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TenderSURE and the future!

23 October 2014 - 7:37am — srinidhi

@vmenon made a pertinent obervation about TenderSURE works happening around town here

Metro to ITPL

8 August 2014 - 6:48am — srinidhi

Sanjeev brought out a very valid point on how access to ITPL/whitefield is going to get affected in the next coming years because of the metro construction there.

It is beyond doubt that we need the metro going there and soon..it should have happened years ago as part of phase I itself..but it will be happening now..

Driving License Renewal from RTO without touts/agents, No bribe, No corruption

3 July 2014 - 8:56pm — srinidhi

So it was time to renew my drivers license and most suggestions from folks was 'give it to the local driving school guy, he will do it for a few 100'

Metro ph 2 and Jayadeva interchange

12 May 2014 - 8:57am — srinidhi

It was in 2010, in a meeting for tendersure plan review at STUP office that a discussion on marenahalli road came up and the review board member said that STUP had proposed a elevated road and metro line resting on the same pillar was the best sollution on marenahalli road to handle traffic on the busy jayanagar/btm stretch including Jayadeva.

Madiwala lake encroachment plans

17 April 2014 - 5:57pm — srinidhi

It was a few years ago around 2004..stuck on the BTM layout road btw the them Udupi Garden junction and SB..I missed many important client calls..I cursed everyone, everything..but never did I wish for a BETL flyover or more roads,..aparently after 10 years everything I did not wish for is happening!

Garbage daily or weekly?

9 April 2014 - 11:53am — srinidhi

Was watching SatyamevaJayate on TV the other day and as usual there was loads of emotions and the story was about garbage collectors or 'poura-karmikas' in BBMP terms..where they went around explaning their position and it was interesting indeed.

They on a everyday basis handle hazardous waste insluding diapers and other other harmful garbage.

Monorail or Metro ph III?

12 February 2014 - 8:58am — srinidhi

BMRCL is buoyed by the approvals they have received for ph II implementation that they have gove ahead to plan for ph III by initiating the study with RITES.

And the other very interesting development that has happened in the last few days is the Mumbai monorail going live..here is a picutre of the train inside:

Asphalt Milling? whats that?

6 January 2014 - 9:27pm — srinidhi

So its a tale of two roads where tar is being relaid in our city now..

Double road/KH road which has a new coat of tar
Mysore road flyover where the road is being relaid

KH road work started last week and a nice thick coat of tar is already laid. However the Mysore road flover work started 2 weeks ago and is not half done yet!

City debt stands at 14K crores!

17 December 2013 - 7:58am — srinidhi

The city's civic agencies thrive on borrowing.Outstanding

Concrete solution for Blr craters

19 September 2013 - 12:17pm — srinidhi

The notorious potholes (craters) are back with a bang after the rains and all major and minor roads are full of it to the extent that we need to search for those short stretches of decent roads left.

BIG discussions on FB

17 September 2013 - 7:35am — srinidhi

LRT for CBD?

9 September 2013 - 10:01pm — srinidhi

BMTC plays a major role in providing the only PT option for Bangalore. However even with busses there is a section of the society which swears by the direction based routing as a solution for better and faster PT within the city, instead of the destination based one which is what we have predominantly now.

How is Metro Ph II best done?

15 August 2013 - 6:31pm — srinidhi

Metro ph II is ready to kick off soon with the approvals coming in from Delhi. There is still lot of discussions pending on the utility and the routes. With the change in ledership there is a possible opportunity to start discussions to optimize routes. The current PH II route with stations is in the below link:

Akrama back in news!

19 June 2013 - 12:48pm — srinidhi

Its that time of the season again when the discussions on Akrama/Sakrama is back to the fore with the new govt taking over the reigns.

V and U needed for metro?

8 June 2013 - 7:44am — srinidhi

Hindu today carried a front page news item about the metro allignment on the Byp PH II extension to Whitefield. It was more a report based on renewed outcry from certain sections of public..below is the map of contention from the paper:

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