May 2009

The changing face of Bengalooru lakes over a 9 year period - a study

16 May 2009 - 7:02pm — psaram42

The latest version of Google earth has introduced a new feature of viewing the earth at different periods of time, starting with the year 2000. This allows us to see the changes on any part of the earth over a given period of time starting with the year 2000. I had listed in my earlier blog entry about 48 lakes as on May 15, 2009.

Tree cover in Bangalore

16 May 2009 - 5:28pm — bsubbi

I came across an article in 'The Hindu' which mentions that the tree cover of Chennai is 20%. Also, looking online I realised there is good amount of information about cities in the US along the same lines and how it is used - mainly for urban forestry.

Vehicle registration rate dips in Bengaluru

15 May 2009 - 10:32am — Vasanthkumar My...

Media has reported that during the last six months number of vehicles being added to the city roads has come down drastically -

RTO - A functional database

14 May 2009 - 10:28am — Ravi_D

This TOI article reports progress in computerization effort

Importance of Lakes in and around Bengalooru for drinking water needs of the city

14 May 2009 - 4:43pm — psaram42

The city of Bengalooru had plenty of lakes earlier. Unfortunately due to lack of concern and unabashed greed, a lot of them are extinct now. Lakes are a very important aspect in the over all water management for a city like Bengalooru. (Some rivers were flowing through the city of Bangalore, I believe).

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