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Government of India's online grievance forum belgaumblog - 27-JUL-2008
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Belgaum ring road: Still a Dream belgaumblog - 25-JUL-2008
Belgaum ring road planned in two phases.
Total ring road length 38 kms. Ring road breadth 100 feet. 285 acres of land needed. Rs.1425 lakh for land acquisition. Ring road total expenditure Rs.30 crores. The plan for the ring road was prepared 10 years ago. Imagine, since ten years nothing has happened on ground; only papers have changed places and this road, which will be a boon to traffic, will remain a dream.
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Alipaak it happens only in Belgaum belgaumblog - 24-JUL-2008
“Alipaak” phonetically sounds exactly like the same word in Marathi.
Alipaak, a snack made with groundnuts, puffed rice accompanied with sugar cane juice. |
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POWER & SPEED create big holes in pockets belgaumblog - 24-JUL-2008
In the past few days, ‘Singh has become the King’, the share market is now again ready to take a leap upwards and Crude oil prices are heading only southwards. All these things are very nice for the common man. Today crude is trading at about 124.24$ which is of its high of almost 150$. |
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Power drought hits Belgaum:6 to 12 hours power cut belgaumblog - 21-JUL-2008
Get ready for an almost black out. From today the 12 hours of load shedding will be done in the city. The CM, Yedurappa will make a statement in the assembly today on this and the timetable for the load shedding could be out.
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Keep the saarige, let go yelli-iddira tsubba - 21-JUL-2008Understanding competition as a/the solution for public transit. Muralidhar rao's praja post is a starting point for the discussion on competizing public transport. The other day, during the PTWG meeting, when the issue of the pathetic condition of BMTC's website and demise of yelli-iddira came up, he broke into an impassioned and yet articulate speech. I cannot recollect his exact words, but his basic point was that BMTC lacks any competitive or regulatory pressure and hence the pathetic state of those services. The only way to get service levels to improve is to open its domain for competition. I have heard his basic position many times, but to hear him make his case in person was a friends,countrymen and romans moment for me. In any case, his speech got me thinking ... |
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What do the people from Bangalore think about Belgaum ? belgaumblog - 19-JUL-2008
I want to know What do the people of Bangalore think about Belgaum. In all respects, what is that you percive in your mind about the city. If you have been there what have you liked or disliked ? Or do plan to go there once anything ?
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Dosa- Rs.25 Idli Rs.15 Puri Bhaji- Rs.20 Tea- Rs.6; Belgaum belgaumblog - 19-JUL-2008
Mouth-watering items but they are now making big holes in pockets. As the inflation has peaked to a 13 year high, the prices of essential food commodities have also risen. In a city like Belgaum where going out to eat in hotels is very common the prices of dishes have increased alarmingly. Take regular dishes like Idli, which used to cost you Rs.11 is now costing Rs.13 –15. Dosa, which was Rs.22, is now Rs.25. Uppit, pohe of Rs.6 are now Rs.10. |
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Did You Know this? Tilak -Swaraj is my Birth Right and I will have it belgaumblog - 19-JUL-2008
“Swaraj is my Birth Right and I will have it” |
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Where do you want the Vidhan Soudha? Poll belgaumblog - 19-JUL-2008A poll(offline and online) is being conducted by Mr. Rajeev Topannavar. The results will be submitted to the CM, Yedurappa and then he would take a decision on the site of the Vidhan Soudha in Belgaum. The poll is on a different website and the results are not visible to all. I will make it a point to get the results as and when they compile the same. |
