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Wouldn't PRAJA have been a better option for BTP?

12 June 2011 - 3:17pm — murali772

The Facebook page of the traffic police, set up two months ago, is a much-needed forum for Bangaloreans to bring the violator in uniform to book. More than 3,000 have already joined the page to share information and make evidence public. Many others are adding their comments.

Efficacy of RTI Act

6 June 2011 - 8:53pm — murali772

My repeated representations to the Police Commissioner, the Additional Commissioner-Traffic, as well as the Transport Commissioner, both written as well as oral, in the matter of strict enforcement of the M V Act, specifically with regard to display of vehicle registration number plates in English letterings/ Arabic numerals, as per prescribed standard, had all met with responses which essentia

Towards more professionalism in governance

1 June 2011 - 8:13pm — murali772

While the number of persons paying online may have doubled this year - from 32,000 to 71,000 - many more may have logged on, and then logged off in frustration. Property owners in several parts of the city were in for a shock, when the computer refused to accept their payment, saying they had not paid the previous year’s tax.

A world-class research centre cannot come up in a governmental set up?

23 May 2011 - 6:18pm — murali772

"There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class.

'Worshipful' SSLC pass

29 April 2011 - 4:25pm — murali772

Your next mayor will be from a newly carved out area of Bangalore — Shettihalli, North Bangalore. Sharadamma, 45, a first-time corporator and X standard pass, was chosen on Thursday as the city's mayor. The formal election will be held on Friday. This term has been reserved for woman from scheduled caste (SC).

BBMP now in tree nurturing mode

19 April 2011 - 7:12pm — murali772

While doing up the footpaths/ roads, a few years back, the paving/ concreting was done almost choking the tree trunks/ roots, as seen in the pictures below:

IIMs, ethics and values

4 April 2011 - 5:39pm — murali772

After playing out in boardrooms and courtrooms, some of India Inc’s infamous scams have crashed into the classrooms of the country’s iconic IIMs.

Criminal negligence

29 March 2011 - 8:03pm — murali772

Five persons of a family were killed in a head on collision between their SUV and a KSRTC Rajahamsa bus near Kammadatti on the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway in the wee hours of Saturday. An eyewitness, said that construction was underway on the road as part of the four-laning of the National Highway. Traffic was allowed on only one road as the other road was being tarred.

Report on CIVIC's public consultation on Municipal SWM

22 March 2011 - 6:40pm — murali772

The following are the links to the articles on the fresh garbage tender of BBMP and CIVIC's public consultation held on it (check this) which have appeared in "Citizen Matters":

Should the services of pourakarmikas be regularised?

14 March 2011 - 5:47pm — murali772

In italics below are the excerpts from a recent report in the New Indian Express (for the full report, click here), and my responses to them (in regular print)

Govt hospital management heading the PPP way?

11 March 2011 - 6:49am — murali772

The chief minister’s idea of handing over government hospitals to non-government organisations (NGOs) as announced at an event in Shimoga does not seem to be welcomed by the city based government hospitals.

Unfair criticism of NRN and Infosys

10 March 2011 - 12:55pm — murali772

Create excellent, world-class school textbooks in Kannada in maths and science. Encourage students to take part in Kannada events. Kannada must be made attractive to children, but not by shutting off some other language.

Most annoying driver behaviours

9 March 2011 - 3:09pm — murali772

Taking off from the APAD and DDC campaigns, I thought I'll try to note down the most annoying driver behavious that I keep coming across on an almost everyday basis. Here's my list, which may not be quite exhaustive, but which is generally in the order of annoyance to me:

Going around in circles

3 March 2011 - 8:41pm — murali772

Within one and a half years of its opening, the rotary yield junction at the busy Krishna Rajendra (K.R.) Circle is set to get traffic signals, mainly on account of the closure of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Veedhi and opening of the alternative roads for the construction of the Vidhana Soudha underground metro station.

Campaign against so-called 'privatisation' of water

26 February 2011 - 10:55am — murali772

In a meeting organised with the Karnataka Urban Development Minister Mr.

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