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Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald
Written By kbsyed61 - 22 December, 2010
Bangalore Praja CRS Transportation public transport Namma Railu Commuter rail Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald today carried a news item titled "NGO dusts off commuter rail idea" with a NR map.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/122932/ngo-dusts-off-commuter-rail.html
...Sanjeev Dyamannavar of Praja, an NGO which is advocating the nearly-forgotten proposal made way back in 1983 by the Indian Railways, says that during his recent consultations with the State government and railway officials in Bangalore, he found that they were evincing cautious interest in the proposal.
The rail system, says Dyamannavar, is a critical solution for the commuter problems in the burgeoning metro, since it envisages multiple modes of transport for easy commuting, connecting places that can be reached in around an hour’s time from the City centre.
With the help of Prof Sitaram of the Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning at the Indian Institute of Science, Praja has prepared a detailed report outlining the routes, distances and requirements. The proposal contemplates 35 new stations and an approximate distance of 370 km and improving accessibility to the existing stations...
Interesting to note that it kind of supports PPP for this project
...Sources in the Railways say the prohibitive cost of implementing the project makes it suitable for a public-private-partnership venture, but approval might take time...
Sanjeev, great work for making the right noises and working hard to reach out to different people.
COMMENTS
Great work Sanjeev Dyamannavar
psaram42 - 23 December, 2010 - 03:03
It feels good to see growing presence of Praja as an NGO. Great work!
@sheragu - Information is available in Call to Action Report
kbsyed61 - 23 December, 2010 - 17:06
@sheragu
All the answers to your questions are available in the Praja Report.
Bengaluru Commuter Rail - Call to Action - Reprint 2.pdf
-Syed
Namma Railu - Cost saving for IT companies ?
Narayan Vaster - 24 December, 2010 - 05:36
Hi Team Namma Railu !
I am an keen follower of Namma Railu ...(sufferer of V2WC Bug ! - Vijayanagr to Whitefield Commuter)
May be people might have thought this but I would like bring following points. Hope it helps (Numbers are my Guess/ Apologies if they are incorrect )
- Majority of Whitefield companies are IT companies. With 70 % of staff travels by Bus / Bikes / CARs - Now a days everyone think of how to reduce the cost of doing Business. Lets present Namma Railu as cost effective mode of transport for the IT companies and its employees (We see daily 1000s of Busses running every day between Majestic to Whitefield )
- Lets tell how companies can save money by lobbying for Namma Railu. As said by many if we can gather support of IT companies It would be great idea !
- As 1st target if we can have some stall in front of ITPL or within ITPL / nearby IT complexes with a big banner which loudly says
"Fed up with BBCB Travel ? (Bike /Bus/Company Bus) Then Come here !
- Do you know Bangalore has Railway Track which covers 75 % of Bangalore including whitefiled ?
- Did you ever thought travelling from Majestic to Whitefiled with Maximum of 30 Mins !! without traffic /signal s
Yes there is an answer...We have a train track / we have trains!!! Just need a Zeal to make it happen..
Come support Us for Namma Railu!
I believe if marketing is strong we can sell anything. What we selling is a peaceful travel to Bangalorians who surely can buy it!
If we can gather some kind signature movement of 1lack people (Forgive me if this # is unrealistic) that’s a significant support of public which can be again conveyed to govt. thorough media / papers !
We know If there is public there will Publicity! If there is publicity there is a Business!
Just need to come with idea how to let people know about the idea of Namma Railu
Just thought came in between ..not sure if this can be done …lets get big banner May be some 50Mts or 100meters length white cloth and have signature of company employees who support Namma Railu …it looks fancy idea but if we are able get the media glare then that helps us to take forward. Intention is tell govt that how eager people are to have Namma railu!
Currently I am not India but really excited the idea of Namma railu as I suffered the pain of travelling for 2/3 hrs. I am ready to volunteer for any kind of when I am in Bangalore.
Thank You.
Narayan Vaster
idontspam - 24 December, 2010 - 06:04
Thanks for the input, Sane and logical voices like yours has to reach the government & politicos. We are doing this on behalf of people like you only.
For on ground campaigning we need volunteers so do reach out when you are back let us take this idea forward.
Naveen - 24 December, 2010 - 08:20
Narayan Vaster,
Greatly appreciate your support for the Namma Railu campaign. As IDS mentioned, we need many more volunteers to push this through - hope we can count on you when you get back here.
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