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Indiranagar Metro in progress

6 November 2009 - 11:50am — psaram42

We had a nice meeting with Nathan and Kiran of Biome Environmental solutions where a lot of discussions took place about the concept note on Indiranagar Metro project in the context of forthcoming Mobil city Un-conference at IISc. The Metro passes through CMH and 100 ft roads in Indiranagar. We in Indiranagar are quite familiar with the Metro by now.

Power supply - will Bangalore have choice, like Mumbai

29 October 2009 - 2:36pm — silkboard

How interesting is this news report Mumbai!? Is this an example of consumer benefitting from having choice? Worth wondering if Bengaluru will ever have choices like these?

Will Green Bonus save the forests around Gundia?

19 October 2009 - 11:30pm — deepakar

The environment ministry has declared a reward system called "Green Bonus" as an incentive for states to protect and increase their green cover. The details of this scheme are not out yet but it sure sounds interesting. I do hope that this comes out as early as possible.

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India's power backup bill Rs 130,000 cr a year

26 August 2009 - 2:17pm — murali772

It’s not just suffering the blackouts. The cumulative cost of nationwide power outages is a staggering Rs 1,00,000 crore.

Adding power generation capacity in Raichur

19 July 2009 - 7:31pm — murali772

The Raichur Ulisi Andolana Vedike has urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests not to give clearance for the proposed establishment of two additional thermal plants near Raichur contendi

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.

Meeting with Mr Manivannan, DC, Mysore. (CANCELLED)

28 March 2009 - 3:43pm — murali772

Start: 4 Apr 2009 11:00

End: 4 Apr 2009 13:00

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Meeting CANCELLED/POSTPONED, as some last minute developments in Mysore will keep Mr Manivannan busy today. We will reschedule this and shortly announce a new date.

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Bangaloreans contribute to city's power crisis: survey

11 March 2009 - 9:02pm — bcsagar

Reported in The Hindu

Bangalore (IANS): While residents of India's IT hub are crying foul about regular power outages, a survey has brought out Bangaloreans' some "bad habits" when it comes to using and conserving electricity.

Bescom ordered to pay Rs-50 compensation for long outage

25 February 2009 - 3:02pm — murali772

Consumer power rests on knowing your rights. You may remember cursing Bescom when there was a 21-hour power outage on April 29 and 30 last year. But this 73-year-old man did something more - he found out there is a provision for consumers to get compensation if power supply is interrupted beyond certain hours.

24x7 Power Supply; courtesy - Solar Lighting

19 November 2008 - 1:04pm — murali772

While the rest of the state is fretting over frequent power cuts, three little-known hamlets of Uttara Kannada district have uninterrupted power supply, thanks to Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank’s Vikasa Kirana scheme, launched in 1994, to avail of solar lighting units to enjoy uninterrupted power supply, a rarity in Karnataka these days.

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