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House panel indicts Murthy for faulty airport design

23 December 2009 - 4:37pm — murali772

The Joint House Committee (JHC) probing the construction of the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has indicted Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy, MP Rajeev Chandrashekar, bureaucrats V P Baligar, K Jairaj and other officials for "faulty" design and construction.

ABIDe Convenor to quit, reforms stymied by cabinet

23 December 2009 - 4:30pm — vaishvittal

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, convenor of the ABIDe task force for Bengaluru, has sent a letter to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa indicating he has been left with no option but to resign.

Public Works Coordination Agreement

23 December 2009 - 4:27pm — vaishvittal

New life for works coordination; nascent effort underway

It’s a first for Bengaluru. Stung by criticism, local authorities and the traffic police claim they will now coordinate select public works using a simple one-page agreement.

Bangalore Hassan New line

23 December 2009 - 3:39pm — Raghu Nandana M

The new line has been in progress between bangalore and hassan with line completed between shravanabelagola and hassan and banaglore -Nelamangala on the section. The work is in progress for last 10 years.This year as per the pink book

Pay-and-park put on hold

23 December 2009 - 10:37am — murali772

Contradictory views and ambiguity shroud many developmental projects. While the agencies and stakeholders continue to dream big, at the end of the day, the projects seem to be just a pipedream. Plans have been made for many multi-storeyed parking plazas and at least 100 on-street parking lots, but the parking policy for the city is itself not clear.

Bangalore Bike (Cycling) Activism

23 December 2009 - 5:48am — sandeepmr

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Tumkur-Chitradurga-Davangere new line

22 December 2009 - 8:39pm — santoshfs

Friends, We have got a railway line, from Bangalore to Mumbai via Tumkur, Arasikere, Davangere and Hubli and onwards.

Railway line connecting Shimoga - Harihar and Anekal Road - Bidadi

22 December 2009 - 2:47pm — reevs

Tender for Survey work - Shimoga - Harihar and Anekal Road - Bidadi are floating now.

Per capital health care expenditure state wise

21 December 2009 - 11:02pm — vinod_shankar

State-wise Per Capita Health Expenditure and Number of Government Hospital Beds Available per 100,000 Population

RWH-calculation

21 December 2009 - 12:34pm — thampan

 This blog entry is to capture some RWH calculations and upload an excel file to show the calculations.

DAKSH report on democracy and governance in Karnataka

21 December 2009 - 12:09pm — murali772

DAKSH (a registered civil society organization committed to enhancing citizens’ engagement with issues of democracy, governance, and equity) undertook a review of democracy and governance in Karnataka, as a way for a citizen’s group to engage with the democratic structures and processes at a state level.

Guidelines for BBMP Engineers

20 December 2009 - 12:21pm — sanjayv

 There was a report in the Hindu today that a book on guidelines for construction and maintenance of city roads was released yesterday.  The author is a retired chief engineer of the PWD, Sri K. N. Shivashankara Rao.  This will be an excellent book to get a copy of and review.  Is geometrical design covered? Are pedestrian facilities covered? How about utilities?

Bangalore going la Paris way for Bikes!

20 December 2009 - 6:24am — srinidhi

For those wishing to travel short distances by bicycles in the business district of Bangalore, Paris-style, here’s good news 

The Union Ministry of Urban Development is planning to introduce the concept of “pool cycle” in the Garden City...

Bus Priority System or partial-BRT for Bengaluru?

19 December 2009 - 11:12pm — silkboard

Why don't we take the bus? Ask around, or read past polls and discussions here for some common answers. But this one thing is amongst the top reasons - the bus doesn't go any faster than my bike/car, it in fact takes longer. Those of us who actually use the Vajra buses for commuting do so mostly for speed first, comfort later.

Is it wise to have IT parks near Airport?

19 December 2009 - 4:15pm — Vasanth

 Many IT parks are coming up near BIAL, one example of big IT Park is the Manyata Tech Park. Is the Government decision wise to open IT parks near BIAL?

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