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blrsri - 30-MAR-2008
Bus turnouts are bus stop areas that are recessed from the thoroughfare. The turnout provides an en route bus with an off-street service point that does not interfere with traffic movement and provides a safe waiting area for transit users. [flickr-photo:id=2372278583,size=m]
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Congrats Naveen and thanks Deccan Herald admin123 - 30-MAR-2008
Thanks Deccan Herald for taking note of Praja. They are carrying Capt Naveen's suggestion about Koramangala 100 ft road today in full, and have mentioned Praja as a site launched by "a few IT professionals with concerns about IT capital of the country". Congrats Capt Naveen, you got almost half of page 3 on Sunday DH! |
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Visit to International Airport shas3n - 29-MAR-2008Praja members vising the Bangalore International Airport. |
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Road over drains - the project is back silkboard - 29-MAR-2008
It was just over an year ago when BBMP talked about the project - about 250 km of roads over Bangalore's storm water drains. Local papers, when covering BBMP budget today, are saying that this project is now funded. Here is a quote from TOI: |
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Questions for BIAL (The first List) narayan82 - 29-MAR-2008I have compiled the list of questions. As predicted there are LOTS! Practically I dont think BIAL will have the time to answer each and every one of them! After a point they would care too much about doing so. I suggest we condensing it by trying to answer them ourselves. If it is still not a convincing answer then we can go ahead with it. |
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Protest against Error-ridden Voters' list - 31st March murali772 - 29-MAR-2008
Vote Bengaluru protests against error-ridden electoral rolls in Bangalore |
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CVS - return to Inspector Raaj murali772 - 29-MAR-2008
When a tax computation system changes, citizens are naturally apprehensive. This is currently the case with the proposed introduction of Capital Value Scheme (CVS) for property tax in Bangalore as mandated in the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act. This changes the widely welcomed Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) that has been in operation since 2000. |
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One convincing reason for us to use public transport and bicycles shas3n - 28-MAR-2008
They say a picture says a thousand words. Here is a poster that show the space occupied by same number of people using Cars, bus and cycles.
Can it get any more convincing than this?
Courtesy: Core77 blog.
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blrsri - 28-MAR-2008
By Satish Shile,DH News Service,Bangalore:
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TOI Unlock Bangalore Event - Learnings narayan82 - 28-MAR-2008As you all might have read in the papers, TOI had an Unlock Bangalore event at The Leela on March 28th 2008. Many say the event was merely a publicity stunt (as no other paper was allowed inside), but even so the secondary results were fruitful. |