LIST OF POSTS

Fight to Vote

04/30/09 11:37 - ravi

Background: My family has been voting in the same constituency since, at least, the 1952 elections(Guess, my grandparents had voted in the Representative Assembly elections too, that's pre-independence era). They have been voting in the same voting booth(Immaculate Heart Convent) since its inception.

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Use Jnnurm funds for Recharging lakes, wells, tanks and other water bodies

04/30/09 06:58 - E.R. Ramachandran

Elsewhere in Praja there  are posts on 'Killing Lakes' supported be excellent documentation.

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BMTC email update

04/30/09 06:13 - manjari

 
Following are the updates of the emails on BMTC
 
On RTI: First we will try to get information from the BMTC directly. BMTC has been contacted regarding the same and they will get back to us with right officials we need to contact.

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Roadside Tree Care Standards (MD,US)

04/29/09 06:28 - srinidhi

General Requirements. Unless the Forest Service grants an exception, treatment of roadside trees authorized by permit shall be performed according to the following standards:

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Doctor saves two 200+ yr old uprooted trees...

04/29/09 03:19 - Ravi_D

Cardiologist Dr Ramana Rao spent around a lakh to save two 200yr plus old peepal trees uprooted on Tumkur Road.

See this report in DH: Doctor Injects life into trees.

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Killing our lakes - Varthur Lake as well?

04/28/09 19:04 - silkboard

No new post this, just a rehash of  year old "Eating up Varthur Lake". Inspired by Rithesh's recent note on Hebbal/Nagavara Lake, I wanted to remind us about possible encorachments on the area/stream between Varthur and Belandur lakes.

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Killing our lakes - Hebbal/Nagavara Lake example

04/28/09 05:52 - Rithesh

See the image below - it shows the Hebbala and Nagavara lakes. I am told by the locals that the area covered in the red boundary once formed an elaborate and huge lake system. The system first got divided by the Bellary road and the region right to the road subsequently dried out. This region was taken over by the UAS and they used it for rice/paddy crop experiments.

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Street event - Commercial St. Analysis

04/28/09 13:59 - shekhar_mittal

The idea of the meeting is to acquaint ourselves with the geography of commercial street, get a clear picture of what is possible and create a plan.

Lets do it early morning so that it is not crowded and we dont have to worry about the traffic and the noise.

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Was there selective cleansing of Bangalore electoral roles?

04/28/09 11:30 - murali772

That's in effect what Justice M F Saldanha (Retd), Chairman – Karnataka Chapter, Trnasparency International India, is alleging. His letter to the Chief Election Commissioner, Karnataka, is reproduced below:

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Easy auto being relaunched

04/28/09 09:45 - shas3n

Easy auto, an autorickshaw initiative launched couple of years ago and in spite of very good intentions, failed to gain a critical mass and momentum to sustain the service.

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