Delhi Power Distribution privatisation - a model for all cities to follow?

12/24/11 11:59 - murali772

Linked here is a ppt presentation on the transformation of the Delhi power supply scenario, at least in those parts coming under Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), over the 8 years since the taking over from the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB). The information was obtained from TPDDL themselves.

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Fuel Subsidies, Road user fee - Common sense prevails, At Last

12/22/11 01:36 - Naveen

Some positive developments - long overdue, though not very comforting for the car-dependent public in bangalore. Following are excerpts from an on-line headline news portal :

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Reviving Puttenahalli Lake

12/21/11 15:35 - s_yajaman

A couple of years ago, Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar 7th Phase (near Brigade Millennium) was a garbage dump. Today it is filled up with a fair amount of fresh water with 200 trees around and is home to more than 50 species of birds, including European migratories. My wife and three others, along with the BBMP, were instrumental in bringing the lake back from the brink of extinction.

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Highway Safety in India

12/21/11 00:50 - Vasanth

I was recently driving on the NICE Road between PES College to Somapura Intersection. My car was the only car and I was cruising at around 90kph. While I was nearing the intersection climbing an uphill unable to see what is there on the otherside of the road after it flattens, suddenly I saw 6-7 people standing in the middle of the road which they are not supposed to be since it is a freeway.

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Traffic Advisory Committee

12/20/11 07:28 - murali772

The new Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Dr Saleem, IPS, has instituted a Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC), comprising traffic 'experts' from across the city, which incidentally includes three PRAJA members - Pranav, Sathya, and myself - to interact with the traffic police at the highest level on a monthly basis, with a view to finding solutions for the city&

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Armchair Tour of the Bellandur Lake

12/20/11 05:50 - psaram42

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Banashankari TTMC Creating more trouble than convenience

12/18/11 17:23 - Vasanth

Recently inaguarated TTMC is causing hassles to all the buses travelling from Western Portion of Bangalore towards East such as the 201, 201R, 500 K etc.. All the buses are now forced to enter and exit the Banashankari TTMC. The entrance and exit being narrower, as well as capacity being lower is resulting in pile up of Buses.

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Drunk drivers of Bengaluru = 4 Crore worth black money?

12/17/11 15:53 - silkboard

Now that I have had 10 second hand reports on this, its time to do some math on the black money generated by drunken drivers of Bangalore. I am yet to experience this first hand (hope never to), those who have, say that they pay anywhere from Rs 1500 - 2500 in all after they get booked for drunken driving.

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birth of a footpath

12/17/11 01:32 - bialterminal

I had the privilege of watching the construction of a footpath in Southern California recently and capture some images over the few days the construction was in progress. I had always wondered how these good quality footpaths were constructed.

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Buying an apartment in Karnataka? Read this

12/14/11 07:56 - sanjayv

Rev 1. by Murali772 and Sanjayv

There are plenty of articles discussing aspects of buying an apartment in Karnataka, and Bangalore specifically.  This blog posting has a different flavour from most.  We want to focus on some very overlooked aspects which are fundamental as well as important. 

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