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BCIL's survey on Bangalore car commuters shas3n - 21-AUG-2008
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. |
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‘Karnataka 2020′ Vision: Belgaum may benefit belgaumblog - 20-AUG-2008
For all-round development of the State Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said the Government is preparing a vision document ‘Karnataka 2020′.
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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 |
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silkboard - 17-AUG-2008
Read in newspapers last week that if things go as being planned Hyderabad will end up getting a 71 km long Metro for free! Actually, not just free, they will end up getting paid some money (Rs 1240 crores, about 10% of the project cost of Rs 12410 crores) by the winning consortium. Read it yourself, this biz-standard article - Hyd to get 71 km Metro for free. Stats to compare from cost angle are - 65 km Delhi Metro comes at Rs 10500 crores, and 42 km Bangalore at Rs 6500 Crores, both are state funded.
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tsubba - 14-AUG-2008* drinking and driving dont mix * drumming and drinking dont mix * drinking, drumming and bangalore dont mix * by two kaapi for me |
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murali772 - 13-AUG-2008
Nagpur Municipal Corporation has invited for 'Expression of Interest' for pre-qualification for bidding for its 24x7 City Water Supply Project, on PPP basis. Should Bangalore follow suit? |
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where's the level playing field? murali772 - 12-AUG-2008
BSNL has prime real estate, access to the best spectrum, has been guaranteed priority spectrum for 3G, and by virtue of its state-owned status, will always have a line of sight into spectrum. |
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tsubba - 10-AUG-2008
If the middle class lives in
secure communities, then how will things improve?
If the movers and shakers opt
out
of sharing the problem that everyone else is facing, how will things
improve?
When the middle class
evacuates a
sphere, like education, or healthcare, doesn’t it go to the dogs?
These are a set of questions asked in an outlook article on gated communities. I have attached RK Mishra's take on these questions. But, beyond his opinions, what do you think? This by itself is a loaded question, but let us extend this beyond gated communities and ask similar questions about SEZ's and satellite towns. If industry and enterprise go to exclusive enclaves, will not the city go to the dogs? Or is this all so much more theory? Or is it? To be part of the solution, do you have to be part of the problem?   Bangalore Bangalore's Premium Gated Community pics: fabalaTD |
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50 MW to be restored - but, why was it cut? murali772 - 6-AUG-2008
The power situation in the state may improve with the Centre promising to restore supply of 50 MW power, which was earlier reduced from the state's unallocated share and transferred to Andhra Pradesh. Read more at: |
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Rationalising and Reforming Bus routes - case study asj - 22-JUL-2008
This is presented in two parts - First a 10 page summary of a recent e-mail brainstorming over how bus routes in Pune can be rationalised. My arguments are presented as AJ in the document - http://better.pune.googlepages.com/Rationalising_bus_routes_in_Pune.pdf |
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