sustainable transport plan

jennypinto - 7-APR-2009

i have been reading up all the to and fros on the BMTC discussion, and i am just wondering, considering the involvement
and interest of the praja members, if we shd take a step back, and discuss a long term
framework that is fundamantally about a sustainable transport solution/s for bangalore.
that would include walking, cycling, pooling.

Race Course shifting from CBD - replacement?

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 3-APR-2009

Hurrah - Great News - Bangalore Turf Club being shifted.

Petition: Stop Amendment of EIA Notification 2006

indian - 30-MAR-2009

MoEF (Ministry of Environment & Forests) in a notification issued recently proposes to amend the EIA Notification in such a manner that it will negate the very purpose of the Notification, besides compromising human rights of hundreds of project affected communities and the ecological security of India.

Climate change and bengaluru

jennypinto - 25-MAR-2009

prajagale,

i have recently joined CSM, (csmworld.org) an international org that addresses climate change issues.
under their umberella i am attempting to put together a"climate  festival"  that looks at  climate change and bengaluru. (other cities will follow)

Global Warming - Local solutions?

psaram42 - 24-MAR-2009

The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Al Gore Jr (b1948) and IPCC of Geneva Switzerland for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. A must Listen 20 minuets “Al Gore Nobel Speech” 

Arkavathi river cascades

L.C.nagaraj - 12-MAR-2009

Dear friends,
as all of you probably know Bangalore was receiving 100% of drinking water from Hesaraghatta and T.G.Halli reservior in the olden days. Even after explosive growth of the metro bangalore was receiving 20% of the drinking water from these reserviors. These 2 reserviors are situated in the tank cascade system of 2 river tributories called Arkavathi and kumudhwathi.

Lessons learnt - but the hard way!

murali772 - 19-FEB-2009

I moved into an apartment complex in S T Bed layout, Koramangala, about 4 years back. The layout was developed by BDA over a decade back on Sinivagilu tank bed, quite as per the widely prevalent practice then. For a layout on a tank bed, the drainage work done by BDA was totally inadequate, and as a result, the asphalting on the roads progressively deteriorated, making the drive through the layout worse than a ride on a camel back.

21st century’s dinosaurs

murali772 - 24-DEC-2008

What amazes me is they never seem to learn, even as our industry gets ready like its mighty US counterparts to go out with a begging bowl to the government for a bailout. This is possibly because they never listen. Today, even with the credit-tsunami, industry leaders and their sycophants in the finance world are all saying, "we never saw this coming". The reason is simple.

Hasiru Usiru

murali772 - 24-DEC-2008

Today (Wednesday) 7 PM at Koshy's, St Mark's Road, Bangalore to discuss what needs to be done to arrest the indiscriminate felling of avenue trees in the name of road widening.

All are welcome.

Muralidhar Rao

Scrutinizing environmental clerances (Prestige Exora.png)

silkboard - 23-DEC-2008

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