PIL Filed against MLAs' America tour

shas3n - 21-AUG-2008

A PIL has been filed in the highcourt questioning trip (junket?) that the CM, MLAs and officers are taking. There is an article in thatskannada about this and I guess tomorrow's newspapers might carry this too.

Since the article is in Kannada, I am translating the highlights.

* The team size for the visit was 115.

BCIL's survey on Bangalore car commuters

shas3n - 21-AUG-2008

BCIL recently conducted a survey among car owners who commute to work to find out whether they would be willing to consider a public transport alternative.

They have released the report (executive summary in fact) and it does have some useful insights. You can see the press release here, the executive summary PPT is available here and here is TOI's coverage.

BBMP's Koramangala flyover - wanna track it to death?

admin123 - 21-AUG-2008

BBMP website's RTI section has the RFP uploaded for grade separator being planned at the junction of 100 ft Inner Ring Road in Koramangala (click here). How about an experiment to give chance for members, even the remote/online-only ones, to go beyond posts and comments? Its simple - help us track this project to death, meaning, ask BBMP for details at every milestone.

Tumkur as satellite for Bangalore?

Vasanth - 20-AUG-2008

Tumkur, so close to Bangalore - Just 55 minutes to 1 hour in Non-Stop Train, 1.5 hours by road (delay mainly due to Traffic) is highly under-utilized. Bangalore is growing like anything and the existing space is not sufficient. Tumkur can be well utilized as a satellite city.

Why is Bangalore growing towards Hosur - a city belonging to neighbouring state and why not towards our own city Tumkur? Townships as well as IT companies can be planned between Bangalore and Tumkur in areas that are close both to railway track and the bus route.

AAI employees to go on strike...

kbsyed61 - 19-AUG-2008

In BIAL discussions, there were arguments and counter arguments about BIAL getting monoply status and holding Bangalore avaition hostage etc. There is a news item from "The Hindu" about strike from AAI employees. Is it OK for AAI employees to go on a strike even if it at comes with passenger incovenience and air travellers being held hostage ? I would really look forward to comments/reactions from Praja members on this issue.

Unravelling Myths about Subsidies in Urban Transport

shas3n - 19-AUG-2008

In a recent article published by Ashok Sreenivas and Girish Sant in EPW, they demonstrate that private vehicles get more subsidy from Goverment than public trans

BIAL is public authority: SIC

lraman_in - 19-AUG-2008

In a landmark judgment, the State Information Commission ruled on Monday that Bangalore International Airport Limited comes under the purview of the Right to Information Act. The judgment is expected to have far reaching effects on other PPP projects in the state. See: BIAL is public authority.

Meeting with Mr Vidyashankar - Notes

Ravi_D - 19-AUG-2008

<< Edited on 22 Aug 08 >>

Using this entry as a precedence, here is a thread to compile outcome of today's today's meeting with Mr Vidyashankar, Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka.

Does it make sense?

Ravi_D - 19-AUG-2008

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug192008/city2008081985404.asp

From recent Praja discussions and meetings with Mr Sood, it is clear that Police have only so much say - so many areas are beyond their jurisdiction.

Why would we have police officers visit Singapore? To get trained.... On what?

> We don't have our roads planned right - but it is for BBMP to worry about

> foot paths - BBMP

> public transport - BMTC

Making a Leader -- Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

amaku - 18-AUG-2008

Making a Leader
SAM HFJ MANEKSHAW
(Edited extract from the late Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw's lecture at Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India--November 11th 1998)