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Efficient design, execution and maintenance of roads in Bangalore

17 November 2009 - 10:58am — psaram42

Roads are integral part of a city allowing for the movement of goods and people to and fro various essential utilities for the harmonious existence of the cities human population. A city thus consist of

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A total breakdown of urban planning - A microscopic look at the lowest level

4 November 2009 - 12:56pm — blrpraj

When we look at Bangalore and see it's overburdened infrastructure falling apart (be it water, roads, power, footpath etc.) , one cannot help but think how we got to this point in the first place, since recognising the problem and it's causes is one of the first steps in effectively proposing and designing a solution to remedy the problem.

Neo Slums..are they?!

23 October 2009 - 12:00pm — blrsri

Was passing by a so called slum which has come up adjecent to the ring road in front of PES engineering college..this was BWSSB property not too long ago..but a slum has come up in its place..

Water and Sewage connections to Mega residential projects

2 October 2009 - 12:06am — ravih

I am curious to know who is expected to approve the provision of Water and Sewage connection to large residential and commercial projects like ITPL; Prestige Shantiniketan; Brigade Metropolis; Tata Xylem; few five start hotels; large number of IT/ITES technology parks hosting thousands of offices etc in the Mahadevpura /whitefield area ?

Guangzhou – Many lessons for Bangalore

20 September 2009 - 7:54pm — Naveen

The third largest city in China, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is a city of about 8 million & is similar in population /size to Bangalore. It lies at a distance of a mere 2 hours (by road or rail) from Hong-Kong, in southern China.

Sustainable public transport system - high level requirements

19 September 2009 - 5:39am — blrpraj

This has been long pending in my mind after reading and contributing to various praja posts over almost a year. I took a stab at a document that analyzes the high level requirements of a integrated public transportation network for Bangalore that can ultimately cater to long term growth.

‘Citizens for City’ contest

17 September 2009 - 1:18pm — murali772

To enable citizens to participate and come up with innovative strategies for developing the city and improve the quality of life, FFC (Foundation for Futuristic Cities) has announced ‘Citizens for City’ contest. Anyone can draft a well-researched strategy from a list of 30 topics given on the foundation’s website, www.citizensforcity.org.

Green buildings - a crtique on IGBC's approach

11 September 2009 - 4:48pm — murali772

The following is the letter addressed to Shri Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), CII – Sohrabji Godrej Green Building Centre, Hyderabad, by Jaigopal.G.Rao, Principal Designer and Managing partner of ‘Inspiration’ (www.inspire-india.com), and an architect by training.

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.

CiSTUP meet report

19 July 2009 - 5:01pm — murali772

The meeting was attended by Sanjay Chitnis, Suhas Kulhalli, Ananthram, K V Pathy, Srivatsava, Heragu, apart from me from PRAJA (hope I haven't missed out any names); and Prof T G Seetharam<

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