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BBMP lake info website!

BBMP has launched a website containing the data base of all the lakes within the BBMP limits.    There are a total of 196 lakes listed, along with classification like dry, clean, polluted etc with accompanying pictures.   Its a first step i beleive in saving our lakes..

88-Clear Water

4-Defence control

6-Desilting under progress

Campaign for Public Transport

Summary: I was thinking how one would campaign for public transport. I think there is lot more potential and advantages people can have from public transport other than the usual environment and money crap ( Sorry , but yes thats what my normal friends might say in the end). Lets try another way, convince them in a line.

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Car buying/parking..emulate the Chennai way

 Bangalore roads have become too clogged, thanks to the vehicle boom especially in the age of Nano's and similar cheap cars..the idea of why not another car is not a far fetched thought anymore..

The result of more cars on the street is that they need to be parked somewhere for 80-90% of the day!

The Water Workshop for Apartment Communities - BIOME @ Redwood Apts

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Venue: SJR Redwoods,

Off Haralur Road,

Off Sarjapur Road,

Metro : Perspective

Summary: I came across a nice article supporting Metro and I started analysing my stand where I oppose Metro unless it proven satisfactory in all dimension which are basically 

  1.  Direct Cost Involved
  2. Indirect Cost Involved
  3. Direct Savings
  4. Indirect savings

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MSIL liquor shop a HIT to many

 The MSIL liquor shop recently opened in Belgaum city is the talk of the town amongst drinkers and teetotalers as well.

 

Belgaum on a road widening spree

 Belgaum has never seen this kind of a road widening spree in its history. The last time the road widening was done on such a scale must have been the Congress road widening many years back.

 


At this moment there are 5 roads being planned to be widened.

1000 Cr free of Cost

 Summary: If one has 1000 Cr per annum, can he/she help to improve the traffic chaos of the city. Let us just explore what all can be done to improve the traffic chaos. An important point we have 1000 Cr free of cost to do that. Read more to find out how.  

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PUSH for BRT in Bangalore

According to CTTP report 2007, 14 BRT corridors for bangalore was identified. There has not been any movement on this front, not even a feasibility study on the corridors mentioned. The corridors mentioned are..

sanjaynagar road widening urgent requirement

Off late, with the increase in number of buses and also cars, there is huge traffic jam From Bhoopasand-nagashettihally road and also at RMS Near Foodworld.  Has any one observed this is there any solution to end the problem  We are every day late to office due to this problem.

Join hands to write a Transport Policy Proposal for Bengaluru

Post Mobilicity, we, as a community, have this opening to create a Transport Policy proposal for Bengaluru using not just that draft we saw last week, but several such proposals that may exist today. What if we join hands to create a concrete document (a type of "crowdsourcing"), and try this as our first focused proposal creation exercise.

Way out of the mining imbroglio

Mining, like defence contracts, is prone to corruption. Extracting resources from the ground does not lend itself to the usual rules of competition. A mine is a natural monopoly and the state, which gives the right to mining, is also a monopoly. The two come together in the backroom and you get crony capitalism. What is the answer?

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Street topography

 Here is a typical 2 lane street residential street, not too dissimilar from the ones we have in Bangalore. Notice the following

1. Pedestrian refuge even on a narrow street

2. Pedestrian crossings & frequency (second one at the top of the turn)

3. Bus stand and visible indicators for the same

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