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Written By murali772 - 8 February, 2010
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It was the DMK that had first started the practice of erecting flag poles right across foot-paths at road junctions in Chennai, in effect establishing their claim to be the rulers of the place. This was copied by Marxists in Kerala, Shiv Sena in Mumbai, and the KRV in namma Bengaluru. Meanwhile, as far back as in 97 itself, when Mr M K Stalin became the Mayor of Chennai, he decided that such gimmicks were harming the party more than doing any good, and had them all dismantled. The Indian Express cutting here shows the work being carried out under the supervision of Mr Stalin himself. As compared to that, namma KRV appears to be announcing newer and newer conquests every day, caring a damn for the pedestrians.
Muralidhar Rao
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when is Bangalore going to act?
murali772 - 10 February, 2010 - 09:13
examples worthy of emulation from across the country - what is Bangalore waiting for?
murali772 - 8 February, 2010 - 11:58
This one at the busy Maharaja junction in Koramangala came up about a month back, amidst all the construction activity currently in progress there. The junction was already a nightmare for pedestrians. The flag-pole pedestal occupying almost three-fourth the foot-path width is worsening matters considerably.
psaram42 - 10 February, 2010 - 03:49
Murali sir
thanks for the blog entry. I was thinking in the same line regarding misuse of posters etc by political parties et all.
Above is a picture taken on 9th Feb 2010 showing the congress wishing us maha shivratri, which is on Friday the 12th. It has been erected well before the day. However they will never be in a hurry to remove it. May be BBMP may have to do the job.
murali772 - 10 February, 2010 - 07:21
Here (reported in the New Indian Express) is an instance of how Dr Raj Kumar's bust was used in an attempt to encroach into BDA property at Sumanahalli junction under Kamakshipalya police station limits. The alertness of the police and BDA has thwarted it, atleast for now.
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