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Right to Services aka Sakala - live from April!

31 March 2012 - 9:55am — silkboard

So Right to Services, or timebound delivery of services to citizens goes live in state of Karnataka from Monday, April 2. What services are we guaranteed to get? Well, go to this website, go to "Services", pick your department to see what services are "in scope" (http://sakala.kar.nic.in). I went there, clicked on BBMP, here is the list:

Hoarding menace - BBMP's helplessness?

5 March 2012 - 8:14am — silkboard

Recently, before leaving the city, an expat left behind this 'hoarding' as his thank you note to Bengaluru. Humorous indeed, but to us and BBMP, this should be a hurtful mockery of the way things are out of control on our roads.

Culture of jugaad Economics and voodoo politics

4 March 2012 - 5:10pm — murali772

The imperative for growth cannot be overemphasised in a country where over 450 million people can’t afford two square meals and where every year nearly 12 million youngsters line up for jobs. The magnitude of the twin problems of rising expenditure and falling growth obliges the government to act on both fronts and display some sense of urgency.

"Sakala" - Wake-Up Call For Babudom?

2 March 2012 - 4:28pm — murali772

Beginning today, there is a deadline for all public services: be it a certificate or redressal of a grievance from any government department. If the deadline is not met, the official will be penalized. - - - - “Enough is enough. We don’t want people running around for services,” the CM pointed out.

Information Denial Facilitation Commission

29 February 2012 - 5:09pm — murali772

Now, it's a celebrated fact that the TTMC's in Bangalore are the biggest case of mis-use of JNNURM funds, as has more or less been established in this blog.

District Improvement Charges

19 February 2012 - 3:35pm — idontspam

With BBMP running out of money & unable to present a coherent budget, city improvement programs have reached a dead end. While congestion charging can provide money for development programs & also reduce congestion it needs technology investment & infrastructure work to plug holes in the congestion chaging cordon.

Business Improvement District

17 February 2012 - 12:05pm — idontspam

A BID is a time-limited, flexible funding mechanism to improve and manage a clearly defined commercial area. As a governance mechanism, BIDs are contractual partnerships for urban realm management through which some rights over the management of a locality are transferred from to the local government to ratepayers.

KR Market collateral or mortgage?!

2 February 2012 - 1:40pm — srinidhi

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has offerred the KR Market as collateral to the Rs 500-crore loan it ha

National consultation on “How Inclusive are our Cities?"

25 January 2012 - 1:04pm — murali772

Start: 27 Jan 2012 09:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

CIVIC Bangalore, INHAF and Hazards Centre have great pleasure in inviting you to a National consultation on “How Inclusive are our Cities? Implications for the 12th Five-Year Plan from the Perspective of the Urban Poor”
Date: Friday, 27th and Saturday, 28th January 2012
Time: 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM

An aborted Chain snatching incident

10 January 2012 - 4:57pm — psaram42

The chain snatching incidences are on the increase for quite some time now. Our neighbor lady had lost her gold chain to an auto rickshaw driver a few years back, during her early morning walk. Similar incidences are on the increase which has made Bangalore police to sit up and take note. Beat police on motor bikes are a common sight, during our early morning walk.

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