"Only God can save Bangalore's pedestrians" (DSC00413.JPG)

02/23/09 11:34 - s_yajaman

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"Only God can save Bangalore's pedestrians"

02/23/09 11:34 - s_yajaman

So said Dr. Subramanya sometime in Dec 2007.  It seems that pavements are optional in Bangalore.  BBMP can spend 100s of crores on tarring roads, acquiring land for useless road widening (check out the stretch just after Domlur leading to Command Hospital), building flyovers with signals on top of them, etc etc, but has little money to spend on building and maintaining pavements.

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Business of Governance

02/23/09 10:43 - murali772

With concepts like Autonomy, Sustainable growth, Forward Planning, HRD, etc becoming buzz-words in management circles, government babu’s couldn’t quite stomach the idea of being left out.

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e-Mail to BBMP (Bus Shelter Design)

02/23/09 06:30 - Ravi_D

Prajegale,

Here is a copy of the email I sent out today to commissioner (commissioner at bbmponline dot org) and joint commissioner (works) (jcworks ar bbmponline dot org), BBMP. I know it is probably not going to of a much impact, but thought should just try. Something is better than nothing, right?

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My list before the Lok Sabha candidates

02/22/09 14:19 - murali772

While the "I vote, I count" exercise on PRAJA lists a whole lot of issues to be placed before candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections, I thought, I'll prepare my own list, many issues in which may or may not figure in the list included in the survey running here.

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BBMP - More magic boxes coming!?

02/22/09 10:25 - silkboard

What exactly would be "precast RCC box segments of size 6m x 4.5m x 1m". Magic box, isn't it? Saw some tenders from BBMP calling for work to prepare "vehicular underpass" using these precast RCC segments at Mysore Road Deviation Junction. See the BBMP Ad for yourself:

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The hardships of changing a bus

02/22/09 07:51 - silkboard

Vasanth's Big10/ORR buses comment, and seeing a bus stop near silkboard junction move farther from the flyover prompts me to repeat a point made earlier.

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Chipko..Appiko and now Bachhiko!?

02/22/09 02:10 - blrsri

Development activities like building the metro always brings environmental issues along with them and tree cutting figures very prominently..Authorities take`refuge of quoting selective trimming of the trees and not necessarily bringing them down..

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'I vote I count' - Bengaluru Lok Sabha elections

02/20/09 18:35 - jennypinto

[Quick link to the election issue survey, do fill it and have your say.]

The attack on Mumbai on 26/11 was meant to undermine India. Instead it has lead to a new political awakening. As the initial shock and anger against our politicians died down we realized that our disengagement from the political process was part of the problem. And the solution lay in getting engaged; else we only have ourselves to blame.  Politics is too important to be left solely to politicians!

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Getting started on Praja.in

02/20/09 18:25 - Srivatsava

Looks chaotic, but it isn't that hard to get started. In case you have had enough of reading wise words from other members, and want to jump right in, here is an explanation of how it all works here.

You first have to register

Registration is a simple 2 step process

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