HOT TOPICS
SPOTLIGHT AGENCIES
Notes on the meet with Mr Manivannan murali772 - 28-JUN-2009
About 15 prajagalu attended, including Mr Vasantkumar Mysoremath (who came all the way from Mysore), and Viswanath (the acknowledged water expert, aka zenrainman). |
psaram42 - 26-JUN-2009
Water-carried wastes, in either solution or suspension form, that flows in sewage pipes from any house hold, commercial enterprise or an industry is called waste water in general. If it contains mainly human excreta and other organic matter it is called sewage. |
Neeyathi_hemmige - 25-JUN-2009
Being a benguliarn, i am sad to see the sorry plight of my garden city. Trees cut for widening the roads. |
Nice to see a budding regulator evolving in public transport space ramesh_mbabu - 24-JUN-2009
DIMTS is evolving as a TRAI like body to regulate public transport in Delhi. |
Storm Water Drains - planning aspects RKCHARI - 21-JUN-2009
Friends, To the best of my knowledge, the storm water drains presently in vogue in Bangalore (and I guess in most other Indian cities) is built on the lines of that existed in Roman cities 2000 years back. |
What makes HSRL so attractive?! blrsri - 22-JUN-2009
"After several bureaucratic hitches, the Rs 5,767-crore project has gathered steam. The 34-km high-speed rail link will start from MG Road, run along the right side of National Highway up to BIA. " The HSRL has got the Viability Gap Funding(VGF) from the Centre.. |
murali772 - 19-JUN-2009
The power of the Magic Boxes and the Tragic Hoaxes he invented can be assessed by confining ourselves to just one of his gifts to BB – the VIP road from Golf Club Circle to Mekhri Circle. That short stretch of “signal-free highway” is a signal contribution by the visionary in Subramanya. |
Shouldn't EIA apply to Kukke temple 'development' also? murali772 - 18-JUN-2009
The Minister for Housing and Endowment, Sri Krishnaiah Setty (though he has just stepped down, I am not sure the proposal will get shelved) had stated that Shree Kukke Subramanya temple, deep in the middle of dense rain forests, would be developed at a cost of Rs 180 crore, and the department has already issued work order for Rs 60 crore. |
Corridor Improvement Plan - Airport Road silkboard - 16-JUN-2009
So now, elections over, pressure on BJP to perform etc etc, its time for city's local government to deliver more on the Big10 promise. While we can criticise the mish mash that city's local government is (BBMP, BDA, BMTC etc, and then ABIDe, two ministers assigned to the city), good work or unplanned work, bit it does seem like there is work happening on the ground inside the city. |
Property and tax particulars on BBMP website murali772 - 13-JUN-2009
The newspaper ad can be accessed at |