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Sumanahalli Flyover and the Outer `Ring' Road.

21 January 2010 - 10:32pm — rs

About a week ago the CM inagurated the Sumanahalli flyover, which is a fancy name for the overbridge over Magadi Road on the Outer Ring Road. This leads to a new part of the ring road which is supposed to make the Outer Ring road more of a ring than it currently is.

Are two wheelers exempt from traffic rules ?

21 January 2010 - 10:18pm — rs

Hi I've noticed that increasingly two wheelers - essentially motorcycles violate all possible traffic rules. This afternoon I was walking back along 17th Cross road, Malleswaram, which is a one way. A motorcycle rider was about to enter the road and I stopped him, informing him that it is a one way. He said he had to deliver some flowers, so it was okay for him to go that way.

Bangalore Bus Routes

21 January 2010 - 9:52pm — ss87

There has been a lot of discussions going on about the many bus routes running in Bangalore which is one of the main point for not using a bus.

BMLTA wants feedback on BRTS

20 January 2010 - 10:53pm — sanjayv

In an article on Citizen Matters, titled "Bus Rapid Transport for Bangalore, today or tomorrow", Mr. Mohammad Mohsin, commissioner of the BMLTA has invited citizen feedback on BRTS in Bangalore. I sent him a private message via the CM website to come post his query on Praja for thoughtful (and an earful) of responses.

English as social leveller

20 January 2010 - 12:44pm — murali772

The Supreme Court may have touted English as the flagbearer of knowledge economy but the role of the Queen's language as a "social leveller" is witnessing a renewed push for English education among weaker sections.

Frozen projects in Karnataka

19 January 2010 - 5:03pm — idontspam

Glance through a sheet of government data and it’ll reveal that the number of projects actually implemented out of the total projects cleared in the State is shockingly low.

Koramangla Smartvote: Check your name on the voters list

19 January 2010 - 1:15pm — shekhar_mittal

Folks at Koramangla Smartvote have come up with a very cool way of checking out your name in the voters list.

If you want to check your name on the voter list try it out here http://smartvote.in/voterlist/viewvoters.php

Exploitation of mineral wealth

18 January 2010 - 5:00pm — murali772

Jeffrey Lee in Australia is sitting on Uranium deosits which can provide 'clean' energy to the entire country for decades together and beyond. But, he is not interested in selling out even if it will make him amongst the richest men in the world (check this report in Daily Good).

BMTC - New route for Sanjaynagar/Malleswaram areas

17 January 2010 - 3:16pm — idontspam

There has been a long pending demand from the residents of Sanjaynagar, Bhoopasandra, UAS Layout and Nagashettyhalli to connect these areas to Malleshwaram and Yeswantpur via low floor buses. The Hospitals on this route usually serve aged and infirm and need a low floor service

RTI activist murdered - Pune

17 January 2010 - 1:22pm — silkboard

Story from Pune area. RTI activist murdered, allegedly for exposing unauthorized construction of a bunglow in Talegaon.

http://www.hindu.com/2010...

The Hindu bit doesn't mention details of what was being exposed here. Does anyone remember a similar news item reported from Bangalore last year (was it around hooch/liquor shops, not sure)?

Hubli-Dharwad JnNURM

17 January 2010 - 7:36am — tsubba

http://www.hindu.com/2010...

Hubli-Dharwad to be brought under JNNURM

Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy has said that Hubli-Dharwad would be included under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) in the second phase.

Whitefield TTMC - work in full swing

16 January 2010 - 11:23pm — sanjayv

I passed by the Whitefield TTMC, which is located near the Vaidehi hospital within the EPIP Industrial zone. Construction is ongoing, in full swing. Once again, I cannot help being disappointed at the choice of location of this TTMC. This is in the middle of an Industrial zone. All the residential areas are well removed from here.

Lakes of Bangalore - My contribution

16 January 2010 - 8:16pm — Prashant.Murthy

This is my initiative to understand the current state of all lakes in bangalore. I think this year 2010, i will visit each lake and get the photos of them and post in a blog. This we can use it in our future references.

Somehow I feel that the lakes in bangalore are dwindling and I am not doing anything about it. This is my attempt towards it.

The Car. The Bus. The India

15 January 2010 - 11:32pm — bharatm

Summary: How long a country of billion can sustain with a culture of "My car My way"? Given the situation today, we will not be able to support even a extra car on the roads during peak hour? In this article, I will highlight few of the other problems other than traffic mess to highlight where we are heading.

Right to Information (RTI) act

14 January 2010 - 12:23pm — psaram42

RTI is a powerful tool provided by the Government of India and in tern by each of the individual States. Of late TOI and many news papers have taken the RTI route to expose scams themselves. To days TOI carried the details of the RWA meet organized by the paper yesterday (Wednesday).

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