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Elections over, time for Regional bill, and State Finance Commission 03/29/10 18:43 - silkboard
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03/29/10 12:07 - murali772
The poor turnout in the posh areas of the city and the general voter apathy was cause enough for several politicians to spit fire at Bangalore, and to hint that if people did not turn out to vote they had no right to criticise the ruling class. For the full report in the New Indian Express, click here person murali772's post | forum 13 Comments | Read More
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03/29/10 11:10 - Sanjeev
Rail projects on track: Muniyappa : Complaints to MoS Shri K H Muniyappa on Hubli Railway Workshop On complaints about decreasing work load at the Hubli workshop and reports of closing it down, General Manager of South-Western Railway Kuldeep Chaturvedi termed the reports as false and said that upgrade of the workshop was under way and once completed there would be enough work for all. http://www.thehindu.com/2010/03/28/stories/2010032855710600.htm Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa said that most of the announced projects for Karnataka in the Railway Budget would start soon and that survey for them would begin shortly. person Sanjeev's post | Read More |
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BBMP Elections - Who could be in the driver’s seat? 03/28/10 16:56 - psaram42
When there is a low turn out the party in power looses. So BJP may be facing the music. This is the conclusion of the TV News-9 program that had in the days evening live. This was done by “CVOTER” for the TV-9 channel. Mr. Prakash, Narayan swamy of JDS BJP and Cong were in the debate along with two more participants, whose name I could not get. Out of 229 seats the magic number to win is 150. The forecast is
So is it that Operation Lotus part II will be enacted? The exit polls gave the following result. Politics person psaram42's post | forum 12 Comments | Read More
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Separate lanes for emergency service vehicles 03/28/10 14:06 - nityashree
Often do we hear a screaming ambulance held up in traffic signals of some busy roads such as K.H. Road or Mallya Road that also lead to important hospitals (Nimhans or Mallya hospitals). I really wonder if any of these ambulances make it on time? I dont know whether the traffic police are informed by the policemen at the previous signals or the time that the cops have to clear the traffic for the ambulance is too short?! I'm sure that they don't do it on purpose, but the strategy of handling this situation must be surely wrong! and we turnout to be helpless onlookers... So, I think that it would be more sensible to have separate emergency lanes (similar to the existing auto lanes-that I feel are not very important though...) for ambulances and fire-brigades at least on highly congested roads leading to important hospitals... The very thought of having our dear one in one of the ambulances that will fail to make on time to the hospital is so horrifying that this is the time to bring in the change. With best regards, Nityashree person nityashree's post | forum 1 Comment | Read More |
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Town Planning - Ribbon and Ring development 03/28/10 08:10 - psaram42
Towns existed many centuries before the Industrial revolution. The pre industrial towns were glorified villages in short for obvious reasons. The degree of urbanization increases sharply as industrialization increases. Even with an inherent flaw in the urban mechanism as opposed to nature, the urban way of life has definite irresistible advantages. 1. Man is a social animal 2. Economic drivers 3. Easy access to goods and services 4. Education and seat of learning 5. Safety person psaram42's post | forum 3 Comments | Read More
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03/27/10 14:24 - bikram satpathi
SAKRAMA SCHEME WILL COME IN NEXT 10 DAYS OR 4 YRS. Ten days since govt needs money. Four yrs since their will be objections (Carlton Fire Bangalore / Park Street fire Kolkata). But you cant just wish it away. Unauthorised Bldgs are there for ages. Penalising BBMP is not a possibility. More practical sol would be to read Bldg Bye laws , chapter on Fire Safety. Let the users of the bldg be aware of the issue. Any better suggestions .. Courts maybe... person bikram satpathi's post | forum 9 Comments | Read More
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03/27/10 14:13 - bikram satpathi
During run up to BBMP elections we saw some down to earth pictures of condition of our pot holed roads in some parts of Bangalore. We have seen excellent roads (plastic green Roads ) in Bangalore which bt virtue of Tech involvement does not allow potholes see All major roads - Cubbon road -Trinity circle area, Tv Tower rd...Ring Road. It is called Modified Bitumen ( Poly mer added correct percentage to Bitumen at right temp). Why then aren't smaller rds in Bangalore given the same treatment ? Now that you will get new corporators pl ask them about pot holed roads in your area. Technology has been passed by Cen Rd Research Inst , Min Env Forests.. Bangalore has 1000 km ,TN about 1500km... such rds. Contractors hold the key. Annual work order has to survive on pot holes appearing at regular intervals. Think you can tackle this. Get more gen from Print media on Plastic Roads in Bangalore. person bikram satpathi's post | Read More |
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03/27/10 13:36 - bikram satpathi
We received voters slip (chits) from several parties before BBMP elections. Voting slip is the small chit with your particulars & may be candidates pic. Some of the chits apply to you fully. Others from the same flat do not make any sense though the entry Bldg or colony is at the bottom and flat / dwelling no to the right lower end. What you have is called a bogus voters case. If you have any such Voters chits that you don’t use (doesn’t match your profile) just give details. Praja could handle the Master Voters list which records apartment bldgs / colonies as a location in specific ward. You all have got your names corrected earlier yet new names have appeared against your dwelling.
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03/27/10 06:08 - idontspam
The more long-lasting solution to regional and intra-state disparities is to create viable proposals for reducing them within the existing framework of governance rather than create new political entities. Unless there is substantially better governance, there is no guarantee that a new political entity will lead to better economic performance. Interesting to find this analysis today. I dont see more states as the solution. So, that throws up the larger question I was discussing with some praje on a dry, soda filled, friday night. Is the unitary state outlived its utility? Will a federation structure work for a diverse country like India? person idontspam's post | forum 2 Comments | Read More
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Good riddance. With the local election drama over, it is time to focus on things that will really empower a local government for Bangalore. And they are?ACTIVE PROJECTS
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