November 2009

ORR bottleneck - Bhadrappa Layout

8 November 2009 - 2:08am — idontspam

It is a good move by BDA to make the ORR Bhadrappa layout junction signal free. This junction assumes significance due to the fact that most of Sanjaynagar and RMV layout and gazillion other layouts in between use the Dr Rajagopal road/Gundappa road to reach ORR go towards the airport.

Public works - workings and problems

8 November 2009 - 9:32am — silkboard

This is to understand and the criticize the way this whole public tendering and works process works. Not as sexy a topic as Roads, Flyovers or Airports, but this is where it all happens - execution matters most. Most corruption also happens here as this is the place where money changes hands. Citizen involvement (lack of it) plays here - as work must be checked for quality.

Please do not plan to settle down in Bengaluru, it is dying.

8 November 2009 - 10:38am — Vasanthkumar My...

All those dear Indians and others from all over the world,

Please do not mistake this post. This is for your own good and ours too; while the final choice is yours, have a look at the bleak future you may face if you come and settle down:

Source: Deccan Chronicle-front page-todate:

Nutshell: RITES Report -

ORR/OMR - Extra loop at K R Puram

8 November 2009 - 1:21pm — idontspam

Here is the plan BDA is going ahead with for this stretch. Anybody know what loop this is? Any idea what the improvement is?

Rs 15 crore for the construction of additional loop and improvement of junction at K R Puram flyover

Petition: Say no to Tagore Circle underpass in Bangalore

6 November 2009 - 12:24am — indian

Bangalore is one of the 59 cities to which Ministry of Urban Development or MoUD has sanctioned grants for public transport buses.

This grant is linked to conditional reforms in the transport sector in cities that includes higher taxes on private cars, dedicated funds for public transport, parking policy as a car restrain measure and bus sector reforms.

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