in newspapers, all are available on BMRC website as well. Here are the details, with links to the tender pdf files:

  1. CMH Road + Byppanhalli stations - Rs 81 Crores (link)
  2. RV Road Terminal + Jayanagar - Rs 61 Crores (link)
  3. Tollgate + Hosahalli + Vijayanagar - Rs 98 Crores (link)
  4. Yeswantpur + Soap Factory + Mahalaxmi Nagar - Rs 111 Crores (link)

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Magic for Pedestrains - anyone has pics?

09/29/08 07:29 - blrsri

BBMP has done a 24 hour wonder by putting together a ped underpass in 24 hrs using the magic tech ... read this on ToI.

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Power and water connections only after BBMP approval

09/29/08 07:07 - murali772

Aspiring house owners, beware. It would be best to stick to the sanctioned building plan, as even the smallest deviations in the form of setbacks in front, rear, left or right side of the building, height of the structure or number of floors, could leave the building in darkness and without water.

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Meeting with South Western Railways

09/26/08 07:55 - murali772

Promoting a comment from this post to plan and track a meeting with SWR - {admin}

contact established (with SW Rly)

Just spoke to Mr T R K Rao, Addl Divl Mgr, Bangalore Division, S W Rly. Gave him a brief on PRAJA, and invited him to visit our web-site (Sir - a warm hello to you, if you are reading this) to get a clearer understanding of what we are trying to do. He has promised to do so, and revert to me to fix a meeting, possibly in the coming week.

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Some answers from Railways

09/28/08 16:21 - silkboard

Mukund SWR questionsMr. N. Mukund who represents the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the Divisional Railway Users’ Consultative Committee, recently got some questions answered by the Railway Officials. Click on the image on right to see Railway's replies to his questions. Here is a quick recap of some of those, see the one on commuter rail (suburban connectivity comes under ... state government!)

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Comprehensive Mobility Plan for Pune - Proposed by IL&FS

09/27/08 11:38 - asj

Pune corporation recently got the Il&FS to produce a comprehensive mobility plan for the city. Not surprisingly the plan suggests a need for mega projects from Metro, BRT, Flyovers, Subways, Viaducts, Elevated roads, Bridges, Road over river - a bhelpuri of a kind.

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