Posts : Bangalore

Big10 Corridor improvement - good intentions

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Some good intentioned work seems to have been kicked off on the Big10 corridor this side of the city. From what I can see, the HAL Airport Road, Varthur Road Big10 corridor is seeing some upgrades towards:

BMTC best, BDA worst

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

Sorry for that catchy headline there. But we, a bunch of nobodies, group of mostly no-namers, have tried reaching out to various local bodies in Bangalore over past year for few things here and there. We have also seen and heard about other citizen's (may or may not be Praja members) attempts at connecting with city's local bodies.

Towards Copenhagen: Discussion at CED

shekhar_mittal - 19-OCT-2009

Bangalore Platform

invites you to the panel discussion on Climate Change

Storm Water Management and compulsary RWH

psaram42 - 19-OCT-2009

Place #23 Old Madras Road, Ulsoor, Bangalore, India. 

Discussions with Mr. Indraneel Dutta about Storm water Management and RWH in view of Compulsory RWH for 2400 sq ft and above site properties in the city.

Whose Responsibility Are These?

E.R. Ramachandran - 19-OCT-2009

Do we have accidents waiting to happen at every turn?

Road width over pavement - Marathahalli example

silkboard - 19-OCT-2009

First of all, credits to BDA or BBMP or ABIDe (who knows!?) or whoever is thinking about bus interchange points like Marathahalli ring Road and improving the pedestrian amenities there. So yes, something is better than nothing. However, if you watch the work, uncalled for and unscietific preference to road width over pavement is visible. Sample some pictures.

The great Indian sellout

idontspam - 18-OCT-2009

 Jairam for major shift at climate talks

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In

Long pending Civic Elections

psaram42 - 18-OCT-2009

The way the BWSSB, in the absence of BBMP elected mayor and his team, is going ahead with its job of planning and maintaining the city infrastructure is not acceptable. Reference is made to the earlier two threads on the subject on SWD.