December 2008

Traffic fines to be increased

3 December 2008 - 12:48am — mcadambi

Finally,

The Transport Commissioner, Shri Bhaskar Rao is going to increase the fines and enforce traffic rules better in Bengaluru:

http://www.hindu.com/2008...

He should seriously consider options such as the "denver boot" for vehicles that are parked opposite driveways and other negligent drivers.

2 comments

Traffic Lights don't work

3 December 2008 - 1:29pm — bijeshkrishnadas

On one hand, we have the B-TRAC initiative that the Bengaluru Traffic police claim will improve traffic conditions, lights and signage. On the other, we have traffic signals that don't work or work erratically and have gone unfixed for months.

The Real Problem

2 December 2008 - 5:26pm — murali772

But not a single politician spoke of the real problem. There can be no change unless India is able to strengthen not its laws, as we have more than enough of these its security network. For this only two steps are necessary: end politicisation and rid the police and the intelligence and security agencies of corruption.

Urban development - the skill gap

2 December 2008 - 11:49pm — silkboard

Time for a boring post. A habitual visitor to MoUD website, I was waiting to put up a small summary of a policy paper that showed up recently. Its called "Capacity building scheme for urban ...". If that was all greek and latin to you, jump to section 3 (page 9) on that pdf, and under "specific capacity gaps", find things that you and me complain about everyday - they don't know how to plan, how to run projects, how to handle public relations etc etc etc.

India Shining

2 December 2008 - 8:01am — psaram42

I bought the Booker Award winning book by Arundhati Roy in 1997, but could not complete reading it. However I did not realize this Man Booker award winning "white Tiger" by Arvind Adiga was something different. It is not just different but earth shaking.

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