Dumping Grounds

02/28/08 04:50 - Vijay

Heres something thats totally counterproductive.

For all of you who have travelled on the Bangalore/Mysore road, the Vrishabhavathi canal on the outskirts of Bangalore is a familiar sight. Theres also a water treatment plant that was set up at great cost just before Kengeri.

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Marathahalli Bridge - update

02/28/08 04:44 - silkboard

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Marathahalli bridge update, here it is, as of this morning. The actual bridge seems to be done. They are levelling (rather 'connecting') the road with the bridge, and putting tar on top of the bridge.

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Bangalore Metro vs. CMH Road HC Case

02/27/08 19:20 - tsubba

Writ petition by CMH Shops and Establishments, and Residents Association and K. V. Ramakrishna and N. Suresh Kumar, challenging the alignment of Metro through the CMH Road and 100 feet Road in Indiranagar and seeking a stay on further work along the CMH road. The petitioners seek an alternate alignment along the Old Madras Road. They have also sought appointment of an expert committee to consider the economic, social and environmental aspect of impugned alignment.

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CRS Bangalore: A project that never gets the green

02/27/08 02:50 - tsubba

The railway budget 08-09 is out. The fares are down. Plea for Bangalore-Arsikere-Mangalore is left un-answered, but we have been blessed with a handful of other trains instead. Also featured in the new budget are more half hearted promises on the same old projects that have been on simmer since more than a decade now (be done with the Gulbarga Bidar line already). As far as Bangalore, in and by itself is concerned, the CRS finds no mention in the 08-09 budget. With this two years would have passed in the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport Plan's Phase I(07-12) with no action on the 204 km CRS project.

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BIAL Official Updates January 2008

02/26/08 11:43 - tsubba

Official updates for January 2008 The integrated trial phase is on at the Bengaluru International Airport. This stage signals the final trial phase of the airport and involves integrating various processes to simulate real life airport operation. The integrated trial phase will continue till next month.

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work on the metro..

02/26/08 01:59 - blrsri

* is woefully slow, how many more months will they make MG road a dump yard?\n* is just fine..let them work peacefully\n* need to made faster..we need the first phase by 2009\n* \n* \n

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Urban Bhoomi

02/24/08 13:40 - tsubba

Bhoomi to get urban makeover
TNN Feb 11, 2008

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Bangalore Elevated Roads

02/19/08 05:11 - tsubba

A swiss challenge by a consortium of dilli-based IDEB Inc and Shanghai Urban Construction Group, proposes three elevated 2x2 corridors: misnk square to hebbal, kodihalli to kundlahalli gate and vellara jn to silkboard. This ofcourse, is pending government approval.

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Road widening doesnt always help!

02/16/08 16:20 - blrsri

There was this article on the web about research done on traffic congestion. It opens up a new perspective about transport.. "..more road capacity will not by itself substantially reduce congestion. Urbanist Anthony Downs once famously stated that travel demand on freeways rises to meet capacity. If new lanes are added, congestion problems might be lessened in the short run. But that reduced congestion will attract drivers who previously used other routes, traveled at different times of the day, used other modes, or drove less or not at all. New roads and lanes do provide additional mobility and other transportation benefits, but increased road capacity provides less congestion relief than one might expect. "

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Should BIAL be subject to RTI?

02/13/08 03:01 - tsubba

* Yes\n* No\n* I dont care.\n* \n* \n

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