Elevated Inner Core Ring Road - whats up?

08/13/07 18:48 - silkboard

Remember the Inner Core Ring Road (ICRR) project? Find some documents here in case you need to jog your memory. BBMP and newspapers haven't talked much about it lately, and then The Hindu carried this piece (steel structures favoured for ring road) a few days ago.

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Kheny's interviews

08/13/07 15:50 - silkboard

Going by his media talk, Mr Ashok Kheny is sure sounding aggressive and even more determined about his pet project. Here is some interesting stuff I picked out from his recent statements and interviews. First the TOI interview (Sunday, Aug 12).

"... some IAS officers then came to me and advised me to change the alignment as their properties were getting affected..."

"He (Deve Gowda) told me to let go off 245 acres and in return, promised me 5000 acres elsewhere. I learnt through officials that he had made some commitments during the elections that the land will be de-notified"

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Not My Job

08/13/07 00:36 - tsubba

This video we have all seen. These type of things prolly happen daily at most stations in India. From the video it is difficult to tell where it happened, but it could well have been our own Yeshwantpura station, for example.

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Bangalore memories

08/12/07 05:23 - GVK

A post by my blogger friend Abraham Tharakan on Banglore memories ought to interest long-time residents. Here is Mr Tharakan's post:

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Proposed BMTC Buses rerouting around MG Road

08/12/07 04:13 - shas3n

When a major infrastructure project is underway, it is usual to see that a lot of services being disrupted. Bangalore Metro is no exception to this. We recently heard about no-parking regulation on MG Road to accommodate the work on the elevated track.

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Bangalore Police's take on city roads

08/11/07 17:01 - silkboard

I was googling around when I stumbled upon this page on Bangalore Police website. Well written open talk, that goes to tell you that they know the traffic problems and possible solutions. First up, a clear admission of the problem:

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Mysore airport upgrade

08/11/07 05:13 - GVK

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Safety - how do we enforce it?

08/10/07 13:28 - silkboard

Road safety isn't only about rash driving, seat-belts or using cellphones. A thing like this (pic on left) can easily turn into that (pic on right): [flickr-photo:id=1071731120,size=m][flickr-photo:id=1070866891,size=m] Isn't it? What if you were riding or driving behind the blue truck (above) when its load came crashing down on the road?

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Mysore-track doubling is fine, what about the single line to Mangalore?

08/09/07 08:36 - silkboard

GVK started that active discussion to inquire about Mysore track doubling progress. What about Mangalore line? Any idea what is up here?

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Whitefield and connectivity

08/09/07 04:35 - silkboard

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When Marathahalli bridge construction work was in full swing (it still is), and we were struggling to cross the run-down work site, I was thinking about connectivity problems of this east-of-Bangalore suburb. When I say Whitefield, I mean the whole Mahadevpura, Hoody, ITPL, Whitefield, RG Halli, Brookfields, Kundalahalli region.

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