CRS - Minutes of Nov 17th Meeting (Shared by PS, IDD) !

12/11/12 15:51 - kbsyed61

Dear Prajagale,

I would like to share the minutes of the meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr. Amita Prasad, IAS, Principal Secretary, UDD to examine the RITES report on "Implementation of Commuter Rail Service in Banaglore.

Thanks to Dr. Rajkumar Khatri, IAS, for sharing this meeting minutes with me in response to my email request.

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New 40mld Cauvery Water 4th stage 2nd phase

12/10/12 11:40 - psaram42

This new Cauvery water line laying is completed. To day there was a ceremony organized by MLA Raghu in his constituency. This water tank is situated on the Suranjandas road. Click here [1]

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'Passenger trains yet to run to Nelamangala' - same old story

12/10/12 03:21 - silkboard

Hindu reported this weekend that SWR is yet to start trains to Nelamangala. Story here, key excerpts:

Odd timings for the trains that are supposed to to run ...

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Photos from a walk around Domlur flyover

12/10/12 03:08 - silkboard

Some pictures from a walk we took around the Domlur flyover. Really hard to get around here in peak traffic times.

Most common walk here seems to be change of direction from Airport Road to Inner Ring Road and vice versa. Coming from IRR, to go to airport road towards HAL/Outer Ring Road side:

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A lecture on promoting good governance

12/09/12 11:12 - psaram42

Public Affairs Centre click [1] has been promoting good governance since 1994 through

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A curse called "Address Proof"

12/08/12 06:52 - Pravsee

I believe the constituion of India has a clause that says something to the effect of "All citizens are equal and should be treated equally". In reality, this is not followed though.

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The 'Cash Transfer Scheme' debate

12/05/12 07:24 - murali772

Of course, cash transfers have advantages too: they have lower transaction costs, more convenient for migrant labour, and might be easier to monitor.

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Fighting Corruption: The Way Forward

12/05/12 06:09 - murali772

COALITION  AGAINST CORRUPTION cordially invites you on the occasion of ‘International Anticorruption Day’ to a Public Lecture on "Fighting Corruption: The Way Forward"

by Dr. Samuel Paul, Founder Chairman, Public Affairs Centre,

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Right to Services - Sakala doing well? Numbers for you

12/05/12 04:01 - silkboard

Sakala launched in April this year, and the system should now have more than 6 months worth data for us to see. Thankfully, Sakala system makes a lot of data public. Just go to Sakala website, and then, on the right hand side, find links to "public reports", and report of last month, right now November.

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A PIL for Namma Railu aka Commuter Rail Service (CRS)

12/04/12 04:36 - silkboard

Friends, some of us have discussed possibilities of filing a PIL for seeking closure or accelerating work on Commuter Rail Service (CRS) for Bengaluru. At this point, we are not entirely sure how well or fast the project is moving. Going by some reports, there is good progress.

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