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04/16/08 05:50 - murali772
I was on my daily dinner routine. Happened to see this on-duty police person walking out of his official patrol van called ‘Hoysala'. He walked up to the cashier of this local restaurant, grabbed some money, and was matter-of-factly walking back. Not that this was the first time I saw such a thing - but, I don't know what became of me (perhaps Bollywood effect?). person murali772's post | forum 9 Comments | Read More
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04/16/08 00:28 - tsubba
just thought we could take a ride with tarkovsky on the roads of tokyo and while at it get some fundas on cinema. person tsubba's post | forum 5 Comments | Read More
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Facelift for lakes - just new fences or more? 04/15/08 19:44 - silkboardBack in January, BBMP had announced that it planned facelift for 17 lakes in and around the city. Cant find any newspaper articles to quote from, but this blog has it (17 lakes ...). person silkboard's post | Read More |
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How does Europe & the rest of the world do it ? 04/15/08 14:28 - Naveen
Blrsri - referring to yr post elsewhere, & also in general, some issues that need to be highlighted --- In USA /Europe & in rapidly developing far-eastern cities, the situation is very different, & solutions are found far more scientifically. They also have the advantage of much smaller populations & a more homogenous mix of users. This makes it easy for them to make changes as & when necessary with minimal objections or agitation. The old city of Rome is an example with very narrow streets, but traffic is very well controlled & directed, with efficient supervision & real-time monitoring. As I see it, our difficulties are far more numerous & are summarized below. person Naveen's post | Read More |
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Sustainable Prosperity, Climate Change Mitigation and Cultural Change 04/15/08 13:49 - cvikash
Hi! Here is a primer for a proposed world seminar series to create awareness and mobilise support for action about a new thinking for sustainable prosperity through the 21st Century and possible solutions that we shall need : Finding A Higher Comfort Zone: Solutions for A Small Planet and A Big Family person cvikash's post | forum 7 Comments | Read More
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04/14/08 11:24 - murali772
The Times of India has invited the Civil Society to send points to be raised under their 'Bangalore Asks Candidates' programme. My list would read as below: Muralidhar Rao person murali772's post | forum 3 Comments | Read More
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Uncontrolled growth - any remedies? 04/13/08 19:39 - silkboard
Here is a tale of two buildings right next to each other. Setback from the road, and use of basement for the first one: [flickr-photo:id=2410462125,size=m] [flickr-photo:id=2411290616,size=m] person silkboard's post | forum 36 Comments | Read More
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Driving on Platform / Footpath 04/13/08 03:49 - anent
In cities like Bangalore, two wheelers choose Platform / Footpath as an alternate driveway during rush hours. This could be highly dangerous to Pedestrians walking on the platform. Rather than Traffic Police caught these folks - people (two wheelers) should think before they get on to a platform as a travel route! person anent's post | forum 6 Comments | Read More
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Do we need a Commonwealth for Namma Metro? 04/13/08 00:21 - blrsri
We have been discussing BRTS and other mass surface transport means to tackle the traffic in Bangalore. All this gets us back to the basic question on the Bangalore Metro. The pace of building it! person blrsri's post | forum 1 Comment | Read More |
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Kannada license plate numbers on the increase? 04/12/08 10:42 - s_yajaman
I am sure I will get my fair share of brickbats for this one but here goes... Of late I have seen an increase in the number of vehicles with Kannada number plates. This is illegal per the provision of rule-50, sub-rule-2 and proviso-D of Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, which specifically states that letters on vehicle number plate should be in English and numerals in Arabic. The Government of India in a notification (No.SO. 444E dated June 12, 1989) issued under Section-41 (6) of the Motor Vehicle Act , 1988, also made these rules mandatory. person s_yajaman's post | forum 133 Comments | Read More
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