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(Un)Real Estate

9 August 2009 - 12:50am — idontspam
Everything else

All of us who have bought a House/Land/Flat can understand how uncontrolled and scam ridden this sector is. I have also cribbed previously on this forum about the lack of a regulator in this sector.

Metro /Mono Routes - Suggestions

7 August 2009 - 10:09am — Naveen
Metro RailPublic Transport

Soil tests are being conducted in various parts of the city for Ph-2 of the Metro. Routes may be finalized based on results of soil tests, but the locations give a fair idea of how the routes are being planned.

There were a few concerns which I had & these are summarized in a letter & map with suggestions that has been forwarded to BMRC (via email).

Redesign of Hosur Road as model road : Footpath and cycle tracks

6 August 2009 - 12:04am — srkulhalli
InfrastructurePedestrian Infrastructure

Background: Had an unplanned meeting with BBMP, thanks to Ashiwn/SB. Part of our initiative for better road design. This was at an hours notice on a weekday and was pretty much took half the day, so was not a good candidate for an event. Anyways, we discussed the pedestrian infrastructure, footpaths etc.

Race Course - argument for tall building and density

5 August 2009 - 9:21am — silkboard
Urban DevelopmentGovernance

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.

Again - HSRL Or Metro ?

3 August 2009 - 10:38am — Naveen
Commuter RailMetro RailPublic Transport

This report from TOI states that BMRC may build a Metro route to BIAL instead of HSRL due to ongoing recession & lack of interset by private parties - the old debate has res

Namma metro reach-1 tracker

1 August 2009 - 4:24pm — vinod_shankar
Metro RailPublic Transport

Objective tracking of namma metro from the data accumulated from the newsletter given out by BMRCL from feb 2009 upto july 2009 for reach-1.  This will clearly give us trends on the progress of namma metro. I intend to update this data as and  when new data is available. Here are the graphs. 

Suspension bridge at Gokak Falls will be shut for public on Sundays

1 August 2009 - 4:16pm — belgaumblog
Everything else

 A week ago you had seen some magnificent photos of the Gokak Falls and here is some

Praja also in Kannada!

31 July 2009 - 10:59pm — shas3n
Praja related

We are glad to announce availaibility of Praja also in Kannada. Although users could create posts and comments in Kananda since the beginning, starting today users will be able to see a lot of the interface elements in Kannada as well.

Moreover, members could now also translate useful posts from English to Kannada or vice-versa allowing more members to access useful content in a language of their choice. Members interested in translating the content can mail tech at praja.in and they will be given suitable rights to acces translation interface.

You can see praja in Kannada here. If you have difficulty reading Kannada text or writing in Kannada, look at these pages for some help.

A threat from within

31 July 2009 - 10:52am — psaram42
Economy

 At the Indiranagar petrol bunk 8AC and 2 QA series notes of 1000 denominations are not being accepted, Since 10 July 2009. The banks should take some responsibility in guaranteeing at least the ATMs being free of fake notes.



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