Workshop on Urban Mobility, IISc, Jan 10 (Mobilicity)

idontspam - 23-DEC-2010

Discussions will be held to understand the issues (political, social, economic and technical) for developing livable cities; take a systems view of the challenges being faced; identify possible ways forward. Focus will be put on ways to learn from urban case studies from across the world and capture critical issues and their effective solutions for application in t

Kumaraswamy Layout - going to dogs?

acoward - 23-DEC-2010

Some real angry words from a whistelblowing resident of Kumaraswamy Layout:

"footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas"

ashwin - 23-DEC-2010

TOI article on ABIDE member Ashwin Mahesh's  wishlist for Bangalore in which he is quoted as saying, 

"The footpaths proposed in the Metro zone areas around stations are a good beginning"

mail to BMRC on namma metro station names

naveen_blr - 23-DEC-2010

Thanks Sir,

I am delighted to receive your response.
I do understand some of the concerns you have raised , these can be reduced/fixed using various options.

1.Some company like Infosys/ Satyam would like to maximum put up their hoardings in the stations which would anyways be the case even if we do not lease out the station to them.

Namma Railu in News Again - This time Deccan Herald

kbsyed61 - 22-DEC-2010

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

Some myths about disciplined driving/drivers

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 22-DEC-2010

 I was thinking to clarify certain points to people who wanted to join DDC, just to clarify about myths/ wrong beliefs/feelings they might have come across.

Should BBMP be running schools and colleges?

murali772 - 22-DEC-2010

To improve the standard of its schools, the city corporation is planning to recruit 300 permanent teachers. Chairman of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Standing Committee on Education, BV Ganesh said, "Around 300 permanent teachers will be recruited for all 33 BBMP schools for the academic year of 2011.

Housing Society Scam - Yeddy, Once Bitten Twice Not Shy

Rithesh - 21-DEC-2010

Tehelka has done a excellent article (Once bitten, twice not shy) on how Yeddi is continuing his corrupt practices. It reports:

Meet-up for DDC project planning

Bheema.Upadhyaya - 21-DEC-2010

 Hi DDC Project Team,

The meeting is to just to discuss the project and get car bumper stickers in person

Venue: Freedom park (Old Central Jail), Date: Dec 25, time: 8 AM.

Agenda:

Report on B/P-ToI 'Public Amenities' event

murali772 - 20-DEC-2010

By public amenities, the following were included: Distance to the closest park; Adequacy; Distance to the closest playground; Adequacy of Playgrounds. The was held at Sophia school, High Grounds, on Sunday, the 5th Dec.