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Recently CAG  had done a audit of BMTC , an article has been published on the same in business standard.

http://www.business-stand...

Some of important points in the report

1.For year-ended March 2009, the corporation has reported a 60.6 per cent drop in the net profit at Rs 55.18 crore, compared to the previous year.

2. an operating loss of Rs 20.6 crore compared to an operating profit of Rs 70.8 crore for 2008-09 as against the previous year.

3. The earnings per kilometre (KM) was Rs 24.63 and expended Rs 23.28 per KM during the year.

4.carried an average of 3.66 million passengers per day

5. the number of trips operated by the corporation increased to 25 million in 2008-09 from 16 million in 2004-05, the percentage of trips checked to the trips operated declined 1.17 per cent from 1.65 per cent in 2004-05

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BBMP has launched a website containing the data base of all the lakes within the BBMP limits.    There are a total of 196 lakes listed, along with classification like dry, clean, polluted etc with accompanying pictures.   Its a first step i beleive in saving our lakes..

88-Clear Water

4-Defence control

6-Desilting under progress

Every now and then i see one or the other organisation opposing the metro.  No doubt they entitled to their views, but do they ever see the benefits any metro brings to cities,(especillay the crowded ones like bangalore, mumbai etc)  Let me quote a few points from PIB regarding the delhi metro, i am sure such benefits will accrue to bangalore also once the metro is complete<

In the first week of october 09 the rules for karnataka private medical establishment act were notified.  The bill itself was passed in august 2007.  The bill affects every person who undergoes medical treatment in karnataka.   I think this deserves attention as effects everyone from the poor to the rich of our state.

Background of the project: Rail over bridge from wheeler road to banaswadi.  A joint project between BBMP and south western railways.

In the last week or so i have been observing full page ads about a cyclothon in bangalore sometime on october.  Seems interesting, atleast finally the need for encouraging cycling has been realized.  More details about the event can be found  here.  We should use this as a push for bicyc

The Central Sanctioning  and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under Ministry of Urban Development for sanctioning of projects under Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), submission-I on Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) has sanctioned first Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and Innovative Environment Project for Mysore, Kar