KR Puram meeting - pics

silkboard - 14-FEB-2009

7 of us showed up, 6 in one batch and 1 on his own (came to know later) for this event. Met Kannan for the first time and speaking to him made it clear that he has given detailed thoughts to possible solutions for this chaos. He will soon be scanning and posting his sketches here.

Railways - a major letdown for Karnataka

nijavaada - 14-FEB-2009

In continuation with some threads on transportation, highways, and the unjust treatment Karnataka (including Bengaluru) has been facing from the Center, here're some fresh wounds the Railway ministry has made on Karnataka.

The 2009-10 interim Railway budget is out, and as expected, has been a disaster for us (Karnataka).

ABIDE Plans - More buses to the BMTC Fleet?

kbsyed61 - 13-FEB-2009

If we look at the Bengaluru Plan2020 and news that has appeared in the media suggests that for decongestion on B'lore roads, more buses are required and hence plan to add more buses to the BMTC fleet. Here is the scoop from DH

Clearing mud and sand accumulated on the road

srikanthml - 13-FEB-2009

Hi, In addition to the numerous problems we already have on road and road works in Bangalore. I wanted to bring attention to the huge amount of mud and sand scattered on all roads in Bangalore. It may seem the lowest in the priority of BBMP to clean it up. But clearly there are many issues related to this. Some of them i have observed

Pedestrian bridge across Intermediate Ring Road

deepakar - 12-FEB-2009

Embassy Golf Links on Intermediate Ring Road, Koramangala is one of first IT parks in Bangalore and houses large facilities of several MNCs such as IBM, Microsoft, Netapp, Yahoo and Goldman Sachs. This campus houses thousands of employees. One huge problem that the employees face is to cross the street right outside their facility.

St Charles School authorities at Lingarajapuram block traffic

Praveen Kumar - 12-FEB-2009

Please note the only connecting route between Hennur,Chellekere,HRBR Layout, Kalyannagar and surrounding areas is thru the lingarajapuram flyover. Please note this flyover is clogged -

Bengaluru Mono Rail - proposal details

idontspam - 11-FEB-2009

There is a proposal for runing Mono Rail in Bangalore by SCOMI-Geodesic consortium which is proposed to be awarded using the swiss-challenge method. As per initial high level information sent to Praja the consortium is proposing to build monorail along the three corridors.

Walk for your freedom, rally for your rights

murali772 - 11-FEB-2009

COALITION FOR DEMOCRACY

WALK  FOR   YOUR   FREEDOM....   RALLY   FOR  YOUR   RIGHTS...

HOHO off to a slow start

s_yajaman - 11-FEB-2009

Saw this in this morning's DH.  Not surprised that it is off to a slow start. 

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb112009/city20090211117812.asp

Electricity - Here we go again

Ravi_D - 11-FEB-2009

Brace for dark summer - says today's DH.

Remember the recent now-on-and-now-off load shed mela? Fortunately, rains saved the day then. de ja vu again. I don't remember anything in the news recently to counter the situation, knowing fully well summer is heading our way.