Meeting with Mr Sood - minutes

07/26/08 16:36 - admin123

The Praja tradition should be - no single consolidated minutes of the meeting. All those who attend must log their individual reports about Praja meetings.

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Blasts in bangalore - city in turmoil

07/25/08 09:34 - namma_nadu

Just heard that there are 5-7 blasts in bangalore. Folks, take care. Stay put wherever you are and wait for police clearance to leave your offices or wherever you are.

[Update: 3:30 pm It started with reports and SMS'es of low intensity blasts on Mysore road and Madivala in 1:30 pm - 2 pm timeframe. They say its 5 - 7 blasts around the city so far, mostly in South Bangalore areas. Some information on rediff on this. There is some unclarity around exact number (5-7) and specific areas of blast beyond Nayanadahalli, Madivala, Langford which have been confirmed by many. Keep watching TV and media sites.]

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KR Puram Railway Station Jn Update

07/25/08 05:06 - rithesh

Finally BDA and Traffic Police seem to have woken up to the traffic problem at KR Puram junction (opposite railway station). BDA is proposing to widen the roads leading to the junction (on either side of the cable bridge).

The main hurdle to the project is the narrow junction opposite the railway station. Though there is ample space to widen the road, the land is owned by the Railways and they are refusing to give up the land.

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Large PPPs like BIAL - ripe for corruption?

07/25/08 04:43 - admin123

[A Request - This is a carryover from talk of corruption and transparency that emerged in this HAL-BIAL thread. Please don't drag the peripherals like big people wanting airport in their backyard etc into this. Add your wisdom and tips that are relevant here.]

We really want to understand this. What are the transparency and disclosure norms for PPP (Public Private Partnership) Projects? Looks like they don't come under the purview of RTI Act, at least the matter is not settled yet (We believe BIAL has filed an appeal against a court verdict that put it under RTI). Does lack of transparency set PPP projects up for corruption?

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Belgaum ring road: Still a Dream

07/25/08 03:44 - belgaumblog

Belgaum ring road planned in two phases.

1. Hindalga-Peeranwadi-Halga
2. Hindalga-Kakti-Halga

Total ring road length 38 kms. Ring road breadth 100 feet. 285 acres of land needed. Rs.1425 lakh for land acquisition. Ring road total expenditure Rs.30 crores. The plan for the ring road was prepared 10 years ago. Imagine, since ten years nothing has happened on ground; only papers have changed places and this road, which will be a boon to traffic, will remain a dream.

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Alipaak it happens only in Belgaum

07/24/08 07:05 - belgaumblog

“Alipaak” phonetically sounds exactly like the same word in Marathi.

Alipaak, a snack made with groundnuts, puffed rice accompanied with sugar cane juice.

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POWER & SPEED create big holes in pockets

07/24/08 07:02 - belgaumblog

In the past few days, ‘Singh has become the King’, the share market is now again ready to take a leap upwards and Crude oil prices are heading only southwards. All these things are very nice for the common man. Today crude is trading at about 124.24$ which is of its high of almost 150$.

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Welcome development in the power sector

07/24/08 05:49 - murali772

The report in the papers about Karnataka's plan to set up a 2000 MW power plant in Chhattisgarh (vide report captioned 'Chhattisgarh plant to ease power woes' on page 7, TOI of 23rd July - the text is reproduced below, since, apparently because of a goof up by TOI, the 'link' is taking it to a diffrent text) denotes a refreshing change in the mind-set of the powers that be heading the state power sector.

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Book Release: Rich Lands, Poor People

07/24/08 05:04 - murali772

CSE’s 6th ‘State of India’s Environment’ Report on Mining

Orchid Room, Hotel Orchid Harsha,
11 Park Road, Shivajinagar, Bangalore - 560051
August 04, 2008

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi invites you to the release of its latest ‘State of India’s Environment’ report, on mining: Rich Lands, Poor People -- Is Sustainable Mining Possible?

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Day-long protest condemning murder of Mr A T Babu, NAPM state convener

07/23/08 14:57 - murali772

National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) condemns murder of its Karnataka state convenor

Day-long protest organised in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue in Bangalore on Thursday (24th July) from 10.30 a.m. onwards

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