Gammon and the Metro - is there a safety concern?

sanjayv - 30-DEC-2009

 After the recent bridge collapse in Rajasthan on the E-W corridor involving Gammon, am beginning to wonder about who would conduct a proper audit of the company's practices?  Since Bangalore Metro has offloaded a portion of the work to Gammon, this is particularly worrying for us. There are three major accidents that have been reported in the national press.

RWH-calculation

thampan - 21-DEC-2009

 This blog entry is to capture some RWH calculations and upload an excel file to show the calculations.

Bangalore going la Paris way for Bikes!

srinidhi - 20-DEC-2009

For those wishing to travel short distances by bicycles in the business district of Bangalore, Paris-style, here’s good news 

The Union Ministry of Urban Development is planning to introduce the concept of “pool cycle” in the Garden City...

Is it wise to have IT parks near Airport?

Vasanth - 19-DEC-2009

 Many IT parks are coming up near BIAL, one example of big IT Park is the Manyata Tech Park. Is the Government decision wise to open IT parks near BIAL?

Vehicle proliferation control

idontspam - 16-DEC-2009

Seeking a restrictive policy on the registration of vehicles

Urban Development Policy of GoK

murali772 - 11-DEC-2009

The GoK has released a draft Urban Development policy for Karnataka on 14.11.2009 for public comments and inputs. The same may be accessed here. The period for inputs ends on 15.12.09. Surprisingly, it has come the attention of the civil society only now.

The Kannada Serial Mahanavami

psaram42 - 8-DEC-2009

 Mahanavami is a currently popular TV serial on the ETV Kannada channel of Ramoji film city. The address is of Ramoji film city office at Bangalore is 9/7, K C N Bhavan Madhava Nagar, Bangalore, and Karnataka 560001. Phone: 080 22352230.

Who let the dogs out?

idontspam - 8-DEC-2009

The KC General Hospital receives 20 to 30 dog bite

Metro : Perspective

bharatm - 5-DEC-2009

Summary: I came across a nice article supporting Metro and I started analysing my stand where I oppose Metro unless it proven satisfactory in all dimension which are basically 

1.  Direct Cost Involved
2. Indirect Cost Involved
3. Direct Savings
4. Indirect savings

Details: 

Street topography

idontspam - 1-DEC-2009

 Here is a typical 2 lane street residential street, not too dissimilar from the ones we have in Bangalore. Notice the following

1. Pedestrian refuge even on a narrow street

2. Pedestrian crossings & frequency (second one at the top of the turn)

3. Bus stand and visible indicators for the same