August 2010

Karnataka - highest tax generator in south

2 August 2010 - 9:27am — Naveen

Karnataka is the highest tax generator in the south & leads all other states by a huge margin, as reported in TOI today - See this link.

Where is India headed ?

2 August 2010 - 9:59am — Naveen

China has now surpassed Japan as the No.2 economy in the world - India, whose economy was 80% of China's in 1990, is now a mere 25% of China's.

Commuter Rail - Station air space could give 2000 Crores/year

2 August 2010 - 8:49am — silkboard

There is air space available above all railway stations in Bangalore. What if some stations can be utilized as a source of income by the PPP or SPV operating Commuter Rail Service in Bangalore? What would the numbers look like? Tried doing some, and came close to Rs 2000 Crores per year. Here are the calculations for everyone to poke holes and correct.

Covering of storm water drains: Useless and detrimental

2 August 2010 - 12:21pm — vneevarp

I've noticed a lot of activity in our locality with the authorities covering the storm water drains in front of houses. These drains for more than 20 years, carried only storm water when it rained and otherwise were quite dry. On an average, they are about 1 1/2 feet wide and about 1 1/2 feet deep.

Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass opened

2 August 2010 - 8:58pm — Bheema.Upadhyaya

I am happy to see the Madiwala Ayyappa Temple underpass is opened for public from today 02-Aug-2010. I had indicated the start date in my Prajabytes here http://praja.in/en/statuses/259/ it was on 24-May-2010. Excellent, its almost complete in period of 9 weeks. I have not seen the completed work.

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