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Meeting with Mr Vidyashankar - Notes

08/19/08 08:11 - Ravi_D

<< Edited on 22 Aug 08 >>

Using this entry as a precedence, here is a thread to compile outcome of today's today's meeting with Mr Vidyashankar, Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.

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Does it make sense?

08/19/08 04:02 - Ravi_D

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug192008/city2008081985404.asp

From recent Praja discussions and meetings with Mr Sood, it is clear that Police have only so much say - so many areas are beyond their jurisdiction.

Why would we have police officers visit Singapore? To get trained.... On what?

> We don't have our roads planned right - but it is for BBMP to worry about

> foot paths - BBMP

> public transport - BMTC

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Making a Leader -- Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

08/18/08 23:14 - amaku

Making a Leader
SAM HFJ MANEKSHAW
(Edited extract from the late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's lecture at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India--November 11th 1998)

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Meeting with Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka

08/18/08 05:10 - murali772

[post meeting update: Here are the notes from this meeting]

The address is as below:

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Meeting BBMP - updated.

08/17/08 23:24 - admin123

Based on some discussions we have been having here on the subject of planned development, its time to organize a Praja-style meeting with BBMP.

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Us and Them - Metro for free!

08/17/08 15:52 - silkboard

Metro work 2

Read in newspapers last week that if things go as being planned Hyderabad will end up getting a 71 km long Metro for free! Actually, not just free, they will end up getting paid some money (Rs 1240 crores, about 10% of the project cost of Rs 12410 crores) by the winning consortium. Read it yourself, this biz-standard article - Hyd to get 71 km Metro for free. Stats to compare from cost angle are - 65 km Delhi Metro comes at Rs 10500 crores, and 42 km Bangalore at Rs 6500 Crores, both are state funded.

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Rs 8,830 mn - bribe paid by just BPL households last year

08/17/08 07:30 - murali772

The level of corruption is "alarming" in the states of Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, says a new survey based on experience of BPL households in availing various public services last year.

The "India Corruption Study 2007", brought out by NGOs Transparency International India (TII) and Centre for Media Studies (CMS), found that about one-third of Below Poverty Line (BPL) households in the country bribed officials to avail a total of 11 services - from police to PDS.

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Rohan Kokane makes the limbo skating record

08/17/08 05:55 - belgaumblog

The seven-year-old limbo skater from Belgaum city, Rohan Kokane, has staked claim to world record by comfortably skating under a bar with a clearance height of 6.5” in backward direction and 5.7” in forward direction in an auditorium in the city on Friday.

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What BDA spent on Abide

08/16/08 06:40 - silkboard

Mr A pulled out BDA's expense report on Abide (remember this event?). He found that BDA spent Rs.21,86,487 for that full day session at IISc. See a similar news reported about BBMP (Biscuits worth Rs 50000). That small event has allegedly been over-accounted. The same can't be said about Abide event, this is pure information for public consumption.

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Potholes on Roads tarred one month back!!

08/14/08 17:36 - anusree.kailash

[Sep 5 spotlight post - an example for us to just go do it - read Anusree's experience {admin}]

An Arterial road in Ejipura got tarred in July. Within just 3-4 weeks there are major potholes on major junctions of the road.

One wonders ...

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