Meeting with Mr Balachandran, Alchemy Urban Systems

10/23/10 03:28 - silkboard

Yesterday, IDS, Naveen and myself met with Mr B R Balachandran, an Urban design & planning specialist. Mr Balachandran has experience with Ahmadabad BRTS, and is a big backer of the BRT/BPS concepts.

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How green is the mile?

10/22/10 13:09 - sourav894

The greatest charm of the Bangalore city is the fact that it is the garden city of India. While cities like Delhi, Mumbay and Kolkata cannot survive a day without CNG, Bangalore still has gushes of fresh air to offer. The roads of Bangalore have a cool breezy feel due to the trees around the sidewalk. Unfortunately Bangalore is loosing this charm.

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Heavy sound pollution in BTM 2nd Stage, NS Palya rd, behind Coffee Day

10/22/10 09:57 - simplerosy

There is a huge construction going on near Raj Lake View apprtments. It is starting from 6:00am upto 9:30pm-10:00pm. People can't take rest even on weekends because of heavy sound polution. All elders, housewives and small kids are suffering a lot due to this sound pollution. I don't have any contact who can help us in this regards.

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The 'Upper house' concept - some replies

10/21/10 12:24 - Mani1972

Dear Friends, this is to clarify on the concept of ‘upper house’ which seems to be widely discussed some time ago in Praja.

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Why is BBMP broke - where is the money?

10/21/10 10:46 - silkboard

We are told that BBMP is broke, they have no money. How many of us know the reaon why. A growing city, with so much commerce (IT, BT and all) going on, how exactly would it be broke? No english is required to explain things, numbers always tell their story.

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Protest to press for rights of evicted hawkers

10/20/10 18:44 - vinay_sreenivasa

Dear All,

As you may be aware, since the last few months, street vendors have been getting evicted from different parts of Bangalore .

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Guidelines for builders!

10/20/10 11:49 - suryakamal

 Hi,

There is a huge residential project development project going on near Kannamangala by Defence Welfare Association. What used to be a nice road there, has become so dirty and bumpy due to the trucks depositing plenty of soil on the public roads. Whole area in the surroundings also wears a mask of dust!

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BBMP broke

10/20/10 02:39 - idontspam

  "Forget mega infrastructure projects, there is no money even for ward-level works,"

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Is Praja ahead of time?

10/18/10 21:28 - kbsyed61

In many instances we have seen that from private to government agencies have lifted ideas from online communities like Praja, and ideas/discussions have been borrowed or inspired from. Don't agree?

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Global Hunger index - India's pitiable position

10/18/10 07:00 - murali772

In observance of the World Food Day, on 16th October, Genetic Resource Ecology Energy & Nutrition Foundation (GREEN Foundation), with Bangalore Film Society, organised a group discussion on "The Crisis of Food Today", at Ashirvad, Bangalore.

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