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Race Course - argument for tall building and density

5 August 2009 - 9:21am — silkboard

I have been looking for some data points to support what very few have said about the Race Course debate. The argument goes like this - a tall building is a better option than doing a green open park. IDS said this, and some opposed, without real data points or arguments for backing.

Rejoice - Indians are happier, healthier - Happy Planet Index

29 July 2009 - 8:23am — Vasanthkumar My...

Source: Deccan Chronicle dated 29th July 2009

India ranked 35th among 143 nations

- Happy Planet Index (HPI)-Compiled by UK Based New Economics Foundation

India's Climate Control Policy is self-contained

9 July 2009 - 8:28pm — Vasanthkumar My...

80 per cent of global green house gases are being spewed by 17 highly developed nations including USofA, European Union, G5, G8 and G17 nations.

Tree row: Representative suit filed in City Court - Star of Mysore June 25

26 June 2009 - 6:31am — indian

Three youth from the city have filed a representative suit in the Second Additional Munsiff Court here against felling of trees for widening the Lalitha Mahal Road.

Judge Radhakrishna allowed the petition yesterday.

Minister asks KSPCB to withdraw closure notices on served on govt hospitals

22 June 2009 - 1:18pm — murali772

Medical Education Minister Ramachandre Gowda has said that the government would direct the beleaguered Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to withdraw the closure notice slapped by it on nine government hospitals for lack of permanent effluent treatment plants (ETPs).

Shouldn't EIA apply to Kukke temple 'development' also?

18 June 2009 - 1:09pm — murali772

The Minister for Housing and Endowment, Sri Krishnaiah Setty (though he has just stepped down, I am not sure the proposal will get shelved) had stated that Shree Kukke Subramanya temple, deep in the middle of dense rain forests, would be developed at a cost of Rs 180 crore, and the department has already issued work order for Rs 60 crore.

Silence Please!

16 June 2009 - 6:07pm — murali772

Start: 19 Jun 2009 17:00

End: 19 Jun 2009 20:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Come Friday evening, Hudson Circle, one of the more congested traffic spots in the city, will witness a peace march of a different kind, where “silence” will be both its method and message.

Green cess

11 June 2009 - 12:44pm — murali772

You’ve paid infrastructure and education cesses. Now, get ready to shell out a green cess of 5 paise per kWh electricity. If the Karnataka government has its way, for the first time, the state will levy this on industrial and commercial establishments to raise funds for renewable energy.

Save 200+ trees in Mysore from being axed unnecessarily - Petition

7 June 2009 - 4:15am — indian

Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has a penchant for breaking its own resolutions and laws, The Hindu, Tue, June 02, 2009

http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/02/stories/2009060255790300.htm

Why stop at 250-storeys, Mr CM?

2 June 2009 - 11:52am — murali772

A world-class 200-250 storey building and a garden around it. That is what may come up on the Bangalore Turf Club land. Yeddyurappa envisaged this structure during the Vikasa Sanaklp Utsav.

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