Practical governance - need of the hour!

09/12/08 04:42 - nijavaada

We've all been evidence to this. All of us might have stumbled upon this at some point of time.

India is a union of linguistically formed states, and hence governance in India is a matter of managing people of different languages/identities. Even though these remain written truths, there're subtle ways in which our identities have been forcibly compromised with, and attempts to mask various identities under one off identity have been made almost everywhere in the past 61 years of India's existence.

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The 100-days business

09/11/08 13:10 - silkboard

Read a very sensible letter to editor in DH yesterday (forget the name, sorry). It said something I so agree with. Whats this "100 days of government" business? I was disappointed to see Yeddy even trying to list 100-day achievements via newspaper ads. And then media asking for opinions on 100-days. Can a meaningful as well as visible change be caused by a state government in just over three months? Aren't we impatient if we expect that? Doesn't this impatience put pressure on elected folks to do the same short-sighted things that we later

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BBMP - Road Construction

09/11/08 11:40 - Ravi_D

Read this article from CitizenMatters. Interesting. Notice the spec data for road works? Wonder what percent of roads in B'lore adhere to the spec!

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Do we need this?

09/11/08 03:34 - Ravi_D

Have you seen this one?

Apart from Volvo goody, here is something interesting and concerning.

A Rs 1,000-crore, 45-storey interchange terminal where BMTC, KSRTC and Namma Metro services would converge, would come up at the Majestic bus stand, the minister said and added that the construction work on it would begin shortly. 

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TransInnova/BMLTA Transportation Summit - Notes

09/10/08 18:00 - admin123

[Update Sep 17: find all material presented at the summit on BMLTA website - click here]

Placeholder post for notes from those who attended the summit, and to upload/post material presentations etc obtained from the summit.

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Who can legislate to increase fines?

09/10/08 15:04 - mcadambi

It is a well known fact as even Mr Praveen Sood iterates that the local police, i.e Bangalore City Police do not have powers to fine traffic offences. It is still dictated by the Central Motor Vehicles Act. Even the Chief Minister of Karnataka does not have such legislative powers. Only the Union Minister and the Minister of State, Shri T R Baalu and Shri K H Muniyappa have powers to table an amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Act. I doubt they can do it within this session of parliament, but IMO, we need to create a momentum in order to have the CMV amended.

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Site changes 10th Sep 2008

09/10/08 13:35 - tech

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FM Cariappa Road

09/10/08 00:09 - tsubba

Ok, before we make suggestions, we need to be very explicit about what we understand about the road. Since, sri is the local malla complete with a high flung jeTTi and spread out rhetorical stance and all*, we start with what he said about this road. We keep in mind that beyond his generic description, which nevertheless gives us a feel for the road, we need explicit and detailed details. Srivatsa said:

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Next meeting with Mr Sood, Sep 20, 12 noon (updated)

09/09/08 14:49 - admin123

[Update Sep 18, slight change in time] Mr Praveen Sood, ACP Traffic, has confirmed Sep 20, 12 noon as the date for next meeting with Praja members. Please send in your confirmation for attendance on this event entry "2nd meeting with ...". Let us use this post to discuss what we will do in this meeting.

Some guidelines, if we may:

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2nd meeting with ACP Traffic, Mr Praveen Sood

09/09/08 14:28 - silkboard

[Update 18 Sep: slight time change] 2nd meeting with Mr Praveen Sood. Time: 12 noon, Sep 20. Venue: His office, top floor of Shivaji Nagar bus stand TTMC building. 8 people would be a good size to go for this meeting. As always, first come first serve, but if there are more than 8, active members get priority.

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