Sustainable water supply for Bangalore

03/11/09 04:06 - s_yajaman

Bangalore has always faced chronic water shortages.  Back in 1981 when the population was 2.9 million.  In 1991 when the population was 4.5 million.  And in 2008 when the population is some 7 million.   I don't think there ever has been a time when we have had daily water.   The past few years have seen a construction boom that has added to the strain on the w

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The precious little "No violation slip"

03/11/09 04:00 - christopher

Yesterday a very interesting thing happened. While driving on the road, before the never ending construction of Kadugodi railway overbridge, I was ushered by a group of traffic police standing on the roadside to stop. This was right infront of the Whitefield traffic police station.

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Why so many buses on the Road?

03/10/09 15:29 - chetana kolli

"BMTC the ever progressing Gov org" Has anyone ever wondered why Bangalore city has so many buses plying on the roads?? Does anyone feel that the BMTC authorities actually conduct an analysis before releasing buses to ply on the city roads.

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Ground water scarcity

03/10/09 14:49 - chetana kolli

According to officials from Department of Mines and Geology, the groundwater situation is in a critical condition in Bangalore. The situation has worsened in the last three years. The average annual rainfall in the district is only 600 mm to 700 mm per year. Because of the drought in 2001, 2002 and 2003, groundwater recharge has been very low!! ******This is alarming*******.

I wonder why our government or our educated bangaloreans want to do nothing about it. Yes the government probably has a rule that Rain water harvesting(RWH) facility is compulsory in apartments and so on.... but who is monitoring it????  The apartment I live in does not implement RWH... Its a shame that the governing body is unable to enforce this..

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Bring back domestic Airport to HAL

03/09/09 14:16 - shuvan.saha

Lets bring back the Domestic Airport to HAL. For domestic travel where a air time can be of max 3-4 hrs, the passengers have to travel for 2-3 hrs. This is ridiculous. The Airport is such an important part, it should be accessible at ease.

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Tax Sops to encourage use of Public transport (BMTC) ?

03/09/09 13:56 - srinirao

About the above discussion on Poor response BMTC I have following suggestion where in a common man is encouraged to use Public transport by giving Tax sops to him by Governament.

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Namma Auto - A Report

03/09/09 11:04 - rohith

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Google Transit for Bangalore?

03/08/09 18:40 - sanchitnis

Any idea about the plans for Google to include Bangalore in  Google Transit service: http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/text.html  ?

sanjay chitnis

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Fearless Karnataka/ Nirbhaya Karnataka events

03/08/09 04:49 - murali772

Moodbidri, Feb 19, 2009. Moral police attack a 15 year old girl, Ashwini Moole. Her crime: Talking to a Muslim male friend. The girl commits suicide.

Bangalore, Feb 24, 2009, time: 9.30pm, Lakshmi who was walking on the road is roughed up by four men who later try to pull her out of an auto as she attempts to escape.

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No shrines on public sites, HC tells govt

03/07/09 12:48 - murali772

The high court on Friday said no church, temple or masjid should exist in public sites and asked the state government to come out with a uniform stand within two weeks. It asked the government what action it proposes to take about places of worship encroaching upon civic amenity sites and other public properties.

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