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April 2011 Bus Day - with CM!?

BusPublic Transport

I have seen this ad in Citizen Matters. This is a call for those who want to join Bus day as volunteers. 

World cup victory and Yeddyurappa

Politics

CM's gift to cricket players, as per news reports:

NMT CBD Pilot presentation

Infrastructure

NMT CBD Pilot survey presentation to DULT by Praja.in. Next steps is for DULT to constitute a task force with representatives from CiSTUP, BBMP & DULT to prepare detailed plans.

Kaggadasapura - Neglected Locality?

Traffic

Kaggadasapura is a negelected locality, as i feel it.

There has been lots of people moving into Kaggadasapura over the last 5 years. Thanks to its proximity to Tech Parks, Old Airport, Indira Nagar etc., It is real saddening to say that infrastructure in this area is not grown propotionally. My concerns of this area are

Narrow MAIN Road

Auto Rickshaw service in Bangalore city

Public Transport

Dear Sir, we citizens at Bangalore do not get proper service from auto rickshaw. Here are the list of complaints.

1. Most of the auto rickshaw drivers simply denies to come at our destination place.

2. If someone agree, they will demand lump-sum amount. That amount is much more than actual charges as per meter.

Jan Lokpal Bill from IAC, and Govt Lokpal bill, latest versions

Governance

[Update, Aug 20: Took out reference to the reformatted 1.8 version, embedded latest (version 2.3) Jan Lokpall Bill draft, and the one that was introduced in Lok Sabha]

Health of Indian Judicial System!

Governance

These are the days of 'Fight against Corruption". Suddenly the middle class has woken up from the deep slumber. The reaction is almost like the Earth has moved beneath them. Every sundry now is joining the bandwagon of 'Crusade Against Corruption'. I hope the Indian Middle class keeps the momentum and sustains the steam to fight this battle till the end.

Objections to the Draft Animal Welfare Act 2011

Everything else

Someone mailed in a detailed objections the draft Animal Welfare Act. The draft itself is available here (careful, big PDF) on the MoEF website, and apparently the ministry is taking in suggestions online via this email id - animalwelfareact2011 [at] gmail.com.

Here it goes, in full:

Why the need for ration card to get a gas connection only in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu?

Any citizen of India is eligible for a subsidized gas connection for household use.I am not able to get even a single cylinder for household cooking since I do not have a ration card, nor can I transfer the cylinder I have on my name in Maharashtra to here.I have to pay more than a Rs.1000/- for a cylinder from a private vendor.

Report on CIVIC's public consultation on Municipal SWM

Public Health

The following are the links to the articles on the fresh garbage tender of BBMP and CIVIC's public consultation held on it (check this) which have appeared in "Citizen Matters":



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