After about 3000 responses, here is how the results look like. The results are a function of how the poll was structured, and remember, this reflects the sentiments of urban, online populace of the city. Regardless, instead of analyzing this in various ways ourselves, why don't we leave it to readers and members to make sense of thes numbers. In case you are not very good with numbers, we have highlighted the top 3-4 items in each category :)
| Q | responses | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Local Issues | |||||||||
| Air and Noise pollution | 1617 | |||||||||
| Airport concerns - connectivity, re-opening HAL, BIAL quality etc | 714 | |||||||||
| Cleaner city with better waste management | 2040 | |||||||||
| Commuter Rail Service for Bangalore | 1038 | |||||||||
| Conserving heritage of the city | 838 | |||||||||
| Fast-tracking and more central support for Metro Rail | 1302 | |||||||||
| Friendly facilities/infrastructure for the differently-abled people | 851 | |||||||||
| Inter/intra state migration to Bangalore | 461 | |||||||||
| Issues of Urban poor, Slum improvements | 1136 | |||||||||
| More high speed roads/expressways in and around the city | 1465 | |||||||||
| More investments and job creation in city | 1008 | |||||||||
| More/better parks and lakes for the city | 1247 | |||||||||
| Urban governance reforms - real autonomy for Bangalore | 708 | |||||||||
| Water issues - quality and shortage, better groundwater management | 1677 | |||||||||
| 2 | State level issues | |||||||||
| Agriculture - Irrigation, drought relief and other subsidies | 1050 | |||||||||
| Better National Highways within Karnataka | 1218 | |||||||||
| Better railways infrastructure within Karnataka | 926 | |||||||||
| Communalism and intolerance to attacks on freedom | 1403 | |||||||||
| Direct and indirect tax rationalization | 708 | |||||||||
| Environment and climate change - preserving western ghats | 1272 | |||||||||
| Investments for tier2/3 cities for growth of state and de-congestion of Bangalore | 1242 | |||||||||
| More Higher education facilities in state | 793 | |||||||||
| More investments in energy sector to solve state's power shortage | 1962 | |||||||||
| More powers to Lokayukta of Karnataka | 1516 | |||||||||
| More water for city and state from Cauvery | 1100 | |||||||||
| Panchayati Raj and decentralization of power in urban as well as rural areas | 467 | |||||||||
| Police Reforms - remove political interference, grievance process for citizens etc | 1944 | |||||||||
| Promoting and protecting Kannada language and culture | 590 | |||||||||
| Settle Belgaum issue with Maharashtra | 513 | |||||||||
| Tourism infrastructure in the state (for job creation + recreation) | 974 | |||||||||
| 4 | National issues | |||||||||
| Agriculture and Agri-processing sectors - policy and subsidy boosts | 1096 | |||||||||
| Corruption - support for things like amendment of Prevention of corruption act | 2393 | |||||||||
| Greener India | 1734 | |||||||||
| Judicial reforms - more courts, faster justice etc | 1754 | |||||||||
| Preventing criminals from running elections or becoming ministers | 2334 | |||||||||
| Rural employment and poverty alleviation schemes (farmer suicide, urban migration etc) | 1360 | |||||||||
| Security and Terrorism - issues like National ID card, POTA | 2504 | |||||||||
| Women and child welfare (crime against women, child labor etc) | 1594 | |||||||||
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Very Representative Poll !
Hi All,
This is a huge poll with nearly 3000 responses & can indeed be representative of the urban, 'online' dweller.
That city cleanliness, air /noise pollution & better water & power issues in the state throws no surprises considering that the city is, in fact very dirty & water is becoming a real problem.
On the central level, corruption & security are the top concerns - in the backdrop of the mumbai attacks & the satyam scandal. Even in the absence of these, corruption issues would still have topped as it has always done on many other polls across the nation.
Underlying theme
I agree, Clean & efficient governance seems to the the summary at state and national level. Be honest, dont divide and polarize us, dont swindle money, dont have criminals represent us, protect us from terrorists, criminals by keeping the police neutral and responsible.
Correction needed in State level issues
Admin,
This is a statistically significant but potentially biased sample. Biased because it represents only internet users. However it could be very representative of Bangaloreans as internet usage here is supposedly high (anyone has data?).
Need to correct top 3 in the State level issues
# 1 - Investments in energy sector
# 2 - Police reforms
# 3 - Lok Ayukta
# 4 - Communalism.
Srivathsa
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Water, power, amenities, corruption - and traffic?
That is probably the pattern for us urban voters. If traffic was up there as a standalone item, would definitely have been the top issue. The survey had separate traffic/transportation items like Metro, Roads - and those got good attention.
So anyway, results depend a lot on the design of survey. Regardless, Water, Power and corruption are top issues, sort of universal, isn't it. It was heartening to see Water get so many clicks.
Urban and local governance reforms - see how low in the list these are. These are possibly the root of all problems. But perhaps most of us dismiss as either too geeky to understand, or as something that is too unrealistic to expect from our elected politicians.
Also, now, the question is - how many of these issues can an MP really influence and bring change on?
issue or no-issues