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Commuter rail to E-City may happen soon! silkboard - 20-DEC-2008
I was at a BCIC meeting this week wherein Devesh had invited Mr Arvind Jadhav (GoK's principal secretary for infrastructure development) over for a talk. Mr Jadhav mentioned some exciting plans, we should hear them soon in mainstream media. Commuter Rail Service was one of them, looks like things are moving, and we may get one or two services pretty soon! Here is a summary of CRS stuff that Mr Jadhav mentioned: |
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Bangalore Traffic - problems & solutions murali772 - 20-DEC-2008
Presentations linked here were made by Mr Dasrathi (CEO of Cadem, Bangalore, and a member of Hasiru Usiru), who, even with being in his mid-forties, uses a bicycle for over 75% of the trips he makes, including client visits. He has stated that anyone may use these presentations in any way - view online, download, distribute, put them in blogs, whatever, as long as the message spreads. |
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Para-statal agencies and task forces in Karnataka murali772 - 19-DEC-2008
A One day public consultation on their constitutionality, programs, influence and impact on Democracy |
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ar_t_kaushik - 18-DEC-2008Parking is been one of the major issue to be taken into consideration when we think about our growth of the city. Every area/Zone should have a parking buildings/ parking lands rather than allowing to park along the roads and complaining that road width is not enough. We should prohibit parking along the roads especially in major traffic zones. |
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murali772 - 18-DEC-2008
Already embroiled in litigation over key issues involved in the implementation of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor, its promoter, NICE on Wednesday delivered a shocker to motorists. The toll will be the highest in the country and will be in force until December 31 when it can exercise the option of revising it, at an annual rate of 10 per cent increase. |
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BIAL promoter pleads guilty to bribery mcadambi - 18-DEC-2008
Siemens AG - one of the main promoters of BIAL pleads guilty to corruption and bribery charges. |
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ar_t_kaushik - 18-DEC-2008Hi all, So far we have been discussing about skywalks and subways, which are most of the time not used due to accessibility and safety. The major reason for introducing pedestrian bridges is to make Bangalore USER FRIENDLY.. More usability, more functional a space will always help in the growth of the city. |
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Urgent - need photographs for a PIL Promod Kapur - 17-DEC-2008
Dear readers, we need some urgent help for our ongoing Bangalore Masterplan-2015 PIL. We require photographs that show the adverse effects of converting a road of a residential area into "mutation corridor" (see below for what is this, or see the attached doc). If the photos can also show vehicles parked on the road and pavements due to lack of proper parking space, it will be great. |
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Need BMTC contact info - for a shuttle service srinathbava - 17-DEC-2008
I need a help.I'm looking for contact details of vijaynagar area BMTC traffic manager, like his mail-id. I want to request for mini-bus service between vijaynagar to kr market via Telecom layout. Please, help me to find his contact details, and also suggest me how i can proceed. like... any other officers also i need to meet, how to put effectivly my thoughts to them .... etc. Please help me. |
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KA least preferred by entrepreneurs? Ravi_D - 17-DEC-2008
This Deccan Herald report shows how bad Karnataka is rated by entrepreneurs. I thought KA did better than this... Another reminder for GOK to wake up, take note, and start to act. Thanks, Ravi |