March 2010

Land Acquisition for Metro UG Stretch - expect more delays?

2 March 2010 - 11:48am — Ravi_D

Just noticed the numbers for land acquisition in the Feb Newsletter.

UG NS Stretch - Proposed: 14, Possession Taken: 8, Demolished: 7

UG EW Stretch - Proposed: 129, Possession Taken:0 (!), Demolished: 0 (!).

Compound wall crack due to neighbour' s borewell digging - issued resolved

2 March 2010 - 1:08pm — ahumanbean

Crack in the compound wall issue seems to be resolved, temporarily.

Other RTI + Lok Ayuktha files, will have be be followed up in due course.

Another huge grey area seems to be that very few citizens are aware of permissions that are / are not needed before a borewell can be sunk. The 'consultant's digging the borewell of course make all the rules up...!

BTRAC, it is 2010 - report card for Traffic?

2 March 2010 - 10:49pm — silkboard

BTRAC-2010, does the phrase ring a bell? It is a Rs 350 crore (max) worth project funded 2006 through 2010 to reduce congestion and better manage traffic in the city.

March 4 Bus Day - New shuttles - Bagmane, Indiranagar, Domlur, Koramangala

2 March 2010 - 11:33pm — vinod_shankar

BMTC is announcing new local shuttle routes for March 4 Bus Day. Instead of smaller multiple local feeder loops, we have a largish loop covering Indiranagar, Domlur and Koramangala. Frequency promised is 10 minutes, so that will help.

Analyzing Karnataka's Census data

1 March 2010 - 6:25pm — silkboard

Come 2011, and we will have our once in a decade census done. If the projections prove right (http://censusindia.gov.in...), then Karnataka would be pegged at ~ 5.94 crore people.

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