srinidhi's blog

BMTC new website mybmtc.com - reviews

8 May 2013 - 3:53pm — srinidhi

mybmtc.com has opened to public and TOI mentions about it as below:

The big 'foot path' scam in BBMP

18 April 2013 - 3:58am — srinidhi

We all knew BBMP is the cash cow for all politicians and its contractors along with the so called engineers. The engineers are really good at engineering ways to let fake bills and fake payments to be done without works being carried out..

Waiting for disasters?

8 April 2013 - 6:33am — srinidhi

Mumbai has been in news recently for the deadly residential building collapse which has killed about 75 people and left many young babies/kids homeless!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22058457

Bus really stops at the stop with this!

4 March 2013 - 8:26am — srinidhi

Really interesting technology to get the bus stop at a stop..

Metro Ph I gets 800 cr more from France!?

16 February 2013 - 7:57pm — srinidhi

Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), the French development agency of the Government of France, has approved a loan of €110 million for the phase-1 of the Bangalore Metro Rail project.

Light Rail at grade..too bold?

28 January 2013 - 2:05pm — srinidhi

As we have seen there seems to be some activity around building light rail as a feeder to metro(Bannerghatta rd - Hebbal). For some historic reasons The Bangalore Airport Rail Link (BARL) Ltd is actually working on the DPR for it.

A different kind of Sakrama

3 December 2012 - 9:37pm — srinidhi

There are building violations galore in our city..the prominent among them is the building multiple units, more than the stipulation. For example a 1200 sqft plot having more than 4 floors is way too common..

how to stop generating too much garbage?

26 September 2012 - 8:40am — srinidhi

We are hearing a lot about garbage management these days..sorting..composting etc are being proposed. However wanted to delve into the generation of wastes itself..

Broadly we have the organic and in-organic waste from any home at this point.

What ails us?

22 August 2012 - 6:36pm — srinidhi

IDS put up a link recently about the trust deficit in Indians...more here

Induction Stoves - compelling

3 April 2012 - 7:30am — srinidhi

There has been lot of discussions on alternate energies here on Praja. However was also looking at alternate methods to cook at home.

BESCOM and street lights

7 March 2012 - 12:02pm — srinidhi

KR Market collateral or mortgage?!

2 February 2012 - 1:40pm — srinidhi

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has offerred the KR Market as collateral to the Rs 500-crore loan it ha

Metro PH 2 routes optimal?

3 January 2012 - 12:05pm — srinidhi

From DH today:

Bellanduru is 2,500 years old!!

23 October 2011 - 5:13am — srinidhi

Was very surprised to read about the history of Bellandur lake in The Hindu the other day..

The little village of Bellanduru, around which the suburb has grown, has a history that dates back 2,500 years. One of the annual reports of the Archaeological Survey of Mysore State talks of ancient Iron Age tombs discovered on the lake bund.

BBMP spent 2500 Cr on Blr roads!!

5 September 2011 - 2:28pm — srinidhi

Yes, they have spent 2,500 crores on roads in the past three years and they want more!

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