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bharatm - 30-NOV-2009
Summary: Do we have any other choices other than Metro? Are we trying to hide our deficiencies and closed our eyes to all the improvements? How good metro projections are? All these questions are very critical and crucial before we consider Metro project? Details Do we have any other choices other than Metro? |
Traffic Fines - Revenue Realization idontspam - 29-NOV-2009
Managed to chart the fine & case data provided last year by the Bangalore Traffic Police to Praja. |
Signal Cycle times in Bangalore idontspam - 29-NOV-2009
Cycle time data for various traffic signals in Bangalore by police station jurisdiction Click for larger view |
Proposal: Green Score system for KSPCB/BBMP silkboard - 29-NOV-2009
Scaling up infrastructure and managing expectations of the greens isn't an easy job. A protest worthy job here and a green initiative there, one would expect to see some balance, and even better a system to quantify such balance. What if a body (BBMP or KSPCB) was to keep track of "green score" lost or scored on every project running in the city? |
Metro : Reality Check for Speed, Money and Hopes bharatm - 29-NOV-2009
Summary: This article tries to analyse Metro project and expectation from it. If they are reasonable? Also have the people who decided for metro really considered existing system's potential and limitation correctly? If yes than what was cost and efficiency prompted them for alternative. Its a hard to answer but it will be true reality check for metro. |
Concepts for an Integrated Road Design Manual psaram42 - 29-NOV-2009
1.0 IntroductionA normal concept of road design includes the following -- (1) |
Protest against ID cards for entry into public parks Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 28-NOV-2009
To protest such abhorrent acts of exclusion, the Environmental Support Group (ESG) have organised a protest on Monday, 30th November 2009, 4 pm to 6 pm at Queens Statue, Cubbon Park, M. G. Road. We urge you to join us in large numbers in this very critical struggle against encroachment of the Fundamental Rights to Access Public Spaces. |
idontspam - 28-NOV-2009
Refer Indian Express story - Helpless Desk Here is a classic case of good intentions wrongly implemented. The intention |
SmartVote - Door-to-door campaigning in Koramangala 3rd Block deepakar - 28-NOV-2009
Door to door campaigning is planned for the Koramangala SmartVotes campaign (see details here http://praja.in/en/blog/deepakar/2009/11/27/koramangala-smartvotes-calling-volunteers). Meeting venue: Koramangala 12th Main , 3rd Block , BBMP Park Time: 8.30 am and should be finished before lunch . Incase you require any further information , please call : |
Koramangala SmartVotes - Calling on volunteers deepakar - 28-NOV-2009
Koramangala SmartVotes is a campaign to elect a true citizen's representative in the upcoming BBMP elections The Process |