Sunshine Story - Lesson for us?

08/04/10 02:35 - kbsyed61

Source - Deccan Herald

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/85560/solar-power-lights-up-10.html

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Shrines on public spaces to go

08/03/10 08:31 - murali772

In a courageous move, the Karnataka government has decided to crack down on unauthorized religious shrines, including temples, churches, mosques and gurdwaras, which encroach upon roads, parks, storm water drains and other public places.

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Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass opened

08/02/10 15:28 - Bheema.Upadhyaya

 I am happy to see the Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass is opened for public from today 02-Aug-2010. I had indicated the start date in my Prajabytes here http://praja.in/en/statuses/259/ it was on 24-May-2010. Excellent, its almost complete in period of 9 weeks. I have not seen the completed work.

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Covering of storm water drains: Useless and detrimental

08/02/10 06:51 - vneevarp

I've noticed a lot of activity in our locality with the authorities covering the storm water drains in front of houses. These drains for more than 20 years, carried only storm water when it rained and otherwise were quite dry. On an average, they are about 1 1/2 feet wide and about 1 1/2 feet deep.

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Where is India headed ?

08/02/10 04:29 - Naveen

China has now surpassed Japan as the No.2 economy in the world - India, whose economy was 80% of China's in 1990, is now a mere 25% of China's.

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Karnataka - highest tax generator in south

08/02/10 03:57 - Naveen

Karnataka is the highest tax generator in the south & leads all other states by a huge margin, as reported in TOI today - See this link.

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Incompetent BBMP?

08/02/10 03:25 - kbsyed61

It is time to ask some tough questions on BBMPs competencies to maintain the Bengaluru City's civic infrastructure. Looking at various mishaps and neglect by BBMP becomes very apparent that BBMP does not have the technical and administrative competencies to create and maintain the civic infrastructure.

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Commuter Rail - Station air space could give 2000 Crores/year

08/02/10 03:19 - silkboard

There is air space available above all railway stations in Bangalore. What if some stations can be utilized as a source of income by the PPP or SPV operating Commuter Rail Service in Bangalore? What would the numbers look like? Tried doing some, and came close to Rs 2000 Crores per year. Here are the calculations for everyone to poke holes and correct.

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BDA and M/s Simplex Infra - Just Curious

08/01/10 19:08 - silkboard

Disclaimer first. Not pointing any fingers here, things are very likely to be squeky clean, and I only have the rights to ask as a citizen. Just curious, and want to know if anyone else noted that Simplex Infrastructure has been awarded almost all Outer Ring Road flyover projects coming up on South/East side of city.

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The cable tangle - free ride?

08/01/10 18:52 - silkboard

It might sound like a trivial crib to many of you, but the freedom with which Cable TV operators ride on City's infrastructure conveys something to us. It might be a ignorable case of lax enforcement, and umpteen such small small things add up to promote the feeling that anyone can do anything with city's walls, pavements, poles, roads etc etc.

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