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A lecture on promoting good governance psaram42 - 9-DEC-2012
Public Affairs Centre click [1] has been promoting good governance since 1994 through |
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A curse called "Address Proof" Pravsee - 8-DEC-2012
I believe the constituion of India has a clause that says something to the effect of "All citizens are equal and should be treated equally". In reality, this is not followed though. |
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Fighting Corruption: The Way Forward murali772 - 5-DEC-2012
COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION cordially invites you on the occasion of ‘International Anticorruption Day’ to a Public Lecture on "Fighting Corruption: The Way Forward" by Dr. Samuel Paul, Founder Chairman, Public Affairs Centre, |
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Right to Services - Sakala doing well? Numbers for you silkboard - 5-DEC-2012
Sakala launched in April this year, and the system should now have more than 6 months worth data for us to see. Thankfully, Sakala system makes a lot of data public. Just go to Sakala website, and then, on the right hand side, find links to "public reports", and report of last month, right now November. |
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A PIL for Namma Railu aka Commuter Rail Service (CRS) silkboard - 4-DEC-2012
Friends, some of us have discussed possibilities of filing a PIL for seeking closure or accelerating work on Commuter Rail Service (CRS) for Bengaluru. At this point, we are not entirely sure how well or fast the project is moving. Going by some reports, there is good progress. |
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srinidhi - 3-DEC-2012
There are building violations galore in our city..the prominent among them is the building multiple units, more than the stipulation. For example a 1200 sqft plot having more than 4 floors is way too common.. |
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Let us list all pedestrian danger zones silkboard - 3-DEC-2012
Bheema, hope you don't mind me posting this in the DDC project. I was thinking that we list down all pedestrian danger spots that we touch daily in our commutes. 10+ new flyovers or underpasses on Outer ring road, but only 1 pedestrian bridge (near K R Puram). Its getting worse, with no visible plans. I am scared that I will knock down a pedestrian one of these days. |
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A welcome Initiative by Mr. Manivannan BESCOM MD psaram42 - 3-DEC-2012
In Bangalore Trees pruning by BESCOM task force is a familiar sight. Often the sore point is “Who should clear the debris” I was delighted and impressed while reading to day’s Bangalore Mirror article. Below is an excerpt of the same:- |
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Gated communities and town planning psaram42 - 28-NOV-2012
Living in Indiranagar or any other BDA locality in Bangalore is like living in wilderness devoid an identity. One cannot blame BDA entirely for this a seeming short sightedness. After all engineers are supposed to put to practice the engineering what they have learnt by rote. |
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Koramangala - new mall on Agara Lake to choke Sarjapur Road? silkboard - 26-NOV-2012
Remember this accusation made seven months ago? refer DH article from May: |