Urban Transport in India : Beyond the Nano and Metro… and back to basics

03/12/08 11:19 - murali772

Bangalore International Centre is happy to announce that it has arranged a Talk on "Urban Transport in India : Beyond the Nano and Metro… and back to the Basics" on Friday, the 14th March, 2008 at 6.30 PM at our Auditorium.

Prof. Madhav Badami, who is a Professor in the School of Urban Planning and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, will deliver the talk on the subject.

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BESCOM - Customers' day - Sat, 15th March

03/12/08 10:58 - murali772

I N V I T A T I O N

Dear Friends,

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), Public Affairs Centre, Swabhimana and Consumer Advocacy, KERC are pleased to invite you for a workshop on Customer Care to commemorate World Customers' Day.

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Towards Planning and Public Transport

03/12/08 03:57 - tsubba

BMTC under Upendra Tripathy can be accused of a zillion things but lack of vision, lethargy and trying - lack of kaLakali, muthuvarji, kaaLaji it can be accused of not. Anybody who has followed BMTC for a while would recognize that he seems to get to the bottom of Bangalore's real troubles. As far as i can recall, he is the tallest amongst the movers and shakers of Bangalore who has zoned in on town planning as the real cause of Bangalore's problems AND done something about it.

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BIAL opening delayed - why announce that now?

03/11/08 06:27 - silkboard

Yeah, we said so, a month ago (Feb 6), right here, about possible delay around ATC equipment. Newspapers are reporting this morning that BIAL will open 2-4 weeks late due to delay in geting ATC facility ready. The delay is either around installation of equipment or staff-training, depending on which newspaper you trust more (Hindu, Biz-Standard).

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Bad News : ATC not ready, new airport will take off 2-4 weeks late

03/11/08 06:12 - arunvishvin

The Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has hit a major air pocket. The inauguration of the new airport — scheduled for March 30 — will be delayed by 2-4 weeks as per recommendations of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

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BMIC Updates - II

03/08/08 16:19 - tsubba

BMIC project updates -II

Also see: BMIC track

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BAIL trial run... first updates

03/07/08 16:28 - nature_raj

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=70095

First inputs..... I like the Kingfisher n the mountain behind...isnt it nandi hills...!!

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BIAL connectivity - train to Chikkaballapur?

03/06/08 20:06 - silkboard

Bangalore TOI, Mar 6, page 2:

"... Planners have, therefore, suggested making use of the existing railway corridor ... the proposed train between Chikballapur and Bangalore city will be taken up as a priority. Two trains run between the city and Chikkaballapur and these trains can be utilized if there is a demand,’’ divisional manager of Southwestern Railway, Mahesh Mangal, told TOI."

Good to see someone wake up to this possibility that Vasanth/others have suggested here a few times already. This would be the track in question:

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Sakrama and regularization

03/06/08 19:35 - silkboard

So the state government extended the deadline, and also reduced 'regularization' fees. The BJP wants the scheme to be put on hold, and I think we will soon hear more from the courts via some pending PILs.

Sakrama may not be a perfect scheme, but it is the only step government has taken towards solving the mother of all ills that plague our city - plan violations. I don't like the one time fee concept (why not make violators pay a fee every year, that way you will make them think of altering constructions). I don't see clarity on what will happen to the buildings with 'unacceptable' level of violations - demolitions or not? I don't see any talk of punishing the 'officials' who may have been involved in letting things come to such a state where 70-80% of buildings have violations. I don't see creation of new fund or special task-force (regularization fees can be used for this) to improve policing of building norms so that we don't require a Sakrama every five years. But, but, but.

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Rainwater Harvesting Success in BEL, Bangalore

03/06/08 08:42 - mcadambi

There has been a success story w.r.t Rain Water Harvesting. One only hopes this serves as a model for all others to follow:

 http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb52008/environmet2008020550499.asp

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