Posts : Bangalore

What will make Bus Day a better success?

kbsyed61 - 6-MAR-2010

We all are looking for answer to one question. How can BMTC make the Bus Day a better success? The success being large numbers taking the bus on Bus day? Praja survey and poll has already given the answers to this question. One important factor that is eluding the Bus Day is, TRUST from citizens of Namma Bengaluru.

Screening of the documentary - Water and a City

sanjayv - 5-MAR-2010

 Screening of the documentary - Water and a City by filmmaker Swati Dandekar

Date: March 6th 2010

Time: 4:30 pm

 

Centre for Education and Documentation

No. 7, 8th Main , 3rd phase
Domlur 2nd Stage
Bangalore – 560071

Map to CED (PDF)

Skype Meeting - Plans for April Bus Day support

kbsyed61 - 5-MAR-2010

The Bus Day is an interesting event that presents wonderful opportunity for communities like PRAJA to grab and show case their concern and willingness to take 2 steps forward.

April Bus Day - date changed to 7th

silkboard - 5-MAR-2010

Can we try something different this time? Get celebrities in? Request some radio channels to publicize the event?

Watch for and join some planing meetings prior to this Bus Day. If you been watching so far, BMTC is here to help, listen and act. Use Bus Day as the medium to give constructive feedback.

Take the Bus, its your city, and your environment.

March 4 Bus Day - New shuttles - Bagmane, Indiranagar, Domlur, Koramangala

vinod_shankar - 2-MAR-2010

BMTC is announcing new local shuttle routes for March 4 Bus Day. Instead of smaller multiple local feeder loops, we have a largish loop covering Indiranagar, Domlur and Koramangala. Frequency promised is 10 minutes, so that will help.

BTRAC, it is 2010 - report card for Traffic?

silkboard - 2-MAR-2010

BTRAC-2010, does the phrase ring a bell? It is a Rs 350 crore (max) worth project funded 2006 through 2010 to reduce congestion and better manage traffic in the city.

Compound wall crack due to neighbour' s borewell digging - issued resolved

ahumanbean - 2-MAR-2010

Crack in the compound wall issue seems to be resolved, temporarily.

Other RTI + Lok Ayuktha files, will have be be followed up in due course.

Another huge grey area seems to be that very few citizens are aware of permissions that are / are not needed before a borewell can be sunk. The 'consultant's digging the borewell of course make all the rules up...!

Land Acquisition for Metro UG Stretch - expect more delays?

Ravi_D - 2-MAR-2010

Just noticed the numbers for land acquisition in the Feb Newsletter

UG NS Stretch - Proposed: 14, Possession Taken: 8, Demolished: 7

UG EW Stretch - Proposed: 129, Possession Taken:0 (!), Demolished: 0 (!).

Commuter / Local Trains for Bangalore from March

Sanjeev - 1-MAR-2010

Finally KH Muniyappa, union minister of state for railways, announced that the South Western Railway’s train services from the city to Devanahalli will commence in March 2010 as per schedule. He said on Saturday that train services to Anekal would also start
by March

A new DPR for monorail - when?

n - 26-FEB-2010

Refer to the proceeds of this BMLTA meeting. Go to section 6/7 - there is no mention of Scomi/Geodesic. Why would IDD again prepare the DPR if Geodesic already submitted one? Different alignment?

See meeting notes in full here: