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Public screening of " Water and A City": April 22nd 2010 04/20/10 07:00 - shekhar_mittal
CiSTUP and a few folks at praja.in are organising a public screening of the documentary "Water and a City". Everyone is cordially invited. Please spread the word and inform who ever you think will be interested. Date: 22nd April 2010 Time: 5.30 pm Venue: Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall, Civil Engineering Dept, IISc, Bangalore The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. The confirmed panelists are
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Public screening in Bangalore of 'The Truth About Tigers' April 23rd 04/20/10 06:57 - shekhar_mittal
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The adieu to the Majestic bus stand! 04/20/10 06:30 - srinidhi
"Kempe Gowda or Majestic bus station may soon become history as the government has initiated the process of decentralization of the bus terminals. person srinidhi's post | forum 11 Comments | Read More
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How about an RTI Club on Praja? 04/18/10 18:58 - silkboard
Wanted to float a suggestion, just to check on feasibility and response from other users on this e-community. Many discussions, as well as projects here get into a situation where we need official records or status from local government or public agencies. In few cases, we get such information by just asking for it (email to BMTC, BMRCL etc). But in many cases, we end up with needs for RTI (Right to Information) applications. Almost every project here on Praja too needs support in terms of RTI filings. How about we create an RTI Club here on Praja? Members of this club would basically "assembly line" the RTI filing process in domain neutral way. Let me list the mechanics: person silkboard's post | forum 7 Comments | Read More
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IPL Matches at Night - Who cares for ENERGY conservation? 04/18/10 12:31 - kbsyed61
 This photo's source is TravelPod page: Thanks to current IPL controversies, now many questions are being raised including ethical, moral and social aspects. In all of these, I am trying to ask myself a question, even though I am also a cricket lover as millions others. The question I am asking myself is should the sports be played in night which compels to use flood lights? Given the IPL context in which most of the matches are played at night, It is no secret that these matches need lighting arrangements consuming hundreds of kilowatts of power. This in turn has many issues that we all need to look into. First issue is a social question. Should the matches be played at Night? When the cities are struggling with power shortages, is it right for sports managements to conduct matches at night which make use of large amount of energy resources? person kbsyed61's post | forum 16 Comments | Read More
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Need Volunteers for Sample Collection 04/18/10 09:40 - shekhar_mittal
Building on to the post made here and here Janaagraha is collecting collecting info related to BWSSB water supply in all the wards. They need volunteers who agree to get pressure meters installed in their houses and provide water samples to Janagrahaa. Janagrahaa folks will come to your house and install the meter themselves. You won't have to do anything. The data generated will be useful for the water index which we are doing at Praja as well. Volunteering for this requires no effort at all so I hope anybody who sees this post should agree to doing it. Kindly make a comment giving your details: Area of Residence, Ward Number if you know it, contact details etc.
Thanks Shekhar Mittal
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Meeting with Gautham Ravichander from WISA-Janaagraha 04/18/10 09:14 - shekhar_mittal
I met Gautham Ravichandar who is co-ordinating the new WISA project at Janagrahaaa. I wanted to find out the extent to which they are tracking water in their index and see if there is any way we can collaborate. So, WISA has hired around 50 people who are going to each and every ward to collect the required info. Once TOI publishes the data they plan to make it open for everyone. I am not sure whether they will make it online but people can go to their office and access that data. Their focus is more on creating some sort of a quality of life index. The categories they are going to cover are 1. BWSSB Supply - 1 thing to notice is that the plan to track the BIS Benchmarks measuring with the help of a NABH accredited lab. 2. Parks and Playgrounds 3. Sewage and Sanitation - Public Toilets 4. Mobility 5. Environment - Air Pollution, Green Cover person shekhar_mittal's post | Read More |
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Public Transport Promotion Ad Agency 04/18/10 04:35 - Vasanth
LA Metro had appointed an Ad Agency and created various ads to promote the use of public transport. As part of Bus Day campaign, can we have similar such ads in local TV and News Paper. LA Metro: Promoting Mass Transit from EMBARQ Network on Vimeo. person Vasanth's post | forum 1 Comment | Read More |
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How about BOT Traffic Signals and Signs? 04/16/10 05:18 - Bheema.Upadhyaya
After seeing elevated hosur tollway, I started thinking why not BTP can try BOT with traffic signs,signals, road signs. Silly? Not really? Why? The idea/concept is to convert rule-breaking nature of people into revenue for short period, or till people become alright. Imagine every rule-break ,except non-humans :) , specially where is there is a clear signage/signal is fined/collected without fail. Example : in my short travel of 30 mins,today I noted at least 20 rule breaks where there was a signal/signage. Let us say minimum of 20*Rs. 100= Rs.2000 is fined and collected. I noted following where was clear traffic sign/signage:
1) Passing Red light : 5 2) Left turn where not allowed : 3 3) Leftmost lane vehicle right turning right. Lane is marked clearly with a " -> " sign. : 2 4) Crossing stop lines : 10 5) I did not observe for other rule-break.
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04/16/10 02:36 - Rithesh
Total number of borewells in all BWSSB zones:
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