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Written By Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 19 June, 2009
Bengalooru suddi Bangalore Media Reports Architecture Race Course
Race Course is again in the news
- SHIFT elsewhere-Till such time race in Mysore says CM,
- No says horse lovers,
- Yes says CM for Asia's tallest building,
- No says environmentalists and citizens.
Debate continues .. it is time for citizens to bring in a semblance of transparency and accountability towards the climate change that is taking place due to destruction of greenery in and around namma Bengaluru and to develop an organic forest in the 68 acres land to be vacated by Race Course.
- also look at following earlier link:
-Vasanthkumar Mysoremath
COMMENTS
shifting Bangalore Racing( BRC) to Mysore- for God's sake, why?
E.R. Ramachandran - 19 June, 2009 - 13:29
How come the C.M. is taking off the cuff decisions to shift racing ( BRC) from Bangalore to Mysore? Has he discussed with anyone? Why not to shimoga?Does anyone want it here? This smacks of takingunilateral decisions without knowing head or tail of a subject, without seeing the likely consequences.. Typical Yeddy knee-jerk reaction.
ERR
Enough of monstrous buildings-Supreme Court branch not anathema
Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 19 June, 2009 - 15:44
Cadambi Sir
Please, please stop imagining that you will get speedy justice just by having a monstrous building housing the Supreme Court Bench/ Branch.
- Let us talk about mother earth whose face has been scarred,
- let us talk about greening the planet that has been destroyed beyond recognition,
- let us talk about the dangers of climate change, global warming/global dimming, bio diversities, disappearing species, spread of immuno defficient deadly viruses
- let us talk about reduction of pollutions
- let us talk about the alarming reduction in staple food species and future dependency on millets
- let us talk about a good carbon sink/organic forest in 68 acres in CBD/ Race Course land with a little space for having an underground parking place for catering to CBD area with hanging gardens above ground. Nothing concrete should be visible at ground level.
- Let the richman's horses/donkeys be the business of breeders of corrupt practices because punters are 'kurigalu' and it has been proved beyond doubt that the races are controlled by serious back end gamblers/ operators who know how to pull the reigns of a favorite winning horse in one Race Course to amass more in another off course betting center.
- Pragmatism in governance is the need of the hour.
Mr.ERR - pl have a look at the link cited above.
- Vasanth Mysoremath
mcadambi - 20 June, 2009 - 08:35
Vasanth,
No doubt i second your idea. But out of 68 acres of the Turf Club, atleast 8 to 10 acres can be used to build the southern bench of the Supreme Court. We can also provide space for various tribunals such as Railway Tribunal, CBDT, Competition Commission et al to have their Southern Area Offices.
I am sure we can accomodate both Central Govt Judicial bodies such as the ones above and also have space for various consulates of USA, UK, EU, China, Korea and Japan here in Bangalore.
Even 50 Acres of Turf Club can be used for parks.
We need a little of it to add economic value to Bangalore without a larger profit motive.
CBD is starved of O2-Bldgs only know to spew CO2
Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 20 June, 2009 - 11:23
Cadambi avare,
With due regards to your ambition for economic value, may I have the pain of bringing to your kind notice that to save Narasimharaja Boulevard and its 134 valuable herbal trees, we, the Green warriors are having a pitched battle in Mysore with Red Roadies wanting destruction of nature at any cost.
The 'bodies' for whom you have suggested accommodation in Race Course Road in the name of 'economic value' may not fit in such a noisy area - their take is something like -Chanakya Puri in Delhi - expansive, spacious, landscaped, well secured and safe havens areas. -- not amidst Rakshana Vedike et al.
Accommodating such hi-ofices are not of much use to namma Bengaluru and for those suffering from allergic bronchitis and other ailments due to toxic pollutants around Ananda Rao Circle/Seshadri Road, the most highly polluted area of CBD.
- Can you bring back those grand old shady rain trees that were uprooted in the name of road widening on Seshadri Road? What is the result today? Bring traffic from bus station/railway station area and over the fly over and dump it on Seshadri Road. But the trees are dead and in their places more vehicles are standing spewing CO2. As a penance, we need to create something hundred times better than those victims.
= No compromise please.
- I hope you will Agree on these counts and recommend an organic forest/underground parking towards seshadri road and a hanging/landscaped rose garden on top of that concrete surface/nothing concrete above ground?
- Vasanth Mysoremath
mcadambi - 19 June, 2009 - 14:08
BSY is taking the right decision in writing an epitaph to BTC.
Innnumerable familes suffer because of this mega scam. Such a waste of land and a waste of our precious resources.
We should convert BTC land for the southern bench of the Supreme Court. Already M Veerappa Moily is the Union Minister for Law and has shifted the Additional Solicitor General office from Chennai to Bangalore.
We should grab this oppurtunity and make best use of it.
About horses and other horse play - who cares?
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