Your property tax for 2005 ...

silkboard - 3-SEP-2007

... is due! Spotted an interesting BBMP tender that tells us that you could very soon find letters like that in mail.

"BBMP requires services ... to extract data, print Demand/Collection/Balance notices of owners of the Properties in BBMP area ... for the fiscal year 2005"

Further details of scope of this work tells you a bit about the level of computerization at BBMP's end:

Automatic, but not quite

silkboard - 3-SEP-2007

I say good job BESCOM as far as automation is concerned. Those hand-helds to instantly print out your monthly electricity bill, and these automatic payment accepting machines.

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Roads and Traffic Sense - To be taught to children at school level

Vasanth - 3-SEP-2007

Today, major problem everyone in Bangalore and even other metros people are facing is Traffic Problem. Why this is a problem - Mainly because of lack of discipline among drivers and even pedestrians. Why - because no proper knowledge and education about traffic.

NICE Agreement Annulled

tsubba - 30-AUG-2007

This just in. Just when things were getting boring, Star of Mysore is reporting... Bangalore, Aug. 30 (OSR) - In a far-reaching decision this morning the Sate coalition Cabinet has annulled the agreement which it had entered into in 1995 with the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE).

ORR Jns

tsubba - 30-AUG-2007

ORR

Parthenium

karthink - 29-AUG-2007

Hello all, I am a resident of Jayanagar 4th T block. There is a site near my house where a lot of parthenium has grown. As this weed is a very harmful and environmental unfriendly, I wanted the BBMP guys to clean up. But even after several complaints (thru phone calls on the number 22975760)they have not done anything.

Minority Biased Junctions

rajatbhatla - 29-AUG-2007

About 4 years ago, Bangalore got its spanking new 200 ft wide double laned with 40 feet service lanes, Outer Ring road...

One would drive up here to break free from the traffic snarls elsewhere in the city...and check if their spanky investments still worked at high speeds.

Mostly worked fine, until a small hitch started showing up first little, then some more... and these days in full measure...

Gathering pace

shas3n - 29-AUG-2007

Here is an interesting article from Frontline that gives an overview of developmental situation in Bangalore.

It talks about future plans for many organisations like BMTC.

Some excerpts.

Keeping it Going

tsubba - 29-AUG-2007

Would congestion disappear if we somehow magically manage to widen to all the roads in the city? Is traffic management all about road widening? Ashwin Mahesh, the head of Mapunity Information Services, discusses some of the fundamental issues about traffic and argues that analysis and information is the way out.

Shops and parking - This is how it begins

silkboard - 28-AUG-2007

Recently, while passing through Kundalahalli gate, I noticed that some shops had suddenly sprung up on an empty plot. Going by what I understand of BBMP bylaws, the construction does seem illegal. [flickr-photo:id=1256266002,size=m][flickr-photo:id=1255403723,size=m] These shops are literally standing on the footpath, and bang on a major intersection. Of course, there is no place to park bikes or cars here. So once they start doing business, customers' vehicles could block some serious traffic (intersection of Varthur Road and Brookfield main road leading to ITPL).