Public Works Coordination Agreement

vaishvittal - 23-DEC-2009

New life for works coordination; nascent effort underway

It’s a first for Bengaluru. Stung by criticism, local authorities and the traffic police claim they will now coordinate select public works using a simple one-page agreement.

Bangalore Hassan New line

Raghu Nandana M - 23-DEC-2009

The new line has been in progress between bangalore and hassan with line completed between shravanabelagola and hassan and banaglore -Nelamangala on the section. The work is in progress for last 10 years.This year as per the pink book

Pay-and-park put on hold

murali772 - 23-DEC-2009

Contradictory views and ambiguity shroud many developmental projects. While the agencies and stakeholders continue to dream big, at the end of the day, the projects seem to be just a pipedream. Plans have been made for many multi-storeyed parking plazas and at least 100 on-street parking lots, but the parking policy for the city is itself not clear.

Bangalore Bike (Cycling) Activism

sandeepmr - 23-DEC-2009

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Tumkur-Chitradurga-Davangere new line

santoshfs - 22-DEC-2009

Friends, We have got a railway line, from Bangalore to Mumbai via Tumkur, Arasikere, Davangere and Hubli and onwards.

Feb 4th, 2010 - Is the BUS DAY in namma Bengaluru!

kbsyed61 - 22-DEC-2009

It is finally here. Feb 4th, 2010 is being planned by BMTC to be 'BUS DAY'. A day long event.

All that we need to do is take the Bus on that day to work, business and any other engagements that we might have on that day.

Isn't it a good idea. Start the new year with a promise to build sustainable living choices.

Per capital health care expenditure state wise

vinod_shankar - 21-DEC-2009

RWH-calculation

thampan - 21-DEC-2009

 This blog entry is to capture some RWH calculations and upload an excel file to show the calculations.

DAKSH report on democracy and governance in Karnataka

murali772 - 21-DEC-2009

DAKSH (a registered civil society organization committed to enhancing citizens’ engagement with issues of democracy, governance, and equity) undertook a review of democracy and governance in Karnataka, as a way for a citizen’s group to engage with the democratic structures and processes at a state level.

Guidelines for BBMP Engineers

sanjayv - 20-DEC-2009

 There was a report in the Hindu today that a book on guidelines for construction and maintenance of city roads was released yesterday.  The author is a retired chief engineer of the PWD, Sri K. N. Shivashankara Rao.  This will be an excellent book to get a copy of and review.  Is geometrical design covered? Are pedestrian facilities covered? How about utilities?